Amazon publishing unit to make e-books available via rival retailers Amazon.com’s New York-based publishing business has entered into a deal with Ingram to distribute its e-book titles, opening up the… Read More
Amazon sets press event for Sept. 6 in California We’re still waiting to see how Amazon will upgrade its Kindle lineup, but at least now we know when we’ll… Read More
U.S. State Department pulls plug on big Kindle contract Well, here’s a very peculiar story with an odd twist. Two months ago we reported that the U.S. Department of State… Read More
Amazon clearing out Kindles in prelude to new devices Is Amazon almost ready to unveil this year’s Kindle lineup? Gizmodo believes the answer is yes — pointing to a steep… Read More
Report says iPad users are more affluent than Kindle folk Hey, Big Spender! Your iPad would probably like to spend some more time with you… According to a new report… Read More
The difference between Kindle Fire and Windows Phone and other comments of the week The best comments, quotes, and random zingers we heard this week… “I think it’s interesting the types of adjectives journalists… Read More
Report: Amazon plans up to 6 new Kindle Fire variations Amazon’s Kindle Fire tablet launched last fall with just one option for buyers, a 7-inch model with 8 GB of… Read More
Analysts turn sour on Amazon, cite Kindle delays and weakness Amazon.com has heard this one before. Stock analysts are turning bearish on the Seattle online retailer, the company that once… Read More
B&N unveils Nook for Web; 7-inch Nook rumored for fall Today, Barnes & Noble announced the Nook for Web, giving users access to B&N’s Nook store via any PC or… Read More
Report: Amazon.com works on a larger Kindle as Apple goes for a smaller iPad Rumors have circulated for weeks that Amazon.com is working on a new tablet computer, a larger Kindle Fire that would… Read More
Amazon.com to bolster gaming on Kindle Fire with newly-launched GameCircle The Kindle Fire isn’t really known as a powerful gaming device. But Amazon.com is looking to change that perception with… Read More
Kindle event postponed: Bezos and Clinton’s worlds to now collide at date TBD Well, it looks like, we’re going to have to wait a little bit before we get to hear from Secretary of… Read More
Jeff Bezos & Hillary Clinton, together at last for Kindle announcement next week Who would have ever guessed we’d see these two people on stage together? Secretary of State Hillary Clinton and Amazon… Read More
Amazon updates Kindle apps for children’s books, comics Amazon is trying to make the experience of reading children’s books and comic books on a computer or device more… Read More
Here’s why the U.S. State Department picked Amazon’s Kindle over iPad and Nook In a deal valued at $16.5 million, the U.S. Department of State has awarded Amazon.com a 5-year contract to put… Read More
Amazon updates $79 Kindle, says it’s now more like paper Amazon just announced a software update for the $79 Kindle, the least-expensive of its dedicated e-readers, including changes that the… Read More
E-books: Replacement for physical books, or ‘adjunct’? Waterstones, the largest UK bookstore chain, announced this morning that it would be partnering with Amazon to sell the Kindle… Read More
Deal with the ‘devil’? UK’s biggest bookseller partners with Amazon to sell Kindle Six months ago, James Daunt, the managing director of big UK bookstore chain Waterstones, had this to say about Amazon: “They never… Read More
Can Harry Potter reverse Amazon Kindle’s bad spell? New clues suggest that Amazon’s Kindle e-reader business have been suffering more than has been letting on — with E Ink… Read More
Report: Target to dump Kindle This could get very interesting, especially in light of the new alliance between Barnes & Noble and Microsoft. The Verge reports… Read More
Spoiler Alert: Amazon takes heat over ‘Hunger Games’ ad If you saw the “Hunger Games” movie but haven’t bothered reading ahead in the books, you might want to keep… Read More
Microsoft invests $300M in Barnes & Noble’s Nook unit, settles patent litigation [Follow-up: Microsoft vs. Amazon? Plot thickens with Barnes & Noble pact] Looking to jumpstart its upcoming Windows 8 operating system… Read More
Kindle Fire captures majority of U.S. Android tablet market The Kindle Fire is just five months old. But Amazon.com’s touchscreen device already accounts for 54 percent of the Android… Read More
Amazon digital book veteran Steven Kessel takes sabbatical Amazon.com senior vice president of worldwide digital media Steven Kessel — who helped lead the early efforts behind the Kindle… Read More
A Kindle e-reader with a front-lit screen? Yes, please One of the down sides of traditional E Ink, used in devices such as Amazon Kindle e-readers, is the inability… Read More
Amazon Kindle gets 62% of U.S. e-reader usage, and Kindle Fire is 14% of tablets The Pew Internet & American Life Project is out today with an epic report on the “rise of e-reading”… Read More
Amazon tests in-app purchasing In a bid to compete with Apple and Google, Amazon.com has begun testing a new service that would allow in-app… Read More
Kindle Touch to launch in Europe April 27 Amazon’s Kindle Touch will finally make it across the pond to Europe, five months after its U.S. launch — but… Read More
Amazon adds DRM to ‘DRM-free’ Harry Potter eBooks Those expecting to unwind with all seven Harry Potter volumes in glorious, DRM-unencumbered pixel are likely in for a disappointment,… Read More
Harry Potter arrives on Kindle Amazon.com has struck a deal with author J.K. Rowling to distribute all seven of the best-selling Harry Potter titles on… Read More
