Waterstones has begun promoting the Amazon Kindle devices that will be on sale in stores from... Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2012-10-22 00:00:00 UTC ]
Amazon has been approaching UK publishers ahead of the launch of its Kindle lending service, with... Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2012-10-19 00:00:00 UTC ]
Individual Kindle users already have Whispernet, and Amazon has now announced another free service designed to make Kindles easier to manage for large organizations. Dubbed Whispercast, the service will let schools, businesses and other groups both distribute and manage the Kindles themselves... Continue reading >> [ Source: Engadget | 2012-10-17 00:00:00 UTC ]
Buy a lot of ebooks? Thank your state attorney general for the credit you'll get next year. Continue reading >> [ Source: AllThingsD | 2012-10-14 00:00:00 UTC ]
I bought my first ebook in 1999 and in recent years stopped purchasing print altogether. My wife is a relative ebook newbie, so I am surprised that she and not me received surprising email today from Amazon about a forthcoming purchasing credit. Perhaps you got similar message. In April, the... Continue reading >> [ Source: Betanews | 2012-10-14 00:00:00 UTC ]
In an interview with the BBC, Amazon CEO Jeff Bezos confirmed what many surmised: Amazon is selling the Kindle Paperwhite and Kindle Fire HD at cost. Continue reading >> [ Source: The Christian Science Monitor | 2012-10-13 00:00:00 UTC ]
Amazon has found a relatively clear day in the calendar on which to launch its excellent Kindle Paperwhite e-reader in the British Isles. The ad-supported basic model will knock you back £109, while an extra £60 will get you the 3G version. Amazon's Lending Library service will roll-out at the... Continue reading >> [ Source: Engadget | 2012-10-12 00:00:00 UTC ]
Amazon's Kindle Owners' Lending Library has grown considerably since launching in the US, and it looks like the company's finally decided it was time to let some other countries in on the service as well. It announced today that Amazon Prime members in the UK, Germany and France would all have... Continue reading >> [ Source: Engadget | 2012-10-11 00:00:00 UTC ]
The majority of Canadians still prefer print, and more than a quarter of book purchases were made... Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2012-10-10 00:00:00 UTC ]
Amazon's market share of book sales significantly increases once a customer buys a Kindle... Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2012-10-08 00:00:00 UTC ]
Called 'the best e-reader you can buy,' the Paperwhite has debuted to almost universal praise. Continue reading >> [ Source: The Christian Science Monitor | 2012-10-04 00:00:00 UTC ]
Amazon's Kindle Paperwhite technology is in high demand, and the online retailer wants consumers to know how it works. The company has released a new video explainer. Kindle Paperwhite, which Amazon introduced earlier this month, has generated strong interest. Consider this: Amazon’s... Continue reading >> [ Source: PC World | 2012-09-29 00:00:00 UTC ]
Amazon will not release its Kindle Paperwhite device in Europe this year, as the etailer prepares... Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2012-09-13 00:00:00 UTC ]
A new printed book celebrates all of the quirky flaws of the world’s most famous ebook. Continue reading >> [ Source: Fast Company | 2012-09-12 00:00:00 UTC ]
When a slide showing eight book covers popped up in Jeff Bezos’s presentation on Thursday, Jennifer 8. Lee--who was following along on a live blog from New York City--gasped. The books are part of Amazon’s new Kindle Serials format, and she published three of them: Hacker Mom, The Many Lives of... Continue reading >> [ Source: Fast Company | 2012-09-08 00:00:00 UTC ]
Amazon's new lineup of devices includes a Kindle Fire tablet with HD and other new features as well as a back-lit e-reader called the Kindle Paperwhite. Continue reading >> [ Source: The Christian Science Monitor | 2012-09-07 00:00:00 UTC ]
The Kindle Fire tablet and Kindle Fire HD are available to order through Waterstones, the chain... Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2012-09-07 00:00:00 UTC ]
Kobo is launching a new tablet and e-reader in an attempt to wrest the market away from Amazon and Apple, both of which will probably release new tablets soon. Continue reading >> [ Source: The Christian Science Monitor | 2012-09-07 00:00:00 UTC ]
Just hours ahead of Amazon's debut of a new Kindle tablet on Thursday, Kobo, the ebook company that can be thought of as "Canada's Kindle" debuted a new color Android tablet called the Kobo Arc. Kobo Arc is the company's second Android tablet, following up on the Kobo Vox which debuted around... Continue reading >> [ Source: Betanews | 2012-09-06 00:00:00 UTC ]
Amazon has officially unveiled the 2012 vintage of the Kindle Fire, which is reportedly 44 percent more powerful than its predecessor. The service-orientated slate (as opposed to a gadget, which CEO Jeff Bezos claims nobody wants) comes with a bigger battery, a new processor and 1GB RAM --... Continue reading >> [ Source: Engadget | 2012-09-06 00:00:00 UTC ]