Interesting Links #5: 10 Years Of Kindle

This month is the 10th anniversary of the Kindle, so quite a lot of articles about it.

-Amazon didn’t invent the ebook, but the Kindle popularized it in the same way that Henry Ford didn’t invent the automobile but the Model T popularized it: Amazon Kindle Deserves Some Praise On Its 10th Birthday.

-Speaking of that, I liked this video about the 10th anniversary of Kindle Direct Publishing.

-There’s something to be said for selling lots of a cheap product rather than focusing on a premium one: Amazon Gains Share In Declining Tablet Market.

-It is here to not make friends and chew bubblegum, and it’s all out of bubblegum: Kindle Unlimited Is Not Here To Make Friends.

-Draft2Digital has a good piece on avoiding scams: Author Overhead, Part 2.

-The “first million words” thing seems daunting, but I did that a really, really long time ago: The First Million Words Are Practice.

-I don’t approve of ebook piracy, of course, but this comment from Joe Konrath at the Passive Voice seems a sensible view of it.

-I didn’t know a cheeseburger emoji could be offensive, but, well, here you go: Google CEO Promises To Fix Offensive Cheeseburger Emoji.

-This is an excellent guide to the different kinds of microSD cards. A Class 10 card is not the same as a Class 2: Best Micro SD Cards For All Your Devices.

-JM