The Kindle library book lending has now gone live, with Amazon now making the official announcment. It had been in beta in the Seattle area. Those with Kindle readers or Kindle apps can borrow e-books from more than 11,000 local libraries throughout the US. The system fully supports the Whispersync feature that will synchronize margin […]
Amazon has taken another step toward establishing the Kindle Lending Library. Announced in April, the system appears to have moved to beta testing at the Seattle Public Library and King County Public Library in Washington. The service is provided by OverDrive, which has agreements to manage ebook lending with 11,000 libraries in the US. Neither […]
Amazon today announced that best-selling author George R.R. Martin is the latest author to sell more than 1 million Kindle books in the Kindle Store . Martin’s most recent novel in his A Song of Ice and Fire series, “A Dance with Dragons,” debuted in the #2 spot on the Kindle Best Seller list and […]
Amazon announced that it will be start presenting deals from AmazonLocal on the Kindle with Special Offers Wi-Fi and 3G editions. The new service will kick off in New York City and roll out to all 44 AmazonLocal cities this year. The coupons appear on the Kindle’s screensaven when the e-reader is not being used, […]
For over two years, Amazon has been offering a wide selection of free Kindle reading apps that enable customers to “Buy Once, Read Everywhere” as Amazon likes to say. The platforms include Kindles, iPads, iPhones, iPod touches, PCs, Macs, Android phones and tablets, and BlackBerrys. Well today they have change the game by using the […]
Amazon has launched its Kindle app for HP’s TouchPad tablet. Although the title was already listed on the webOS tablets using a placeholder, users can now go to the App Manager and download an update to obtain the actual app. Users can take advantage of the same basic functionality that is available in the Kindle […]
Amazon landed a potential coup for e-readers by getting a unique sponsorship deal for the Kindle 3G with Special Offers. The ad-sponsored e-reader now costs as much as an ad-free Wi-Fi version does, dropping down from $164 to $139. The ads will continue to surface only at the home screen or in screensavers, not in […]
E-readers are outpacing tablets by a rapidly widening margin, Pew said in a new study. After a brief amount of parity for the second half of the year, e-readers doubled from just over six percent ownership in the US last November to 12 percent this May. Outside of a brief spurt during the holidays, the […]
Radio Shack has begun selling the Amazon Kindle. Following the lead of other retails including Walmart, Target, Staples, Costco, Microsoft Store, and Best Buy, the company has begun selling the popular e-book reader. Initially sales will only be through its brick and mortar stores. The Wi-Fi only version is making one of its first retail appearances […]
Amazon today revealed Kindle e-books were now outselling all forms of print combined. The switch came just four months after digital overtook paperback and less than a year after they began outselling hardcovers. Since the start of April, Amazon has been moving 105 paid Kindle books for every 100 paper title and would be higher […]
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