Gone are the days when, if you wanted to read a book in bed, you'd need to take a torch with you. Nowadays, as long as you've got a Kindle Paperwhite, the books will happily illuminate themselves. The device's even front-lighting and engineering... Continue reading >> [ Source: Engadget | 2014-02-17 00:00:00 UTC ]
After 13 months of using partners to sell Kindles in Brazil, Amazon is now offering direct sales. If they can do that, books are not likely far behind. Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishing Perspectives | 2014-02-12 00:00:00 UTC ]
Microsoft's getting ready to follow Amazon, Apple, and Google into the reading game with an app for Windows to peruse ebooks, magazines, and comics. The new app appears be part of Microsoft's cross-platform Xbox entertainment services, which currently include Xbox Music and Video. Microsoft... Continue reading >> [ Source: PC World | 2014-02-11 00:00:00 UTC ]
Seven new rights holders have signed agreements for Kindle Worlds, Amazon's model that allows writers to publish and sell authorized stories inspired by popular worlds. Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishers Weekly | 2014-02-05 00:00:00 UTC ]
Book subscription service Scribd has launched a new app for the Kindle Fire. The app, which can... Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2014-01-30 00:00:00 UTC ]
The whole point of owning an Amazon tablet is that you're eventually gonna buy stuff. Want movies? Amazon's got you covered. Music? Time to check out Amazon's MP3 store. And then, of course, there's books: Amazon expects you to buy lots and lots of ... Continue reading >> [ Source: Engadget | 2014-01-29 00:00:00 UTC ]
The recently launched Scribd subscription ebook service is adding an app for the Kindle Fire tablet as well as providing updates to its iOS and Android apps. Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishers Weekly | 2014-01-29 00:00:00 UTC ]
If you've bought quite a library of Kindle books for yourself, you might have a chore scrolling through the lot to find the one you want. Thankfully for Android users, you can now organize your reading material into Collections with a new Kindle app ... Continue reading >> [ Source: Engadget | 2013-12-18 00:00:00 UTC ]
Figures from world's biggest bookseller trumpeted as sign of how self-publishing and smaller labels are changing the industryAs many as a quarter of the top 100 Kindle books on Amazon.com are from indie publishers, according to data revealed at a trade presentation by the retailer.A chart... Continue reading >> [ Source: The Guardian | 2013-12-05 00:00:00 UTC ]
A new deal with Penguin UK means a greater variety of books for the insurgent platform. Continue reading >> [ Source: The Atlantic | 2013-12-03 00:00:00 UTC ]
Amazon has been prising open the wallets of Australian consumers for years – but what will its local push on Kindle mean for readers, writers and publishers?Ben Eltham Continue reading >> [ Source: The Guardian | 2013-12-03 00:00:00 UTC ]
Today marks the debut of two features we've been waiting for since Amazon first announced its new Kindle Fire line lo so many weeks ago. Goodreads and Second Screen integration will be rolling out to Fire HD and HDX owners over-the-air in the next couple of weeks - or you can just go to Amazon's... Continue reading >> [ Source: Engadget | 2013-11-18 00:00:00 UTC ]
With both models of the new Kindle Fire HDX tablets now out in the wild, Amazon can concentrate on tweaking the system to add features and fix bugs. The device, while considered to be a competitor to the Nexus 7, is really more about media, specifically that from the retail giant's ecosystem.... Continue reading >> [ Source: Betanews | 2013-11-18 00:00:00 UTC ]
Amazon has launched a dedicated Australian Kindle store, selling more than 2m ebooks. The... Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2013-11-13 00:00:00 UTC ]
Amazon is offering independent bookstores Kindles to sell and a commission on ebook sales, but most have rejected the proposal as bad business and "a lie." Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishing Perspectives | 2013-11-08 00:00:00 UTC ]
Amazon's new program invites indies to sell Kindles and receive a commission from ebooks bought by their customers (if the store is eligible). Many stores are unimpressed, with one bookstore worker likening the program to 'being complicit in your execution.' Continue reading >> [ Source: The Christian Science Monitor | 2013-11-08 00:00:00 UTC ]
Independent booksellers on both sides of the Atlantic have reacted with suspicion towards news of... Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2013-11-07 00:00:00 UTC ]
Amazon.com is offering independent booksellers the opportunity to sell Kindle e-readers. The... Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2013-11-06 00:00:00 UTC ]
Just as Kobo has cozied up to physical booksellers, so too does Amazon have a plan to smother them in e-ink kisses. Under the company's new "Amazon Source" program, any independent bookstore that sells a Kindle tablet or e-reader will be rewarded with ten percent of future book purchases made on ... Continue reading >> [ Source: Engadget | 2013-11-06 00:00:00 UTC ]
Amazon, which has been blamed in part for the decline of independent bookstores, said it has a new program called Amazon Source to allow them and other retailers to resell Kindle devices and accessories, and also give them 10 percent on every ebook bought on them for two years. "With Amazon... Continue reading >> [ Source: AllThingsD | 2013-11-06 00:00:00 UTC ]