Amazon will ship a new version of its high-end Kindle Oasis next month, the latest in a series of refreshes for the company’s line of e-readers. The new Oasis boasts… Read More
Even as Amazon’s hardware ambitions expand, the tech giant hasn’t forgotten about one of its original gadgets. The Seattle company is refreshing its flagship Kindle e-reader, opening pre-orders today for… Read More
Ebook sales are dying. Ebooks are insanely popular. If the short definition of cognitive dissonance is holding two contradictory ideas to be true, ebooks are about as dissonant as digital… Read More
Amazon has unveiled its first waterproof Kindle Oasis e-reader, which takes its place on the top end of the Kindle spectrum with a list price starting at $249.99. The upgraded… Read More
Amazon has filed arbitration demands against several book authors, publishers and marketers, alleging that they abused the Kindle Direct Publishing system to artificially inflate their profits and sales rankings. The… Read More
Manga, a style of Japanese comics and graphic novels, has long been considered a niche genre, outside of the mainstream literature. They are often stigmatized as low-brow literature, or seen as kid’s… Read More
One of the most natural habits when reading a physical book is to save your place with a thumb or finger and flip through the rest of the pages to reference a… Read More
A new Amazon Kindle is coming this week, and it looks like it’ll be quite a departure from earlier models. The Kindle Oasis, as it’s called on the (now deleted) product… Read More
A new “top of the line” Kindle is coming next week, according to Amazon CEO Jeff Bezos. While Amazon’s last Kindle unveiling was full of long-rumored products, this new device comes… Read More
Oyster, the Netflix-like subscription service for books, has announced via a blog post that it’s closing up shop. But as Re/Code reports, many Oyster staff members — including its CEO… Read More
Amazon is making it more convenient to share snippets of an ebook with friends or family. An update to the Kindle app for Android adds an “Instant Preview” feature that allows readers… Read More
Amazon’s Kindle just got a whole lot cooler — more than 12,000 issues of Marvel comics are now available on the device. Amazon loaded up its Kindle store with the… Read More
Ah, Clippy. That annoying little Microsoft Office helper has found a new job. Starring in his very own erotic short story. “Conquered by Clippy: An Erotic Short Story” is now… Read More
Someone has finally pulled all the nightmarish ebook covers from Kindle into one awesome blog. Kindle Cover Disasters pays tribute to, you guessed it, all those ebook covers that should’ve… Read More
The official business at Amazon’s annual shareholder meeting at Seattle Center this morning was quick and to the point, as shareholders re-elected Amazon’s board and rejected a shareholder proposal asking… Read More
The National PTA announced today that Amazon’s Kindle will be the exclusive sponsor of a new Family Reading Experience program that will encourage children to read. The program is powered by… Read More
Today Amazon launched Amazon Device Messaging API, its own cloud-based push notification platform for Kindle Fire apps on Amazon’s cloud. Amazon already has a system called SNS which offers push notifications… Read More
Barnes & Noble reduced the price of its Nook Simple Touch with GlowLight e-reader to $119 this morning, matching the entry-level price of the competing Kindle Paperwhite on the eve… Read More