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Is Amazon the New Apple?

The new Kindle 3 isn’t even available, yet it is already sold out at Amazon.com. When you visit the order page, you’ll see a message that says this… Due to strong customer demand, Kindle is temporarily sold out. Order now to reserve your place in line. Orders are prioritized on a first come, first served [...]

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Amazon Kindle 2 Sold Out, but What Does It Mean? | Fast Company

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 [...]

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Agency Stirs a Fuss in eBook Publishing Venture

The literary agent Andrew Wylie announced on Wednesday that he had started his own publishing venture and would produce e-book editions available exclusively on Amazon.com for 20 titles, including those by Philip Roth and Vladimir Nabokov. Now Random House, which had previously staked a claim for the e-book rights to most of those books, has issued a forceful [...]

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Media Sales Up at Amazon

Revenue in Amazon’s North America media segment, which includes books and eBooks, rose 15% in the second quarter to $1.32 billion. Sales in the electronic and general merchandise segment rose 76% to $2.09 billion. The segment includes Kindle and the newly acquired shoe online Web site Zappos. Much of Amazon’s press release emphasized the success [...]

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Sony Reader Sales Triple; iPad Sales Top 3 Million

Kindle has reached its tipping point, and now the Sony Reader has, too. Earlier this year the 10 millionth book was downloaded from the Sony Reader Store, Phil Lubell, v-p of digital reading at Sony Electronics said today. “We are well on our way to doubling this number by year’s end,” he said. Since launching its [...]

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Amazon’s eBook Sales Tripled in First Half of 2010

In Amazon’s ongoing effort to show how popular the Kindle and e-books are without giving away real numbers the company has released a batch of new statistics about the two products ahead of its second quarter earnings report set for Thursday. According to the company, sales of the e-reader  “accelerated each month in the second [...]

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Amazon’s Kindle E-Book Sales Overtake Its Hardback Book Sales

Amazon.com said its Kindle device and e-book sales were accelerating, despite competition from other dedicated e-reading devices and multi-purpose devices such as Apple’s iPad. Amazon said the growth rate of Kindle device unit sales had tripled since the company lowered its price to $189 from $259 last month. Over the last month, the Seattle e-retailer [...]

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E-book Sales Rose 167% in May

PW: After sales growth slowed slightly in April, to 127%, e-book sales rose 162.8% in May, to $29.3 million, at the 13 publishers that report results to AAP’s monthly sales report. Sales for the first five months of the year increased 207.4%, to $148.3 million. In some other trade segments, adult hardcover sales jumped 43.2%, [...]

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Amazon releases Kindle App for Mac

After much waiting, now Mac users can download and read Kindle books on their computers. Read more than 450,000 Kindle books on your computer with the free application for your Mac. No Kindle required. Already have a Kindle? With Whispersync, you can access your library of Kindle books, notes, marks and more. Read Kindle Books [...]

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Amazon Kindle Now Only $299

Amazon Kindle Now Only $299

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 [...]

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Amazon Upgrades Kindle iPhone App

Amazon Upgrades Kindle iPhone App

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 [...]

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Kindle Publishing for Blogs Beta

As you know, the Kindle is the device that allows readers to download and buy books directly from Amazon and read them on the go.  The Kindle is wireless, so readers can search, purchase and enjoy reading books no matter where they are.   But did you know that Amazon is now offering blog publishing on [...]

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Inside the Reported Kindle Sales Explosion

Inside the Reported Kindle Sales Explosion

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 [...]