Buy a lot of Amazon gadgets? You could get 20% off each time

Save a bundle and get rid of old junk by sending an old Kindle, Fire TV, Ring camera, or other device back to Amazon—it’s a win-win. We’ve bought two Kindles for the Aamoth household in the past year and we paid full price for each. We also have, at last count: two ancient Kindle e-book readers (one from 2009!), two dust-collecting Kindle tablets, three woefully underpowered Fire TV sticks, and the first-generation Fire TV Cube—a true powerhouse in 2019, now a shell of its former self. Continue reading at 'Fast Company'

[ Fast Company | 2024-06-03 17:05:00 UTC ]
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Just a few years ago it was said that Pacific Palisades’ tiny commercial center had the beaten-down aura of a Midwestern Main Street where the mom-and-pop shops have been driven out by Walmart — only there was no Walmart. “It was a little village with one or two streets of stores and... Continue reading at Los Angeles Times

[ Los Angeles Times | 2018-03-13 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Apple Is Buying Texture, the So-Called 'Netflix for Magazines,' in Subscription Push

Apple is acquiring Texture, a digital magazine servicedubbed by media industry observers as "Netflix for magazines"that lets users subscribe to more than 200 titles for $9.99 a month.Texture, offered via the app stores of Apple, Google and Amazon.com Inc., bolsters Apple's efforts in online... Continue reading at Advertising Age

[ Advertising Age | 2018-03-12 00:00:00 UTC ]
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The Making of 'The Parking Lot Attendant': Nafkote Tamirat Talks with Her Editor

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[ Publishers Weekly | 2018-03-09 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Zephyr buys Tania Unsworth mermaid novel

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[ The Bookseller | 2018-03-07 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Pan Mac buys three more from Cogman

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[ The Bookseller | 2018-03-07 00:00:00 UTC ]
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HarperCollins buys full audio rights for nine Philippa Gregory backlist books

HarperCollins has closed a deal with historical novelist Philippa Gregory for full audio rights for nine of her backlist titles. Continue reading at The Bookseller

[ The Bookseller | 2018-03-07 00:00:00 UTC ]
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HC Buys AMACOM Books

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[ Publishers Weekly | 2018-03-02 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Home entertainment spending overtakes print sales for first time

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[ The Guardian | 2018-03-01 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Industry Notes: Jill Soloway’s Amazon Imprint Can Topple Norms; Midas Sees Gold in a Rights Ace

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[ Publishing Perspectives | 2018-02-28 00:00:00 UTC ]
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‘Transparent’ creator Jill Soloway heads new Amazon book imprint

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[ Engadget | 2018-02-28 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Amazon Publishing Debuts Topple Books Imprint

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[ Publishers Weekly | 2018-02-27 00:00:00 UTC ]
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4th Estate buys Temelkuran's 'urgent defence of democracy'

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[ The Bookseller | 2018-02-27 00:00:00 UTC ]
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[ The Bookseller | 2018-02-24 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Amazon to adapt Iain Banks' space opera

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[ The Bookseller | 2018-02-22 00:00:00 UTC ]
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[ Los Angeles Times | 2018-02-21 00:00:00 UTC ]
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[ Los Angeles Times | 2018-02-21 00:00:00 UTC ]
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[ The Bookseller | 2018-02-20 00:00:00 UTC ]
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[ The Bookseller | 2018-02-20 00:00:00 UTC ]
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[ Digiday | 2018-02-19 00:00:00 UTC ]
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