Still have an old Kindle Touch sitting around? You have some new features to play with. Despite replacing it with a brighter son, Amazon is still updating its original touch sensitive e-reader -- outfitting it with a new UI, enhanced parental controls and Whispersync for Voice, which shares... Continue reading >> [ Source: Engadget | 2013-01-10 00:00:00 UTC ]
Amazon has revealed that 15% of its bestselling Kindle books in the UK last year were written by... Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2013-01-07 00:00:00 UTC ]
Amazon closed a deal in Brazil with Bookstore chain Livraria da Vila to sell Kindles through the remainder of 2012 until January 2013. Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishing Perspectives | 2012-12-19 00:00:00 UTC ]
Amazon has started its Chinese Kindle incursion by launching the reader app for Android and iOS in that market, along with a large selection of ebooks. There's no mention of any Kindle devices like the Fire HD in the nation yet, but Amazon just did a similar launch in Brazil and said the... Continue reading >> [ Source: Engadget | 2012-12-13 00:00:00 UTC ]
Canadians have had to be content with a form of Kindle Store limbo until now. They could buy Kindle ebooks, but they've had to rely on a US-centric portal that scarcely acknowledges their literary tradition. As of this weekend, they don't have to cross the virtual border: Amazon Canada now has... Continue reading >> [ Source: Engadget | 2012-12-10 00:00:00 UTC ]
Through exclusive interviews with Amazon's David Naggar, author Paolo Coelho, and others, we get behind the scenes of Amazon's Kindle Store launch in Brazil this week. Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishing Perspectives | 2012-12-07 00:00:00 UTC ]
Amazon's been attuned to the needs of its vision-impaired customers for years, first rolling out text-to-speech technology on its original Kindle e-reader years ago. Today the company revealed plans to add to that feature set in its Kindle Fire and Fire HD (7-inch) tablets with Voice Guide and... Continue reading >> [ Source: Engadget | 2012-12-07 00:00:00 UTC ]
Amazon has made a big selling point of X-ray for Kindle books -- but, not surprisingly, for its own platforms first. iOS readers can reclaim some equal footing today now that a Kindle 3.5 update is bringing X-ray to their devices. The addition lets iPad and iPhone bookworms see a map of where... Continue reading >> [ Source: Engadget | 2012-12-05 00:00:00 UTC ]
Agency Curtis Brown has launched a digital self-publishing programme through Kindle Direct... Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2012-12-04 00:00:00 UTC ]
A marathon wait and one Herculean wrestling match with recalcitrant publishers later, the Kindle... Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2012-11-19 00:00:00 UTC ]
James Daunt has said Waterstones booksellers must work harder to meet customers’ needs... Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2012-11-19 00:00:00 UTC ]
Can you imagine a holiday season without Amazon's e-reader series? The Kindle celebrates its fifth birthday today -- a device that, since its debut, has added bigger screens, slimmer builds, and even some damn decent backlighting. Back at the start, Amazon's first hardware was just a little... Continue reading >> [ Source: Engadget | 2012-11-19 00:00:00 UTC ]
At the end of June, Amazon’s Kindle family of reading devices was used to read ebooks by 55% of ebook buyers, according to figures compiled by Bowker Market Research. Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishers Weekly | 2012-11-09 00:00:00 UTC ]
Amazon lowered the price of its Japanese Kindle Paperwhite to 100 dollars, matching the price of the recently announced Kobo Glo, while Sony's ebookstore is again on iOS. Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishing Perspectives | 2012-11-08 00:00:00 UTC ]
Not that there's been any lack of ways to get Batman or Supes on your chosen tablet, between Comixology and the devoted DC app, but if you happened to need on more, the publisher announced today that it will be bringing its entire line to three prominent e-bookstores. Justice League, Batman,... Continue reading >> [ Source: Engadget | 2012-11-08 00:00:00 UTC ]
Amazon is on the cusp of launching the complete Kindle line in Japan, so it's only right that the online retailer fine-tune its firmware for local reading habits. A new version 5.3.0 update for the Kindle Paperwhite puts much of that focus on Manga, introducing options to fit the stylized comics... Continue reading >> [ Source: Engadget | 2012-11-08 00:00:00 UTC ]
Like Kobo, Amazon's Japan ebookstore is hampered by limited title selection, but the recent launch will motivate publishers to finally digitize their catalogs. Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishing Perspectives | 2012-11-05 00:00:00 UTC ]
As the Kindle goes on sale at Waterstones stores, MD James Daunt has been defending the highly criticized decision, insisting it is to his company's advantage. Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishing Perspectives | 2012-10-26 00:00:00 UTC ]
Waterstones has launched a “light-hearted” branding campaign to coincide with selling... Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2012-10-25 00:00:00 UTC ]
Amazon will open a Kindle store in Japan next month, selling Japanese language Kindle e-readers... Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2012-10-24 00:00:00 UTC ]