When it comes to reading books, things have changed quite a bit since school days, well, depending on your age. Now many people read books on electronic devices and, while tablets are fine, the Amazon Kindle leads the way. Amazon is planning to roll out a big update to its handheld devices. You're likely wondering, correctly so, "how much can a book be improved?". Well, there are enhancements, but don't expect your trusty Kindle to change massively. It starts with the home screen, which will now display your most recent reads, samples you have downloaded, book recommendations and your Amazon Wish… [Continue Reading] Continue reading at 'Betanews'
[ Betanews | 2016-02-03 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Longlisted for this year’s Booker Prize, this brainy, batty story is an unholy amalgamation of scholarship and comedy. Continue reading at The Washington Post
[ The Washington Post | 2019-10-15 12:56:00 UTC ]
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Author Ian W Sainsbury has won the £20,000 Kindle Storyteller Award 2019 for his first psychological thriller The Picture on the Fridge. Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2019-10-14 12:07:13 UTC ]
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Philip Pullman's The Secret Commonwealth (Penguin/David Fickling) has soared 15 places to top the Amazon Charts Most-Sold: Fiction chart, in the same week it sold 54,301 copies in hardback through Nielsen BookScan's TCM. Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2019-10-09 20:59:35 UTC ]
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AN ADOLESCENT NAMED Adam Gordon is the protagonist of Ben Lerner’s new novel, The Topeka School. He shares this name with the narrator of Leaving the Atocha Station, Lerner’s debut novel from 2011. Leaving the Atocha Station was about the quarter-life crisis of a talented misanthrope;... Continue reading at Los Angeles Review of Books
[ Los Angeles Review of Books | 2019-10-09 12:30:44 UTC ]
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With a huge landmark for the Romantic poet William Wordsworth next year, a multimillion-pound refurb of his Lake District home is set to open—and it has fresh plans to re-engage with visitors. Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2019-10-07 13:38:52 UTC ]
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Louis Theroux's Gotta Get Theroux This (Macmillan) has toppled David Cameron's For the Record (William Collins) at the top of the Amazon Charts Most Sold: Non-Fiction chart, with the documentary maker's memoir notching up more listeners on Audible than readers on Kindle. Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2019-10-02 07:19:21 UTC ]
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Quercus is bringing forward publication of its fictional diary of a teenage Boris Johnson and will promote it with a troop of bumbling blonde-haired impersonators. Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2019-10-01 23:26:02 UTC ]
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HarperCollins has begun selling a "limited number" of backlist e-books via Amazon’s £7.99 a month subscription e-book service Kindle Unlimited in the UK and Australia in a major shift from one of the big publishers. Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2019-09-30 20:49:12 UTC ]
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Crime heavyweight Ian Rankin, Booker longlisted Braithwaite and "Killing Eve" were among the winners of the 9 Amazon Publishing Readers’ Awards on Saturday night. Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2019-09-30 00:14:17 UTC ]
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A quiz reveals the surprising probabilities of Amazon purchasing despite consumer intent. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly
[ Publishers Weekly | 2019-09-26 12:00:00 UTC ]
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The very name of Amazon's “All-new Kindle Oasis” would seem to herald a radical overhaul. Thankfully, the changes to Amazon’s top-shelf e-reader are far less dramatic. Beyond the introduction of a new color-adjustable front light that can warm or cool the screen’s illumination, the All-new... Continue reading at PC World
[ PC World | 2019-09-25 10:30:00 UTC ]
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David Cameron's For the Record (William Collins) has risen to the top of the Amazon Charts Most-Sold: Non-Fiction list, with more Audible listeners than Kindle readers in the past week. Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2019-09-24 20:53:57 UTC ]
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Oprah Winfrey has teamed up with Apple to launch her famous Oprah's Book Club in Apple Books. Her first selection is Ta-Nehisi Coates' The Water Dancer. As well as bringing her recommendations to the Apple Books app, Oprah also has a series starting on Apple TV+ in November. New episodes are... Continue reading at Betanews
[ Betanews | 2019-09-23 14:41:55 UTC ]
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Amazon is clearing out Kindles, and there are some deep discounts on some iPhone alternatives this weekend. Continue reading at Wired
[ Wired | 2019-09-21 11:00:00 UTC ]
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The summer before my freshman year, a kind family friend gave me a crash course in cultural awakening. She loaded me up with Fuentes, Martí, and Cortázar—all names tethered to any Latin American literature syllabus worth its salt. But it was the works of Gabriel García Márquez that stood out to... Continue reading at Literrary Hub
[ Literrary Hub | 2019-09-20 08:48:41 UTC ]
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An odd-couple detective team investigates a brutal murder in the bestselling Danish author’s literary thriller. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly
[ Publishers Weekly | 2019-09-20 04:00:00 UTC ]
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Headline Home has bought a book on the "orgasm gap" from psychosexologist Dr Karen Gurney. Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2019-09-18 17:04:25 UTC ]
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Margaret Atwood's The Testaments (Vintage) has held the Amazon Charts Most-Sold: Fiction number one for a second week, as former prime minister David Cameron makes his debut in the Most-Sold: Non Fiction chart on pre-orders alone. Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2019-09-18 09:32:13 UTC ]
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Oxford University Press editors are investigating a possible update to its definition of "woman", after an online survey, which has almost 30,000 signatures, branded the definitions used as "sexist". Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2019-09-16 01:41:57 UTC ]
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Amazon has revealed the third annual UK Kindle Storyteller Award shortlist after receiving more entries than ever before. Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2019-09-12 14:05:43 UTC ]
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