Amazon's taken a number of steps to bring different types of content to the Kindle Store, and it's now venturing into an area that has a long history with the internet: fan fiction. The company's today announced Kindle Worlds, a new publishing platform that promises to pay writers royalties for... Continue reading >> [ Source: Engadget | 2013-05-22 00:00:00 UTC ]
A new Kindle app from Amazon will help blind and partially sighted people to access 1.5m titles... Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2013-05-07 00:00:00 UTC ]
Amazon.com has updated its mobile app store to include support for its Chinese customers, in a sign that the U.S. company could be preparing to sell its Kindle e-readers and tablets in the country.The update effectively launches a new version of Amazon's app store built in the Chinese language.... Continue reading >> [ Source: PC World | 2013-05-06 00:00:00 UTC ]
It only took a few years for the Kindle to go from cutting-edge to old-fashioned. At the risk of looking like a tech dinosaur, Hannah Johnson still prefers the Kindle. Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishing Perspectives | 2013-04-25 00:00:00 UTC ]
Amazon is fleshing out its international empire. The company has already conquered the US, Japan, UK and Canada, and has even launched an ebook assault on the Chinese mainland. Now it looks like the online giant has settled on its next target: Russia. According to a report in the Russian edition... Continue reading >> [ Source: Engadget | 2013-04-19 00:00:00 UTC ]
New entrants to the UK ebook market buy more books, but tend to buy more from Amazon, even for... Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2013-04-16 00:00:00 UTC ]
Last night something strange caught my attention, nearly enough to post a late-day story. Then this morning I got a little email nudge from Amazon PR, and thought: "Yeah. Why not?" The timing and broader ecosystem implications are interesting for service "Send to Kindle". Just as Google whacks... Continue reading >> [ Source: Betanews | 2013-03-20 00:00:00 UTC ]
When I wrote Why I Love Kindle back in February I said I was intending to upgrade to a Kindle Paperwhite soon. Three weeks later, timed so I can buy a Kindle copy of my own book (my publisher only supplies free paperbacks), and that’s exactly what I’ve done. The Kindle is one of those very rare... Continue reading >> [ Source: Betanews | 2013-03-07 00:00:00 UTC ]
Deutsche Telekom has confirmed it is bringing out an e-reader in collaboration with booksellers... Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2013-03-01 00:00:00 UTC ]
Amazon's got a new Kindle promotion vehicle, thanks to the National PTA, which wants to boost kids' reading with their families. Amazon's Kindle is the exclusive sponsor of the new Family Reading Experience program that the National PTA wants to roll out across the U.S. to boost kids' reading... Continue reading >> [ Source: Fast Company | 2013-02-28 00:00:00 UTC ]
This one's coming straight from the horse's mouth. Amazon is acknowledging a "known issue" with version 3.6.1 of its Kindle app for iOS -- the company is recommending that current users avoid the latest update, which hit the App Store today. According to TUAW, the new version may completely... Continue reading >> [ Source: Engadget | 2013-02-27 00:00:00 UTC ]
In a legal motion that brings to mind Sancho Panza and Don Quixote, three independent bookstores, including tiny Posman Books in Grand Central, have filed a class action suit charging Amazon.com and the Big Six publishers with monopolizing the ebook market. The complaint asks that Amazon and the... Continue reading >> [ Source: Crains New York | 2013-02-22 00:00:00 UTC ]
When you buy an ebook from Amazon, it's yours, right? Technically speaking, Amazon is merely licensing the book to you. And the company can, seemingly on a whim, close your account and delete all your books. This isn't likely to happen, but it gives me pause. Indeed, it makes me want to back up... Continue reading >> [ Source: PC World | 2013-02-19 00:00:00 UTC ]
Finally, a way to browse the Kindle Lending Library in your browser. As an avid reader, and an especially big fan of ebooks, I thought subscribing to Amazon Prime seemed like a good idea. After all, the $79/year membership lets you check out one ebook per month from the Kindle Lending Library,... Continue reading >> [ Source: PC World | 2013-02-16 00:00:00 UTC ]
I had a nice surprise Valentine’s Day gift delivered to my door this morning -- a box of ten copies of my new novel (I Know What You Did Last Supper) courtesy of my publisher and fresh off the press. It seemed weird holding the book. Not just because it’s my first novel (co-authored with a... Continue reading >> [ Source: Betanews | 2013-02-14 00:00:00 UTC ]
Whatever Kindle sales were in Q4, they could have been better had Amazon not sold out of its flagship e-reader. Continue reading >> [ Source: AllThingsD | 2013-01-30 00:00:00 UTC ]
Amazon is reportedly readying an advertising push for displays on Kindle e-readers after pitching... Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2013-01-29 00:00:00 UTC ]
Amazon today (24th January) launches its Kindle range in Canada, the e-reading heartland of... Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2013-01-24 00:00:00 UTC ]
Think you can finish a 168-page novel in a month? It might pay to opt for Amazon's new Kindle rental feature, now available on an incredibly limited number of titles. A few options published by Princeton University Press appear to represent the site's introductory offering. The 5 Elements of... Continue reading >> [ Source: Engadget | 2013-01-19 00:00:00 UTC ]
This week on PublishNews Brazil: Amazon partners with a kiosk-retailer to sell Kindles in Brazil, Kobo launches two new ereaders, 33% of Brazilians read a book last month. Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishing Perspectives | 2013-01-17 00:00:00 UTC ]