{"version":1,"type":"rich","provider_name":"Libsyn","provider_url":"https:\/\/www.libsyn.com","height":90,"width":600,"title":"17 Jason Pontin","description":"News: Thanks to listener Linda Hopkins, we learn from Amazon that Kindle samples are NOT designed to timeout.Tech Tip: How to put [20,000] 2,000 classics on your Kindle using MobileReference (thanks to Nick for suggesting this one) - 1.    Connect your Kindle to your computer with USB cable.2.    In your computer\u2019s web browser, go to MobileReference3.    In the main area of the web site, not the column on the left, scroll down to the section titled \u201cFiction Books.\u201d 4.    In the last subcategory of that section, titled \u201cCollection:\u201d, click on \u201cClassic Books Collection. Over 2,000 complete works. Only $19.99.\u201d5.    For use on the Kindle, it doesn\u2019t seem to matter which platform you choose; I\u2019ve just tested the \u201cDesktop\/Notebook\/Tablet PC\u201d platform, and that worked fine.  So in the row for \u201cDesktop\/Notebook\/Tablet PC\u201d platform, go over one column to the \u201cTrial Version\u201d column and click \u201cDownload Now.\u201d6.    You will be asked to enter your email address, so do that and then click on the green \u201cDownload Application\u201d button.7.    On the next screen, click on the live link which says \u201cClick here to download: Best-Selling Classic Books Collection. Over 2000 complete works. FREE biographies and works in trial\u201d8.    From here, what you see will depend on whether you are using a PC or Mac, but the essentials are the same as with any other download from the Internet that you do on your computer.  For the Mac, I see a dialog box saying, \u201cYou have chosen to open classicstrial103.zip\u201d which is a zipped file containing numerous separate items.  I click on \u201cOK\u201d to open it with Stuffit Expander.  However your computer works, your goal is to be able to find a folder on your hard drive titled \u201cClassicsTrial\u201d.  Mine shows up in a Downloads folder.9.    Open a window that shows you the \u201cClassicsTrial\u201d folder you just downloaded, and then open that folder so you can see all the items in it, beginning with \u201cAlexandreDumasDEMO.prc\u201d and ending with \u201cWilliamShakespeareDEMO.prc.\u201d10.    Open another window that shows the Kindle icon, which you should see because your Kindle is attached to the computer by the USB cable.11.    Doubleclick the Kindle icon, so you can see five folders, including the one labeled \u201cDocuments.\u201d 12.    Drag the \u201cClassicsTrial\u201d folder into the \u201cDocuments\u201d folder of your Kindle.   I just tried this on my MacBook Air, and it worked fine \u2013 I assume the same process will work on a PC, but if you run into trouble you might try selecting all the individual books in the \u201cClassicsTrial\u201d folder and dragging them in one big bunch into the \u201cDocuments\u201d folder. 13.    Once you have the \u201cClassicsTrial\u201d contents in the Documents folder of your Kindle, safely eject the Kindle icon and then unplug the USB cable.14.    Checking on your Home screen, you\u2019ll now see about three added pages of demo versions of classic books.  15.    I\u2019m pretty sure that once you sample some of the demo books, you\u2019ll want to spend the $19.99 to purchase the actual collection.  I\u2019m going to do that now but make sure they go to my SD card, to keep my main Kindle.16.    The purchase process via Handango is routine, and you don\u2019t have to wait for a registration code.  The folder is called \u201cClassicsFull\u201d . It\u2019s about 115 megabytes in size, so even with my speedy Comcast connection (31 megabits per second when I was doing the download last weekend) \u2013 it took a while for it all to load to my computer, and then another few minutes for it to load from the computer to the Kindle.17.    I\u2019ve got a 1 GigaByte SD card in my Kindle. After adding 2,000 classics I\u2019ve got  838 MB left, or room for another 16,000 classics on a storage device that cost me less than $20.18.    One thing I don\u2019t like is that all these new titles appear in my Home pages on the Kindle, even though I put them on the SD card.  At least they are gathered by author, so you click on an author to see all the titles he or she wrote. 19.    All in all this is a great resource, and I want to thank Nick for suggesting that I follow the process for this week\u2019s Tech Tip.Interview: Jason Pontin, editor-in-chief and publisher of MIT's Technology Review, a rising star in the Kindle Store.Quote: "The Lady with the Dog" by Anton Chekhov.Comments: Bob Boyken, Jim Brooks, Gail Scott, Julie Booth and Will D. ","author_name":"The Kindle Chronicles","author_url":"https:\/\/thekindlechronicles.com","html":"