Today Amazon announced that it's improving the code behind its Kindle app for iOS and Android to allow support for graphic novels and children's illustrated comics. The iOS app is also being polished to alow better searches of your library of downloaded titles and to better fit the iPad's... Continue reading >> [ Source: Fast Company | 2012-06-15 00:00:00 UTC ]
Amazon on Thursday released updates to the Kindle app for iOS, along with the Kindle Cloud Reader Web app. The updates add in support for children's books. Continue reading >> [ Source: PC World | 2012-06-15 00:00:00 UTC ]
Amazon has a bit of good news today for those that have opted for its least expensive e-reader. The company has just begun rolling out a new software update that brings with it a new reading font that's said to be "higher contrast and crisper" for an even more "paper-like reading experience."... Continue reading >> [ Source: Engadget | 2012-06-05 00:00:00 UTC ]
Some classic public domain books for the Nook appear to be stripped of any mention of the word "Kindle," no matter what the context, resulting in some odd reading.One blogger recently discovered that his downloaded 99-cent Nook version of War and Peace, ported by Superior Formatting Publishing... Continue reading >> [ Source: Fast Company | 2012-06-02 00:00:00 UTC ]
UK bookseller Waterstones plans to sell Amazon's Kindle ebook reader and other Kindle digital services. Continue reading >> [ Source: BBC News | 2012-05-21 00:00:00 UTC ]
Waterstones m.d. James Daunt has said the deal with Amazon to sell its e-reading devices and... Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2012-05-21 00:00:00 UTC ]
The UK's biggest bookstore chain has announced that it will start selling Kindles alongside other digital services from Amazon. Waterstones stores will let Kindle owners digitally browse books in-store and link up with special offers, tying into the chain's plans for substantial renovations that... Continue reading >> [ Source: Engadget | 2012-05-21 00:00:00 UTC ]
Amazon.com intends to revamp its Kindle models to include front lighting this summer according to... Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2012-05-15 00:00:00 UTC ]
All the books in the Harry Potter series will arrive in the Kindle lending library – free for Amazon Prime members – on June 19. Continue reading >> [ Source: The Christian Science Monitor | 2012-05-11 00:00:00 UTC ]
Amazon will never run out of copies of Harry Potter ebooks from its Lending Library. Thanks to a new agreement with Pottermore, on June 19th the entire seven-book collection will be among the 140,000 plus you can grab, provided, of course, that you're an Amazon Prime member. If you've forked... Continue reading >> [ Source: Engadget | 2012-05-11 00:00:00 UTC ]
Harry Potter has joined the Kindle lending library.Amazon.com announced Thursday that on June 19, the ebook editions of J.K. Rowling's seven Potter novels will become part of the Kindle service available to Amazon Prime subscribers. Members can download a book for free once a month. Amazon's... Continue reading >> [ Source: Crains New York | 2012-05-11 00:00:00 UTC ]
Members of the Amazon Prime subscription program will be able to read "Harry Potter'' ebooks for free through the Kindle Owners' Lending Library, a move intended to encourage consumers to buy Kindle devices. Continue reading >> [ Source: The New York Times | 2012-05-10 00:00:00 UTC ]
The Harry Potter ebooks are to be made available to borrow as part of the Kindle Owners'... Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2012-05-10 00:00:00 UTC ]
Wow, what a swirl of good-news/bad-news last week for the media tablets aimed at the ereader market. As it turns out, the roller-coaster ride continues this week. comScore reported that the Kindle Fire from Amazon generated far more Internet activity in February than any other Android media... Continue reading >> [ Source: Betanews | 2012-05-08 00:00:00 UTC ]
Target, the first brick-and-mortar store to sell the Kindle, will soon pull Amazon’s popular e-reader from its shelves. Continue reading >> [ Source: AllThingsD | 2012-05-02 00:00:00 UTC ]
Amazon.com has announced a 19% hike in worldwide media sales, which include books, DVDs... Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2012-04-27 00:00:00 UTC ]
April 27th is nearly upon us, heralding the arrival of the Kindle Touch in Europe. Before that happens, Amazon's pushed out a software update packed with language support for the continent, landscape mode and text-to-speech, amongst others. You can manually download version 5.1.0 now or wait for... Continue reading >> [ Source: Engadget | 2012-04-12 00:00:00 UTC ]
Days after it told one publisher it had indefinitely suspended the programme to approve its Kindle newspaper edition submission, Amazon has suddenly relented. Last week, Scotland’s Herald & Times Group grumbled publicly that, after tw ... Continue reading >> [ Source: Editor & Publisher | 2012-04-10 00:00:00 UTC ]
Buenas noticias para todos los amantes de los libros que viven en Estados Unidos. Amazon acaba de anunciar una nueva tienda llamada eBooks Kindle en Español. El nuevo servicio dará acceso a más de 33,000 libros que se podrán leer en los diferentes dispositivos Kindle. Esta biblioteca virtual... Continue reading >> [ Source: Engadget | 2012-04-05 00:00:00 UTC ]
Amazon has started pushing out an over-the-air update that'll bring a slew of new features to its budget Kindle Fire tablet. Topping the list of upgrades is new sharing functionality that makes it possible for readers to send passages and notes from within the comfort of a book via social... Continue reading >> [ Source: Engadget | 2012-03-29 00:00:00 UTC ]