PLA & Pacific Northwest Spotlight: Can Amazon's Kindle Vella Break Through with Younger Readers?

For Kindle Vella, Amazon’s reading app for serial fiction, Gen Z readers, who are consuming webtoons and web novels in large numbers, could hold the key to success. Continue reading at 'Publishers Weekly'

[ Publishers Weekly | 2022-03-04 05:00:00 UTC ]
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New York Post Launches New Kindle Fire App

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[ Editor & Publisher | 2012-01-18 00:00:00 UTC ]
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[ The Bookseller | 2012-01-16 00:00:00 UTC ]
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[ The Bookseller | 2012-01-12 00:00:00 UTC ]
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[ AllThingsD | 2012-01-11 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Ladies’ Home Journal to Move to Reader-Produced Content Model

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[ Folio Magazine | 2012-01-10 00:00:00 UTC ]
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[ The Bookseller | 2012-01-09 00:00:00 UTC ]
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1 in 40 people now have e-readers

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[ The Bookseller | 2012-01-04 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Christmas Day 'biggest ever' for Kindle

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[ The Bookseller | 2011-12-29 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Kindles Sell by the Millions

Analysis: Amazon's admission of selling a million Kindles per week is good news for the ebook market in general. Continue reading at PC World

[ PC World | 2011-12-18 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Reader's Digest Association Cuts 150 Jobs Worldwide

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[ Folio Magazine | 2011-12-16 00:00:00 UTC ]
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[ AllThingsD | 2011-12-16 00:00:00 UTC ]
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[ Publishers Weekly | 2011-12-16 00:00:00 UTC ]
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[ The Bookseller | 2011-12-12 00:00:00 UTC ]
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[ Publishers Weekly | 2011-12-09 00:00:00 UTC ]
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