Digital Comics marketplace Comixology has renewed its exclusive sales agreement with Marvel Comics, and expanded the deal to include sales via Amazon's Kindle Platform. Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishers Weekly | 2015-06-19 00:00:00 UTC ]
Amazon has today launched a new version of the Kindle Paperwhite, which will be available from the end of June. The latest generation of the device includes a new “typesetting engine for more beautiful pages”, an exclusive Kindle font called Bookerly, and “the highest resolution Paperwhite... Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2015-06-18 00:00:00 UTC ]
Amazon is updating its royalty terms for authors enrolled in Kindle Unlimited and Kindle Owners Lending Library and will pay authors based on the number of pages read in each book borrowed. Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishers Weekly | 2015-06-16 00:00:00 UTC ]
A new font, Bookerly, and a totally new layout engine have made reading a Kindle ebook more like print than ever.Amazon's Kindle e-reader is a lovely single-purpose gadget, with an industrial design ethos that, in its singular focus on the purity of e-reading, even Dieter Rams could love. The... Continue reading >> [ Source: Fast Company | 2015-05-27 00:00:00 UTC ]
It wants to be ‘the best photography fair in the world – bar none’. But can it possibly live up to the hype? Prepare to be amazed and probably overwhelmed as Photo London hits the capitalBack in 2011, I wrote a piece about London’s belated embrace of photography. Citing the Tate’s 2009... Continue reading >> [ Source: The Guardian | 2015-05-14 00:00:00 UTC ]
If you don't have a Kindle to read your books on then there's no worries, as apps exist on other platforms like Android. Amazon isn't standing still on this either, now offering customers on Google's mobile platform some new features already available on the stand-alone device. Included are two... Continue reading >> [ Source: Betanews | 2015-04-11 00:00:00 UTC ]
Kindle for Android wants to train your brain along with serving as your go-to e-Reader.Version 4.11, which is rolling out through the Play Store, brings in a feature called Word Wise, which pops up hints above words that Kindle thinks may be challenging. The goal is to give you confidence to... Continue reading >> [ Source: PC World | 2015-04-10 00:00:00 UTC ]
Amazon's Kindle Scout, one of the first crowdsourced publishing platforms, announced it will release its first set of 10 reader-selected titles next month. Continue reading >> [ Source: The Christian Science Monitor | 2015-02-28 00:00:00 UTC ]
Amazon opens pre-ordering for the first 10 titles coming from its crowdsourced publishing platform. Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishers Weekly | 2015-02-24 00:00:00 UTC ]
French culture minister Fleur Pellerin has said that Kindle Unlimited and other similar book subscription services contravene the French fixed price Lang Law and have three months to come into line. Reacting to a report by the book mediator Laurence Engel, Pellerin said in an interview with the... Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2015-02-20 00:00:00 UTC ]
France is once again putting pressure on Amazon, this time through ebook subscription. Ironically, France's homegrown subscription services may suffer more. The post Bad News for Kindle Unlimited in France? appeared first on Publishing Perspectives. Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishing Perspectives | 2015-02-20 00:00:00 UTC ]
Got books to digitize and plenty of patience? Amazon's Kindle Convert software will let you scan them at home. As spotted by The Ebook Reader, Kindle Convert is a $50 PC application that turns printed pages into Kindle ebooks. It should work with most scanners, provided they support at least... Continue reading >> [ Source: PC World | 2015-02-03 00:00:00 UTC ]
One of iTunes' earliest slogans was "Rip, Mix, Burn," encouraging us to digitize our CD collections and recording custom playlists that were about as third as romantic as a mixtape. At some point, you've probably wished that you could do the same for... Continue reading >> [ Source: Engadget | 2015-02-03 00:00:00 UTC ]
Amazon has launched a new tool for authors to create and sell digital textbooks. But there are questions about royalty rates on higher priced e-textbooks. The post Amazon Pursues Education Market with Kindle Textbook Creator appeared first on Publishing Perspectives. Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishing Perspectives | 2015-01-23 00:00:00 UTC ]
Amazon has launched Kindle Textbook Creator in the US, allowing academics to turn their textbooks into digital editions. KDP EDU, a new segment of Kindle Direct Publishing (KDP), gives educators and authors the online tools to prepare, publish and promote e-textbooks and other educational... Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2015-01-23 00:00:00 UTC ]
While ebooks are everywhere, electronic textbooks never really caught on, despite their potential to bring immersive learning at a lower cost. Amazon is trying to change that with the Kindle Textbook Creator, a free app from its newly formed Kindle ... Continue reading >> [ Source: Engadget | 2015-01-23 00:00:00 UTC ]
Amazon senior v-p Russ Grandinetti was genial and a bit elusive while fielding questions on author discontent and Amazon Publishing. Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishers Weekly | 2015-01-15 00:00:00 UTC ]
Kindle Unlimited has launched in France and Brazil, bringing to seven the number of countries where the service is available. In France, subscribers signing up by 10th January will pay 99 centimes for the first month and €9.99 a month from then on, with access initially to 20,000 titles in... Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2014-12-13 00:00:00 UTC ]
The Kindle’s X-Ray feature is an excellent differentiator from other eReader apps. It’s like a specialized Wikipedia for each Kindle book, curating details about characters, locations, history, and many other facets of both fiction and non-fiction texts. The X-Ray feature is finally available in... Continue reading >> [ Source: PC World | 2014-12-10 00:00:00 UTC ]
Amazon kicked off this year’s cyber Monday by claiming that Black Friday sales of its Kindle e-readers and Fire tablets were up significantly over last year. Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishers Weekly | 2014-12-01 00:00:00 UTC ]