Amazons Kindle Fire tablet is reportedly launching in the UK in January. Know Your... Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2011-12-08 00:00:00 UTC ]
I love reading, and I love books. I don't care much about the medium--paper or digital, it's all the same to me, for the most part. Continue reading >> [ Source: PC World | 2011-12-08 00:00:00 UTC ]
Amazon has launched the Kindle Store in Spain and Italy, as well as its first Spanish-language... Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2011-12-01 00:00:00 UTC ]
They publisher may want to make sure that library ebooks can't be easily stripped of DRM and kept by a borrower without penalty. Continue reading >> [ Source: PC World | 2011-11-23 00:00:00 UTC ]
The Kindle Fire is really a distant relation of the handheld portable TV that was popular about 20 years ago--you can consume lots of things fairly effortlessly on the Fire--movies, music, magazines, some kinds of apps, and, more importantly for us, books; but the Fire's real innovation is how... Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishers Weekly | 2011-11-16 00:00:00 UTC ]
It took some haggling, but Time Warner's publishing unit joins Hearst, Conde Nast and other big publishers on Amazon's new tablet. Continue reading >> [ Source: AllThingsD | 2011-11-16 00:00:00 UTC ]
Written By: Graeme Neill Publication Date: Tue, 15/11/2011 - 10:12 The US Authors Guild has accused Amazon.com of "boldly breaching its contracts" with publishers by signing them up to its new Kindle Lending programme without permission. It claimed it is doing this to drive sales of its Kindle... Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2011-11-15 00:00:00 UTC ]
Written By: Lisa Campbell Publication Date: Mon, 14/11/2011 - 15:50 Amazon.co.uk has launched a Kindle Daily Deal promotion, selling one chosen title a day at a heavily discounted price. It began its promotion today (14th November) with Where the Shadows Lie by Michael Ridpath (Corvus)... Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2011-11-14 00:00:00 UTC ]
Written By: Philip Jones Publication Date: Mon, 07/11/2011 - 09:10 Concern is growing in the US over the launch of Amazon's Kindle lending initiative. Amazon launched the new service last week aimed at Kindle-owning Prime users, but publishers have expressed concern over titles appearing in... Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2011-11-07 00:00:00 UTC ]
This story first appears on FOLIO:'s sister site minonline. There is no telling what exactly Barnes & Noble will be announcing at a press conference the company has scheduled for Nov. 7 in New York, but word went out to the media yesterday that something was coming next week. Continue reading >> [ Source: Folio Magazine | 2011-11-03 00:00:00 UTC ]
Is Amazon Prime the best deal in tech? It just may be: Amazon now offers the capability for customers to loan out over 5,000 books for their Kindle or Kindle Fire devices. The Kindle Owners' Lending Library will allow for one book per month to be lent out, and there are no due dates. To borrow a... Continue reading >> [ Source: Betanews | 2011-11-03 00:00:00 UTC ]
Written By: Lisa Campbell Publication Date: Thu, 03/11/2011 - 09:54 Amazon.com has launched a lending library for US Kindle owners with Prime membership today (3rd November), after signing deals on a variety of terms with publishers. read more Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2011-11-03 00:00:00 UTC ]
Amazon.com announced the launch of an ebook lending library for Kindle users, that allows Amazon Prime members to borrow books for free, as frequently as a book... Continue reading >> [ Source: PC World | 2011-11-03 00:00:00 UTC ]
Written By: Lisa Campbell Publication Date: Wed, 26/10/2011 - 10:05 Amazons profits have dropped by 73% in its third quarter, with the company's investment in its Kindle e-readers blamed for the slump. In the three months to 30th September, net income fell from $231m (£144.4m) to $63m... Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2011-10-26 00:00:00 UTC ]
Does Amazon's recent introduction of its Kindle Fire tablet, and CEO Jeff Bezos's description of it as "an end-to-end service," suggest that publishers no longer will have a role in the time-honored process of getting a book to market? Continue reading >> [ Source: Knowledge@Wharton | 2011-10-18 00:00:00 UTC ]
Written By: Lisa Campbell Publication Date: Mon, 17/10/2011 - 14:30 Julian Barnes is the bookies' favourite to win the Man Booker prize tomorrow night (18th October), as Amazon has revealed his novel The Sense of an Ending is also leading Kindle downloads among the shortlisted authors.... Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2011-10-17 00:00:00 UTC ]
I hate them. Its like making believe theres another kind of sex. There isnt another kind of sex. There isnt another kind of book! A book is a book is a book. Maurice Sendak, to Guardian reporter Emma Brockes, about how much he hates ebooks Continue reading >> [ Source: AllThingsD | 2011-10-07 00:00:00 UTC ]
Those who purchased the Kindle with Special Offers version of Amazon's e-reader can now expunge the ads for a one-time fee of $30. Continue reading >> [ Source: PC World | 2011-10-06 00:00:00 UTC ]
What better place to be the day after Amazon unveiled its $199 Kindle Fire tablet (plus three Kindle models starting at $79) than a conference on e-readers? Long scheduled for September 29 and 30 in San Francisco, Intertechs two-day eReaders 2011 conference offered an even better platform than... Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishers Weekly | 2011-09-30 00:00:00 UTC ]
Low price, Amazon Silk browser and promising ecosystem of movies, apps and books make the Fire stand out in a crowd. Continue reading >> [ Source: PC World | 2011-09-29 00:00:00 UTC ]