Tagged: Kindle
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E-book wars: Amazon reveals 70pc royalty option for authors News
30.06.2010 Online retailer Amazon has revealed a new 70pc royalty option for publishers and authors who use the Kindle Digital Text Platform, enabling them to gain a larger share of... -
Kindle coming to Android devices this summer News
18.05.2010 Amazon’s Kindle e-reader technology will be coming as an app to a multitude of mobile devices, from the iPhone to the iPad and BlackBerry, and most notably very soon... -
Kindle update incorporates Facebook and Twitter News
04.05.2010 Social networking will be woven into how Kindle owners use their e-book devices, as the next software update from Amazon brings both Facebook and Twitter functionality. -
Google to launch its own e-book store News
05.05.2010 The competition heats up in the e-book market as Google intends to launch its own e-book store, called Google Editions, as early as June 2010. -
Amazon Q1 profits soar 68pc, but shares fall News
23.04.2010 Online retailer Amazon has reported a better-than-expected 68pc rise in net profit to US$299m for its first quarter, against the US$177m earned during the same quarter in 2009.Categories: Business, Financial Results -
Deals done this past week News
29.03.2010 An overview of the week in deals in the Irish technology sector, including UK Prime Minister Gordon Brown’s recruitment of worldwide web creator Tim Berners-Lee to create an... -
Amazon takes wraps off Kindle app for Mac and iPad News
22.03.2010 Amazon has unveiled a free software application that will allow readers worldwide to enjoy Kindle e-reader books on their Mac computers. The company also confirmed a forthcoming...Categories: -
Thinner Kindle on way, touchscreen device in works News
31.05.2010 Amazon is planning to unveil a new thinner Kindle e-book reader later on this summer, and this will be followed up by a colour, multi-touch version, according to reports. -
Apple’s iPad will cannibalise current e-reader market News
08.03.2010 There is strong evidence of pre-launch demand for the Apple iPad greater than that for the iPhone. According to a survey, Amazon and its Kindle e-reader are poised to take a big...Categories: Digital Life, New Media -
Microsoft and Amazon.com in patent deal that covers Kindle, Linux News
23.02.2010 Software giant Microsoft and the world’s largest online retailer Amazon.com have signed a patent cross-licence agreement that will give each company access to the other’s patent... -
Smart phones, tablet PCs to fuel Flash memory shortage in 2010 News
18.02.2010 The enormous success of smart phones, like the iPhone, and expected sales of future devices, like the iPad, will lead to a critical undersupply of NAND-type flash memory in...Categories: New Media -
Amazon backs down over battle of the e-books News
01.02.2010 Online retailer Amazon.com has conceded to demands from publisher Macmillan that it charge more for electronic versions than the US$9.99 it currently charges.Categories: New Media -
Amazon pulls one of the ‘big six’ publishers from site News
01.02.2010 Following a dispute with Macmillan over its new terms of sale for ebooks, Amazon.com has temporarily suspended sales of both paper books and digital editions from the publishing...Categories: Business -
Kindle e-reader sales drive bumper Q4 revenues for Amazon News
29.01.2010 Amazon.com now sells six Kindle e-books for every 10 physical books and it is estimated that the company has sold more than 2.5 million units of the devices. -
Apple iSlate popular with the ladies, but price could be a deal killer, survey says News
24.01.2010 The rumoured iPad, or iSlate, tablet device predicted to be launched this week by Apple will prove popular with e-book reading ladies. However, any price for the device above... -
Kindle coming to Mac and BlackBerry News
18.12.2009 Amazon’s Kindle e-book platform, which has already been released as an app for the Apple iPhone, is also arriving soon on both RIM’s BlackBerry smart phone and the Mac, too.Categories: Digital Life -
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Amazon.com sales and profits soar in Q3 News
23.10.2009 Online retailer Amazon.com reported last night revenues of US$5.4 billion, up 28pc, driven by strong e-commerce sales and the success of its Kindle e-book reader.Categories: Business -
Barnes & Noble e-reader details leaked News
20.10.2009 Dubbed the Nook, Barnes & Noble's e-book reader is expected to be launched later today in the US, and ahead of the launch details have been leaked on the internet that reveal it...Categories: New Media -
Google's cloud e-book store could crush Kindle News
15.10.2009 If the e-book reader was meant to come along and knock the old paper book off the top of the heap, what can a smart phone, tablet or any other connected mobile device do if it...Categories: New Media