Unusual items bought by Kindle owners

Kwik Tek Dry Pak Multi-Purpose Cases (clear, 9" x 12").
    Kindle owners swear by these for protecting their Kindles from water and sand at the beach.  Believe it or not, many in the Kindle forums report they use this to read when relaxing in the tub :-).  You'll see that in a couple of the reviews too.



Protective Decal Skin Stickers
    Very popular with Kindle users in the discussion forums.  If you're tired of the white of your Kindle, this is a way to change it while protecting it.  A black skin will make the gray screen appear lighter, by the way.

And an unusual free item this week: the Kindle version of the original script for the new Showtime Original Series NURSE JACKIE, starring three-time Emmy® winner Edie Falco.  This is clever marketing by the Showtime comedy series starting June 8, Mondays at 10:30PM (ET/PT).

Free "Nurse Jackie" Script for Kindle

Kudos to Showtime for exercising the power of innovative synergy and making the pilot script of their new show "Nurse Jackie" starring Edie Falco available on the Kindle for free through August 31.

A June 1 article in Advertising Age reports that "Showtime may have finally cracked the code on using Kindle as an ad medium." Jon Haber, director of the team that works with Showtime's media shop Omnicom Group's OMD on the project, told Adage.com that they were looking at the Kindle "as a new concept platform that no one has figured out."

It will be interesting to see if they've figured out the formatting problems that have plagued screenwriters trying to transfer and read scripts on the Kindle. But for a network that has already gained a reputation for employing new media when it introduces new shows, it's nice to see the Kindle get a chance to show its versatility in a different way.

UPDATE: Received my copy of "Nurse Jackie" overnight and it looks almost perfect as far as the format. The only thing I've noticed so far is that the right side of the dialogue passages don't have proper indentation, but it's still quite readable.