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Books as kindle

Books as kindle

Posted Sep 2, 2011 2:05 UTC (Fri) by giraffedata (subscriber, #1954)
In reply to: Books as kindle by louie
Parent article: Catching up with Calibre

They're really all the same definition. The "arouse or inspire" usage is just a metaphorical use of the basic definition (to start a fire). I'm sure whoever named the kindle was aware of that.


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