Barnes & Noble has finally made its long awaited entrance into the eBook market with the announcement of the launch of the Barnes & Noble eBookstore (www.bn.com/ebooks). In direct contrast to the closed Amazon.com Kindle system, B&N’s eBookstore will carry eBooks that can be read on a wide variety of platforms, including the Plastic Logic [...]
We’re excited to announce that Amazon’s bestselling 6-inch Kindle is now only $299. With this exciting new low price, summer reading just got a lot more fun!
Sleek and lightweight, Kindle is as thin as a typical magazine and holds over 1,500 books. An advanced display reads like real paper and boasts 16 shades of gray [...]
Amazon is paying close attention to Apple’s iPhone and iPod touch. In what appears to be a response to demand for the unique functionality of the Apple devices, Amazon just announced an upgrade to its Kindle for iPhone app that provides more of the expected and popular functionality. Amazon’s Kindle for iPhone version 1.1 will [...]
Kindle is dominating the book retail industry, according to Amazon CEO Jeff Bezos, who says that; “Kindle sales are now 35 percent of books where we have Kindle editions.” Many were skeptical of these results, but upon further investigation, the possibility exists that the release of the Kindle DX has sparked an increase in Kindle [...]