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Amazon Sells Millions of Kindles in Just 73 Days, Publicly Thanks Purchasers

, Dec 13th 2010 Discuss [2]

You know a company is thankful to those who buy its wares when they go out of their way to post a public thank you for everyone to see. Is there a bit of bragging in there? Sure, but that should be expected. Especially when you're able to say that you've sold more devices in just 73 days, then you did through an entire previous year. Amazon, who have made the Kindle wildly successful since its launch, have thanked those who have purchased the device for their support, and also touted the impressive sales at the same time. Read The Full Story

Amazon WikiLeaks ebook back on sale as retailer denies hypocrisy

, Dec 10th 2010 Discuss [46]

The WikiLeaks Kindle ebook on Amazon UK has is prompting further controversy, with Amazon adding a statement to the product page and various reports that the author had taken the text down. However, at time of writing the ebook is still listed as available to buy, albeit with the added proviso that "This book contains commentary and analysis regarding recent WikiLeaks disclosures, not the original material disclosed via the WikiLeaks website." Read The Full Story

WikiLeaks Kindle ebook appears on Amazon

, Dec 9th 2010 Discuss [2]

No small amount of irony today, as a Kindle version of the full WikiLeaks cables turns up on Amazon. The site content itself was yanked from the online retailer's hosting arm last week, over allegations that the leaked cables contravene the AWS terms of service; however, as reviewers have been quick to flag up, that doesn't stop Amazon making some money on sales of the ebook. Read The Full Story

Amazon Kindle for Web full ebook access to get previewed today

, Dec 7th 2010 Discuss [0]

Amazon is expected to demo its latest version of Kindle for the Web today, opening up the online ebook preview system to full texts available in the browser. According to ComputerWorld, the cloud-based ereading system is Amazon's response to Google's eBookstore, which has launched complete with an online ereader app. Read The Full Story

$89 Kindle 2 for Amazon’s Black Friday sale

, Nov 24th 2010 Discuss [1]

Amazon will be offering a cut-price Kindle as part of its Black Friday deals, though you'll have to make do with the second-generation model. Nonetheless, it's perhaps the cheapest we've seen the ereader: on Friday November 26, from 9am PST, it will be just $89. Read The Full Story

Kindle stock shortage scuppers holiday gift plans [Update: stock available]

, Nov 20th 2010 Discuss [11]

Bad news if you were planning on picking up a Kindle as a gift this holiday season: Amazon US is currently out of stock of both the WiFi-only and WiFi/3G versions of its ereader. Estimated shipping times are now listed as 7-9 weeks, missing the all-important holiday period. Read The Full Story

Amazon launches Kindle ebook gifting

, Nov 19th 2010 Discuss [0]

Amazon has seemingly grown bored of waiting for people to actively adopt its Kindle ereading platform, and instead wants it to be foisted on unwitting gift recipients this holiday season. As of today it's possible to gift a Kindle ebook with nothing more than the recipient's email address. Read The Full Story

New York Times will Publish Best-Seller List for E-Books Come Early 2011

, Nov 11th 2010 Discuss [1]

The New York Times Best-Seller List is the list every book publishing company, basically, in the world looks to when thinking about what else to put on the cover of a new book other than the title. Now, since the future is happening, theres going to be not only Fiction and Non-Fiction lists for print editions, there's going to be Fiction and Non-Fiction lists for E-Books as well! Read The Full Story

Kindle magazine & newspaper publishers get new 70% revenue share deal

, Nov 9th 2010 Discuss [0]

Amazon has announced its new revenue share terms for magazine and newspaper publishers releasing digital content for the Kindle platform, and it's familiar reading if you've gone through their ebook terms of sale. As of December 1, publishers will earn 70-percent of the retail price, net of delivery costs, as well as having a new Kindle Publishing for Periodicals tool to more easily add content. Read The Full Story

Amazon Kindle App Coming to Windows Phone 7

, Oct 28th 2010 Discuss [0]

In today's world, there's no surprise that you'll find a popular eReader application on another piece of tech altogether. For example, Amazon's Kindle application has found its way to plenty of devices that many people would consider "the competition." That's not stopping Amazon from releasing the application on more devices, of course. The company has just announced today that you'll be able to find the Kindle App on upcoming Windows Phone 7 devices. Read The Full Story

Kindle sales rocket; ebooks outsell real books 2:1

, Oct 25th 2010 Discuss [3]

Amazon has announced record sales for their Kindle ereader, as well as that ebook sales are exceeding hardback and paperback sales by over 2-to-1.  According to SVP Steve Kessel "it's still October and we’ve already sold more Kindle devices since launch than we did during the entire fourth quarter of last year"; that makes the Kindle the best selling product on both Amazon US and Amazon UK. Read The Full Story

eBook Lending for Kindle feature coming this year

, Oct 25th 2010 Discuss [1]

Amazon has confirmed that a "lending for Kindle" feature will be launched later in 2010, allowing readers to loan their Kindle ebooks to other Kindle or Kindle app users.  As with Barnes & Noble's NOOK lending functionality, titles can be loaned once for a 14-day period, during which time the lender will be unable to read the ebook themselves. Read The Full Story
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