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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 being called a corporate bully by Kindle case maker

Amazon being called a corporate bully by Kindle case maker

The sale of the Kindle might be on fire but that doesn't mean that Amazon has any plans on being nice to anyone whop wants to make third party accessories for it; or so it would seem ... 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
Congress is concerned over privacy issues with Amazon’s new Silk browser

Congress is concerned over privacy issues with Amazon’s new Silk browser

One of the more interesting things about Amazon's new Fire tablet is their own browser called Silk. What makes the browser interesting is that it uses a "split" design that has any browser traffic using Silk going ... continue
Google’s E-Books Store Finally Launches in UK, Australia and Canada

Google’s E-Books Store Finally Launches in UK, Australia and Canada

Brits, Aussies, Canadians: prepare to gorge on cheap (or even free) e-books. Though it's taken a while, Google's E-book Store has finally made it to the UK, Australia, and Canada, after a period of US exclusivity. That means ... continue
Has the Kindle become the new home of soft-porn?

Has the Kindle become the new home of soft-porn?

There's nothing wrong with a little bit of Harlequin reading for a guilty pleasure but it seems that when it comes to the Kindle, and the Nook as well, there has been an influx of what is ... continue
E-book Collections for Amazon Kindle Reaching More Libraries, Offering More Content

E-book Collections for Amazon Kindle Reaching More Libraries, Offering More Content

An increasingly large number of libraries have begun offering Amazon Kindle E-Book rentals to their patrons and now the Library On The Go E-book collection is available to those customers. We learned about the program (libraryonthego.org) from the Helen ... continue
Amazon announces Kindle Fire tablet, new Kindle Touch, cheaper Kindle

Amazon announces Kindle Fire tablet, new Kindle Touch, cheaper Kindle

We all suspected - knew, even - that Amazon would be announcing a new Kindle today at their event, but boy did they have a few surprises up their sleeves, namely the Kindle Fire. The Kindle Fire is ... continue
You Can Now Borrow Kindle Books in Over 11,000 U.S. Libraries

You Can Now Borrow Kindle Books in Over 11,000 U.S. Libraries

Amazon.com announced that Kindle and Kindle app customers can now borrow Kindle books from more than 11,000 local libraries in the U.S.. Jay Marine, Director for Amazon Kindle, said: "Starting today, millions of Kindle customers can borrow Kindle books ... continue
[Or Look At it This Way] Kindle Spares You Shallow Chat Ups

[Or Look At it This Way] Kindle Spares You Shallow Chat Ups

I will admit at the outset that I am a devoted e-book reader- I have a Kindle, but mostly use the Kindle app on my iPhone and have shunned paper and ink books since my very first ... continue
E-Reader Haters

E-Reader Haters

Does anyone else expect this to happen every time an anti e-books person asks to see their Kindle? [via] continue
Amazon Kindle 3G Attacks Nook with Price Drop, Special Offers Feature

Amazon Kindle 3G Attacks Nook with Price Drop, Special Offers Feature

Just hours after Barnes & Noble announced their low priced $139 Nook internet giant Amazon has fired the next shot, dropping the price of their Amazon Kindle 3G to just $164 from an original price of $190. For ... 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
E-books outpace paperbacks in February sales

E-books outpace paperbacks in February sales

Just a few months after they got their own New York Times Bestseller list, electronic books hit another acceptance milestone- they've outpaced paperbacks as the single bestselling format in the US. The sales stats turned in favor of ... continue
Save $25 buying a new Kindle, as long as you don’t mind the ads

Save $25 buying a new Kindle, as long as you don’t mind the ads

Amazon just announced a new way to get yourself a new Kindle and save $25.00 in the process, the only catch is that you have to be willing to live with ads as well as things like ... continue
Electronic publishing Bingo

Electronic publishing Bingo

Has pretty much covered every future post on the subject. [via] continue
Man who authored Amazon pedophile’s guide arrested on obscenity charges

Man who authored Amazon pedophile’s guide arrested on obscenity charges

Phillip R. Greaves II, the author of controversial ebook The Pedophile’s Guide to Love and Pleasure: a Child-lover’s Code of Conduct, has been arrested... wait for it... on child porn-related obscenity charges. The book sparked a bit of ... continue
Amazon Now Offers eBook Gifting

Amazon Now Offers eBook Gifting

With Christmas fast approaching, Amazon has finally extended its Kindle store with a simple and overdue feature: eBook gifting. From today Amazon customers are able to gift eBooks to anyone with an email address. To use, you need ... continue
‘New York Times’ to add e-book best-seller list

‘New York Times’ to add e-book best-seller list

Well, this kind of feels like a bit of a pivotal moment for e-books- the most nationally referenced best-seller list is getting an e-book list, too. The New York Times, whose best-seller list is often used as a reference point ... continue
Amazon draws web ire for stocking pedophilia guide

Amazon draws web ire for stocking pedophilia guide

Online retailer Amazon has sparked a bit of debate surrounding whether objectionable content available for sale on their site is a decency issue or a censorship one. The concern is due to a book most people would find ... continue
Amazon cites ‘individual choice’ in keeping a self-published book for pedophiles in its listing

Amazon cites ‘individual choice’ in keeping a self-published book for pedophiles in its listing

It might only be the 158,221st best-selling Kindle e-book on Amazon but the fact that it is a book titled The Pedophile's Guide to Love and Pleasure has created a growing firestorm on blogs and Twitter. The reason ... continue