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The Amazon Kindle Turns Into Better Storage Device With New Feature

The Amazon Kindle Turns Into Better Storage Device With New Feature

The Kindle from Amazon is an incredibly popular device that has truly revolutionized the book industry and how we consume content. How it works is very simple: You buy a book and it's automatically added to your ... continue
Amazon Announces New Ebook Format For Kindle, More Elaborate

Amazon Announces New Ebook Format For Kindle, More Elaborate

Amazon, the World's largest e-commerce company, will be launching a new ebook format for their line of Kindle devices, dubbed KF8. The company originally announced the new format back in October when they also released the Kindle ... continue
Amazon Kindle iOS App Gets PDF and Periodicals Support

Amazon Kindle iOS App Gets PDF and Periodicals Support

Users of the Amazon Kindle app for iPod touch, iPhone and iPad devices were met on Wednesday with an update that brings PDF and periodicals supports to the platform. Previously only available to Kindle hardware users the company ... continue
E-Readers Are Cheap Now, But Are Ebook Prices Skyrocketing?

E-Readers Are Cheap Now, But Are Ebook Prices Skyrocketing?

If you've picked up a Kindle since the price plummeted to a mere $79- cheaper than many pairs of jeans on Amazon- you probably ticked off the imagined savings in your head, switching from expensive-to-produce paper versions ... continue
Amazon Redesigns Website For Tablet Use, Prepares Tablet Of Their Own

Amazon Redesigns Website For Tablet Use, Prepares Tablet Of Their Own

With Amazon expected to roll out a new Amazon Kindle tablet that runs on Google Android, possibly as early as October, the site took a major step on Sunday, rolling out a new website design that is ... continue
Nook now supports Flash, Android 2.2, built-in email

Nook now supports Flash, Android 2.2, built-in email

Barnes & Noble have released a massive firmware update to their Nook Color, edging the device closer to tablet status and gaining some distinct edges over Amazon's Kindle. It's a bit interesting that while Amazon seems to be ... continue
Sweet! Kindles to finally get library lending

Sweet! Kindles to finally get library lending

Barnes and Noble's Nook looks set to lose one of its major competitive edges in the booming e-reader market, with news Amazon's Kindle will now also allow users to borrow library books on the popular devices. Amazon recently added an ... continue
Amazon On Pace To Sell 5 Million Kindles By End Of Year

Amazon On Pace To Sell 5 Million Kindles By End Of Year

Amazon is closing in on the 5 million Kindles sold mark according to one analyst and they are now expected to pass that level by the end of 2010. While the number is not quite as high ... continue
New Amazon Kindle Sells “Millions”

New Amazon Kindle Sells “Millions”

Amazon today released a vague letter in which they announced huge sales for the newest Kindle in their line of eReaders. According to the letter "in just the first 73 days of this holiday quarter, we've already ... continue
Amazon Kindle Gets A Premium App

Amazon Kindle Gets A Premium App

Anyone care for a game of Scrabble? If you have an Amazon Kindle that's your first option for a premium application. Electronics Art's has released the game which can be purchased directly from the users Kindle for just ... continue
Amazon says new Kindles outselling previous version, doesn’t offer numbers

Amazon says new Kindles outselling previous version, doesn’t offer numbers

According to Amazon, the newer, stripped down Kindle selling for $139 is outperforming previous units sales-wise, but the giant online retailer stopped short of offering numbers to illustrate exactly how well the new device is selling. This iteration ... continue
Amazon Rolls Out Kindle Update, Brings Twitter And Facebook Capabilities

Amazon Rolls Out Kindle Update, Brings Twitter And Facebook Capabilities

Amazon on Wednesday night rolled out the Kindle 2.5 update, an option which provides Kindle users with new social networking capabilities. The update, which includes Facebook and Twitter options allows users to highlight sections of their books ... continue
7.5% Of iPad Users Jumping Ship Away From Amazon Kindle

7.5% Of iPad Users Jumping Ship Away From Amazon Kindle

The iPad sold 300,000 units on opening day and 7.5% of those buyers told Gene Munster of Piper Jaffray that they were making the jump away from their Amazon Kindle devices. The numbers above were reached based on ... continue
Amazon To Give Free Kindles To Prime Subscribers [Rumor]

Amazon To Give Free Kindles To Prime Subscribers [Rumor]

Amazon Prime customers tend to be some of the most loyal for the company and now a rumor is circulating that Amazon may reward those customers with a free Amazon Kindle...of course certain conditions would be applied. Currently ... continue
Will free e-books kill the book industry or save it?

Will free e-books kill the book industry or save it?

Much ado is being made about the best-selling books on Amazon being skewed by the prevalence of free books. By my count on the top 100 Kindle books on Amazon, 59 books are either free or cost a cent. ... continue
Kindle Book Sales Stronger Than Physical Book Sales Over Holiday Shopping Season

Kindle Book Sales Stronger Than Physical Book Sales Over Holiday Shopping Season

The Amazon Kindle has taken the book publishing world by storm and over the Holiday's Amazon reported that Kindle users had bought more electronic copies of books than the company had sold in physical form. The push in ... continue
Israeli dude hacks Kindle DRM

Israeli dude hacks Kindle DRM

An Israeli hacker responding to a message board challenge has cracked the DRM protections on Kindle for PC, allowing users to convert books to a more portable Mobi format. Amazon is expected to find and patch the security ... continue
Amazon Unveils New Kindle Features For The Vision Impaired And Blind

Amazon Unveils New Kindle Features For The Vision Impaired And Blind

In their ever increasing attempt to reach every demographic imaginable, Amazon has announced new features for users who are vision impaired and those who are blind. continue
Amazon Kindle Gets Upgraded With 85% More Battery Power, PDF Abilities

Amazon Kindle Gets Upgraded With 85% More Battery Power, PDF Abilities

Amazon today showed off their newest Amazon Kindle update, an option that provides users with 85% more battery life and support for PDF files which were previously left off the devices support file type list. The battery update ... continue
Amazon Begins “International Kindle” Hype Machine, Ready To Square Off Against Barnes And Noble “Nook” Ereader

Amazon Begins “International Kindle” Hype Machine, Ready To Square Off Against Barnes And Noble “Nook” Ereader

The folks at Amazon could be getting a little nervous with the new found realization that Barnes and Noble will release their "Nook" E-reader in November. Currently the company is featuring the Kindle with International Wireless smack ... continue
Barnes & Noble’s Nook to incinerate Kindle?

Barnes & Noble’s Nook to incinerate Kindle?

A leaked WSJ ad, scheduled for Oct. 25th, has gadget bloggers buzzing about Barnes & Noble's new e-reader, the Nook. Running on Android, the Nook is said to be priced at Kindle's $259 pricepoint. Many people have likened ... continue
International Kindle Begins Shipping October 19th, U.S. Version Gets Price Drop

International Kindle Begins Shipping October 19th, U.S. Version Gets Price Drop

The "Kindle U.S And International" version will begin shipping on October 19th and will feature download capabilities for more than 100 countries. The release of the International device will also result in a U.S. Wireless version price ... continue