Amazon Prime Day is still a couple weeks away, but the company is already running discounts on some of its biggest items. The latest deal comes on the Kindle Scribe Essentials Bundle, which includes a 64GB Kindle Scribe, Premium Pen and a leather folio cover. The trio is available for $324, down... Continue reading >> [ Source: Engadget | 2024-07-01 13:59:08 UTC ]
Sales on Amazon products continue to roll out ahead of the official start of October Prime Day on everything from Blink cameras to Kindle Scribes. The 16GB Kindle Scribe is back on sale for 22 percent off, dropping to $265 from $340. It mirrors a recent sale on the... Continue reading >> [ Source: Engadget | 2023-10-02 14:01:15 UTC ]
We were enamored with the Kindle Scribe when we reviewed it, but we weren't blind to its shortcomings, including its limited editing capabilities. Now, Amazon has rolled out an update for the device, which solves some of the issues we had with it and makes it a much better option for... Continue reading >> [ Source: Engadget | 2023-05-23 05:17:53 UTC ]
Tear down the middle school geology posters: We have an update. A team at Australian National University (ANU) has found evidence of a new fifth layer to the planet, an iron-nickel alloy ball in the inner core. The scientists found the hidden core by studying seismic waves that travel up to five... Continue reading >> [ Source: Engadget | 2023-02-27 12:15:33 UTC ]
The AI news just won’t stop! This week, Cherlynn and Devindra discuss the latest on Bing AI – Microsoft is loosening up some recent restrictions, following reports of its bad behavior – as well as the rise of ChatGPT stories on the Kindle store. Spotify is also launching its own AI DJ, starring... Continue reading >> [ Source: Engadget | 2023-02-24 13:30:19 UTC ]
As was perhaps inevitable, ChatGPT—the free chatbot created by OpenAI that has been ruffling feathers ever since it was launched in November—has now spawned “a boom in AI-written e-books on Amazon,” according to Greg Bensinger at Reuters. Bensinger counted over 200 e-books in Amazon’s Kindle... Continue reading >> [ Source: Literrary Hub | 2023-02-22 17:10:52 UTC ]
It only took about 15 years, but Amazon’s Kindle will finally support the ePub format. First spotted by Good E-Reader, Amazon updated its Kindle section with the news that the Send to Kindle function will convert ePub files to a format that can be opened on the e-reader. The update is scheduled... Continue reading >> [ Source: Engadget | 2022-05-03 00:25:01 UTC ]
Amazon has launched a selection of more than 12,000 Arabic language books on its Kindle store. Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2018-06-28 00:00:00 UTC ]
Starting today, some 300 Fantagraphics titles will be available on Amazon’s Kindle Store, as the publisher has renewed and expanded its distribution deal with Comixology and Amazon. Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishers Weekly | 2015-08-19 00:00:00 UTC ]
Amazon has released a list of its best-selling Kindle books over the last five years in the UK, with Fifty Shades writer EL James topping the ebook chart. Amazon has released the data to mark five years today (5th August) since it opened the Kindle Store in the UK. EL James’ original Fifty... Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2015-08-06 00:00:00 UTC ]
Self-published author Sheila Rodgers has sold a million copies of her ebook Only the Innocent and two sequels, agent Lizzy Kremer has confirmed. Rodgers, who writes under the pen name Rachel Abbott, sold her books through Amazon Kindle after being rejected by literary agents. The first, Only... Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2015-02-10 00:00:00 UTC ]
Patricia Cornwell has released an essay as a Kindle Single via Amazon Publishing’s crime imprint Thomas & Mercer. Chasing the Ripper, which costs 99p on the Kindle store, documents her investigation of Jack the Ripper for her 2002 book Portrait of a Killer (Little, Brown). In the book... Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2014-11-27 00:00:00 UTC ]
In a move designed to attract and support children’s book authors and self-publishers, Amazon has launched KDP Kids, a children's-focused illustrated and chapter book category in the Kindle Store. Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishers Weekly | 2014-09-04 00:00:00 UTC ]
Amazon removes abuse-themed ebooks from its Kindle Store after a report highlights titles depicting rape, incest and bestiality. Continue reading >> [ Source: BBC World | 2013-10-12 00:00:00 UTC ]
Amazon has launched the Kindle store in Mexico with over 70,000 Spanish language ebooks. The e-... Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2013-08-30 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 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 ]
Author Ken Follett's latest book is being offered for 20p on Amazon's Kindle store after... Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2012-10-01 00:00:00 UTC ]
Amazon Publishing is continuing to broaden its distribution channels, as the New York-based imprint has formed a partnership with Ingram Content Group that will make the company's ebooks available to competitors such as Apple, Barnes & Noble and Kobo. As you may be aware, there's some uneasy... Continue reading >> [ Source: Engadget | 2012-08-30 00:00:00 UTC ]
An ebook being offered on the Kindle store for 20p has broken the top-three monopoly of the... Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2012-08-06 00:00:00 UTC ]