Amazon bridged one of the biggest gaps between its Kindle and Barnes and Noble's Nook by adding the capability for users to lend e-books beetween accounts for up to 14 days.
Arguably (or, in my opinion) the biggest ...
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Getting a Kindle can be really exciting, and it often ups the amount of reading you can work in to your schedule.
Having easy access to any book you digitally have access to is tempting- so tempting, in ...
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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 ...
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Brier Dudley over at Seattle Times has the video proof of the new Kindle as was displayed at Amazon's headquarters on Thursday by Vice President of Kindle at Amazon Ian Freed. the new version of the Kindle ...
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So, there's that in the column of advantages to reading dead tree novels and references tomes.
A recent, teensy study of book reading speeds, encompassing 24 users, measured reading speeds for printed works over their digitally published counterparts ...
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Amazon is finally releasing a Kindle app for Android phones, only getting as specific as saying we can expect the app "this summer."
Blackberry got a Kindle app in February, and the iPhone has had the Kindle app ...
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Starting in late June or July, Google Editions will be offering books the search engine giant is "clearly authorized to sell" and plans to offer the content across many platforms.
Unlike Apple, another recent entrant to the e-book ...
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If you've got a Kindle or Kindle DX, your device is going to get a bit more social come late May.
At the top of the interest list for new Kindle features in Kindle Version 2.5 include connectivity ...
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Thanks, iPad.
If you're one of the people chomping at the bit for the e-book release of J.R. Ward's Lover Mine or Charlaine Harris' Dead in the Family and had it pre-ordered for your Kindle, it looks like a pricing ...
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Target announced yesterday that they will be the first bricks and mortar retailer to carry Amazon's bestselling Kindle e-reader.
Kindle has been a big success for Amazon, and remains the site most purchased and most gifted items. Priced ...
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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. ...
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There have been a number of reactions by media and entertainment industries right across the board that showed how short-sighted they can be when it comes to the changes that new technology brings to the table. In ...
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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 ...
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The latest Internet tech pundits' obsession has not been related to the ADD-laced “real time web” proclamations that some are so annoyingly fond of, but of a much older format…
Books.
News has been slowly leaking out regarding Barnes ...
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Imagine, for a moment, that Amazon has announced the next release of their Kindle product: the Kindle DX II (pronounced "dee-ex two"), and while it includes a long list of upgrades and improvements, the single most important ...
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E-Readers are slowly becoming a regular part of out collection of tech gadgets with Amazon’s Kindle the current leader of the pack. That could change however as ASUS has plans to push out the ...
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We’ve seen the same thing repeated over an over with the music industry, television industry, news industry, and many more just like them. Crying doom and gloom about how their individual wealth creators are ...
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While most people might not think so it turns out, according to the Cleantech Group, that the Amazon Kindle may end up being more environmentally friendly than paper books. After examining all the ...
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Giant US etailer Amazon may be finally looking to open an Australian outpost after years (and years) of speculation that they were planning to head across the pacific.
The evidence comes from the Sydney Morning Herald (SMH), who ...
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Right now when people talk about e-books most everyone thinks of Amazon and its Kindle e-book reader. It is a market than a growing number of companies are wanting to get a foothold in ...
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Today Amazon basically told every single Kindle owner that they don’t really own anything that they buy through the company. As far as Amazon is concerned they have complete say on whether or not ...
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Today, Google announced plans to launch an e-book service by the end of the year, in direct competition with Amazon's Kindle.
Speculation over the service is hinging on two key differences. While Kindle titles hover around $9.99 for ...
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