What would you do for $15,000 is Amazon.com gift cards? That’s a lot of MP3s, Kindle books, or vacuum bags, or whatever it is you order a lot of from Amazon–maybe even print books! You can win those gift cards by entering Amazon’s just-announced “Kindle Commercial Contest.” More from Amazon.com… “Ever had an idea for a TV commercial [...]
Amidst all the doom and gloom of the book publishing industry, the CEO of Ingram Book Company, Skip Prichard, says books of all sorts are here to stay and we should embrace the change—and keep on reading. The Kindle. The iPad. The Nook. Not to mention at least thirty other reading devices or Google Editions, [...]
NYT — Amazon.com introduces two new versions of the Kindle eReader today, one for $139, the lowest price yet for the device. Amazon is hoping to convince even casual readers that they need a digital reading device. By firing another shot in an eReader price war leading up to the year-end holiday shopping season, the [...]
Amazon’s Kindle is sold out “temporarily,” according to the eReader’s web page, causing a bit of a fuss on the Intertubes. Is it a sign a new version is en route, or merely reflecting a manufacturing or supply chain glitch? We’ve had a think. Amazon’s Kindle eReader has been sold out before: Back in December 2009 [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]