When Amazon put it’s listing for the 6-inch Kindle on “out-of-stock” status yesterday, we were all kind of expecting Amazon to announce something new. And so they did. Amazon just announced their latest Kindle units. In fact, there are two of them – a $139 Wi-Fi only version and a $189 3G only version....
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Earlier this morning Barnes and Noble’s Nook, the original version just got a price cut. Current price is now only $199 from the previous $259. Then Amazon suddenly followed and lowered the price of the original Amazon Kindle from $259 to $199. In addition, Barnes and Noble has also release a new Wi-Fi only...
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With the threat being posed by the iPad and its multi-functional features, the Amazon folks are up on their toes trying to find ways on improving their Kindle’s features and functionality. And since coming up with another version would seem too costly, Amazon is left with nothing but to enhanced the Kindle’s feature through...
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I’m not trying to insinuate anything here. It’s just that I sense that Amazon’s sudden release of the Kindle for Mac app seems rather on the right timing. I mean for the upcoming release of the Apple iPad. I mean the difference between the screen size of the iPad and the 13-inch MacBook Pro...
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There you go, Amazon’s latest offering for all you Kindle-loving mobile phone users – Kindle for BlackBerry. If you’ve been waiting for this since Amazon released Kindle for iPhone and Kindle for PC – you’re in luck. You may now download the app on your BlackBerry Devices by simply pointing your phone’s browser to...
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Crave.net was able to get their hands on the new Octovo back-up light for Kindle. What this $29.99 device do is provide you with the needed lighting to let you read your e-books on your Kindle even when on dark environment. Thanks to the Kindle’s e-ink based display doing this seems to be impossible...
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After announcing a new royalty payment option for authors and publishers, Amazon is announcing something new again about its Kindle business. This time its the Kindle Development Kit (KDK). It’s basically the same thing as Software Development Kit or SDK used by applications developer to create third-party applications that run on a particular platform....
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Amazon just announced that authors and publishers who are using the Kindle Digital Text Platform will be earning larger share of revenue from every ebooks that the Kindle will sell. The new policy is an opt-in feature for authors and publishers who will received 70% of list price of each of their e-books that...
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Amazon just announced the availability of popular young reader titles in their e-book formats. These e-books include the Artemis Fowl series as well as Rick Riordan’s “Percy Jackson and the Olympians, Book 5: The Last Olympian” and “When You Reach Me” by Rebecca Stead. This is a good way of encouraging young people to...
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In the absence of a better and viable alternative, it is not surprising that e-book reader hungry consumers will be confronted with no choice but to get the Amazon Kindle instead. For all its flaws and limitations, Kindle’s business model makes it the most reliable and bankable ebook business model today. Full-featured ereader device...
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