Now might be a good time to buy an e-reader for school — or that end-of-summer vacation. Amazon has cut the price of the ad-supported 8GB Kindle Paperwhite to an all-time low of $71 in a one-day-only sale, well below the official $130 sticker. That's lower than what we saw just two weeks earlier, and makes it an easy choice compared to the base Kindle (which isn't discounted as we write this). You can buy the ad-free and 32GB variants with substantial discounts, too.Buy Kindle Paperwhite on Amazon - $71The Kindle Paperwhite is an easy choice if you're either new to e-readers or heavily invested in Amazon's ecosystem. It boasts a high-contrast backlit display, Audible audiobook support and waterproofing for your poolside reading sessions. Pair that with the usual weeks-long battery life of e-readers and you shouldn't have problems taking this with you on vacation.It's not flawless. This deal doesn't cover the LTE model, so you won't be grabbing books while you're at the beach. You also won't find MP3 playback or text-to-speech support, and you might not be thrilled to see ads on the subsidized models. These limitations are hardly surprises, though, and at this price they're much easier to forgive — you can spend much more on readers with fewer features.Follow @EngadgetDeals on Twitter for the latest tech deals and buying advice. Continue reading at 'Engadget'
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Written By: Lisa Campbell Publication Date: Thu, 10/11/2011 - 09:44 Total group sales at W H Smith have dropped by 3% in the last 10 weeks, with like-for-like sales down by 6% in comparison to last year. This morning (10th November) the company reported in its interim financial results for the... Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2011-11-10 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Written By: Benedicte Page Publication Date: Wed, 09/11/2011 - 08:12 Amazon.co.uk has chosen Elizabeth Haynes' debut Into the Darkest Corner (Myriad Editions) as its best book of 2011, as part of a top 50 selection made "after thoughtful consideration and lengthy debate", and taking into... Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2011-11-09 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Written By: Lisa Campbell Publication Date: Tue, 08/11/2011 - 10:19 UK retail sale values sank 0.6% in October compared to last year, with the British Retail Consortium warning sales were "worryingly weak" in the approach to Christmas. In October last year, sales values had risen by 0.8%. On a... Continue reading at The Bookseller
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Written By: Lisa Campbell Publication Date: Mon, 07/11/2011 - 08:45 Amazon has acquired a memoir by bestselling author Dr Deepak Chopra and his brother Dr Sanjiv Chopra. Amazon's Larry Kirshbaum and David Oldawer at Amazon's New York publishing imprint bought world English rights for... Continue reading at The Bookseller
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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 at The Bookseller
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The Internet retailer's complete collection of Prime Lending Library books for Kindle devices is online and accessible from any Web browser. Continue reading at PC World
[ PC World | 2011-11-06 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Written By: Lisa Campbell Publication Date: Fri, 04/11/2011 - 15:27 World Book Day is set for a 2012 revamp, with new management, branding and digital promotional ideas hoping to achieve more than one million book token redemptions. WBD will return on 1st March 2012led by childrens marketing... Continue reading at The Bookseller
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Written By: Lisa Campbell Publication Date: Mon, 07/11/2011 - 09:15 World Book Day is set for a 2012 revamp, with new management, branding and digital promotional ideas hoping to achieve more than one million book token redemptions. WBD will return on 1st March 2012led by childrens marketing... Continue reading at The Bookseller
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Written By: Graeme Neill Publication Date: Thu, 03/11/2011 - 09:55 Penguin's ebook sales have more than doubled in the first nine months of 2011, as parent Pearson reported an increase in total sales of 3% and operating profit of 13%. Total sales at Penguin for the nine months to 30th... Continue reading at The Bookseller
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Written By: Graeme Neill Publication Date: Thu, 03/11/2011 - 16:14 Amazon and W H Smith are HarperCollins' strongest players in bookselling, its c.e.o. has claimed. Victoria Barnsley was speaking after the publisher's parent NewsCorp reported its third quarter results, for the three months to... Continue reading at The Bookseller
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Users can start borrowing books from Amazon right now, so here's what you need to know about using the service with your Kindle device. Continue reading at PC World
[ PC World | 2011-11-03 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Written By: Philip Stone Publication Date: Thu, 03/11/2011 - 09:57 Printed book sales in October slumped 8% year-on-year, due largely to poor sales within the paperback fiction and biographies/memoirs sectors, Nielsen BookScan data has revealed. In total, £144.7m was spent on physical books in... Continue reading at The Bookseller
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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 at Folio Magazine
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Written By: Lisa Campbell Publication Date: Wed, 02/11/2011 - 13:55 The Independent Publishers Guild has accepted the OFTs decision to clear the merger of Amazon and The Book Depository, but called on Amazon to work hard with its members to allay their concerns. Following a survey, IPG... Continue reading at The Bookseller
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Written By: Lisa Campbell Publication Date: Tue, 01/11/2011 - 09:40 Sales and profit for 2011 have slumped at Edinburgh University Press at the same time the company has reported a 40% rise in year-on-year ebook sales. The Scottish academic publisher has reported an 11.6% fall in sales and... Continue reading at The Bookseller
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Written By: Lisa Campbell Publication Date: Mon, 31/10/2011 - 08:05 Foyles' seventh branch, in Westfield Stratford City shopping centre, is due to open on 10th November. The shopping centre site, situated near the London Olympic Stadium, opened in September but Foyles delayed its own opening... Continue reading at The Bookseller
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Written By: Charlotte Williams Publication Date: Thu, 27/10/2011 - 09:41 E-book sales and the acquisition of Continuum helped sales at Bloomsbury leap 16%, although relocation and restructuring costs led to pre-tax profit more than halving to £0.3m, in its latest set of financial accounts.... Continue reading at The Bookseller
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The first stage of Hearst Magazines UK's commercial restructure marks a move towards creating more joined-up brands, group commercial director Matt Salmon has claimed. Continue reading at Media Week
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Written By: Lisa Campbell Publication Date: Mon, 24/10/2011 - 15:53 Amazon customers can now have their purchases sent to lockers in London, instead of to their homes and offices. The company has lockers in Seattle and New York as well as the metropolitan area of London. Customers can choose... Continue reading at The Bookseller
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Finally, publishers have a reason to cheer Apple. In the 10 days since Apple launched its Newsstand for the iPad and iPhone, many are reporting big spikes in sales of their digital editions. Ease of discovery is a big reason for the sales increase; titles are now collected in one place rather... Continue reading at AdWeek
[ AdWeek | 2011-10-22 00:00:00 UTC ]
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