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Can the Kindle Scribe replace the yellow notepad? Notes on taking notes with Amazon’s new device

[Update, May 2023: Amazon has added several features not available when this original story was published, including lasso select, cut,… Read More

Audible launches live (aka human!) customer service feature on Amazon Alexa devices

Audible, the audiobook company owned by Amazon, is launching a new option for its customers to talk with a live… Read More

Amazon reaches agreement with EU to end antitrust investigation into e-book deals

The European Commission has decided that terms offered up by Amazon sufficiently address concerns raised in a 2015 antitrust investigation over… Read More

Amazon to close Kindle ‘Write On’ author community, pulling the plug on story lab

Updated on Friday morning with more information from Amazon. Amazon’s Kindle Write On author community, billed as a “story lab”… Read More

Amazon piles on the Prime benefits with new ‘Prime Reading’ perk

Amazon CEO Jeff Bezos said earlier this year that the company’s goal is to make the benefits of its $99/year Amazon Prime… Read More

Team publishing startup Booktrope to shut down, citing revenue shortfall

Booktrope plans to go out of business at the end of May, bringing an end to its “team publishing” platform used by ad hoc… Read More

Hands-on: $290 Kindle Oasis starts a new chapter for Amazon e-readers

The word “lopsided” was used to described Amazon’s new Kindle Oasis after images of the e-reader leaked online earlier this week in advance of… Read More

Embed a book? Amazon starts offering Kindle book previews for third-party sites and apps

Web publishers embed video and audio all the time. So why not books? Amazon is answering that question with the rollout… Read More

Podcast

GeekWire Radio: Our favorite apps, and the great Outlook vs. Gmail debate

This week on the GeekWire radio show and podcast, we talk about our favorite apps for book lovers, gamers, photographers,… Read More

"Machine Learning"

Inspired by Microsoft Research projects, top sci-fi writers share ‘Future Visions’ in new e-book

When you’re developing technologies that sound like science fiction, why not use science fiction stories to show what you’re up to? That’s… Read More

A new chapter for e-books?: Sales plunge 10% in the first five months of the year

Sales of e-books, which were expected to overtake print by 2015, have suddenly slowed sharply, leaving industry observers to wonder the digital apocalypse was… Read More

E-book service Oyster closes down as much of its staff heads to Google

Oyster, the Netflix-like subscription service for books, has announced via a blog post that it’s closing up shop. But as… Read More

Authors and booksellers ask U.S. regulators to investigate Amazon’s dominance in book sales

A year ago, Amazon was looking pretty good after Apple was found guilty of overcharging consumers by millions of dollars for… Read More

Europe launches investigation into Amazon’s e-book contracts with publishers

The European Commission has opened a formal antitrust investigation into Amazon’s e-book contracts with publishers, examining whether their terms give the… Read More

Reading books with HoloLens? Microsoft patent shows how it could work

A new Microsoft patent shows how a head-mounted display could transform the experience of reading books — synchronizing a virtual character’s movements… Read More

Amazon’s thriving book business to crank out 2,000 titles by 2016

Amazon’s book publishing business is turning a page to a new chapter on growth. In 2016, the company’s publishing division plans to release 2,000 titles, up… Read More

Amazon strikes deal with HarperCollins, making peace with another publishing house

Amazon has struck a deal with HarperCollins that sets the terms for selling the publisher’s print and digital books on the influential… Read More

Oyster takes aim at Amazon with new e-book store, lands all ‘Big Five’ publishers

Oyster launched a new version of its e-book platform today that puts it in even closer competition with Amazon. The… Read More

European court says e-books are not books, must face higher taxes

A European high court has ruled against France and Luxembourg, saying that the two countries cannot charge lower value-added tax… Read More

Amazon’s crowdsourced ‘Kindle Scout’ program picks first 10 digital books for publication

Amazon this morning named the first 10 digital books to be published through its “Kindle Scout” program, which lets customers nominate… Read More

Amazon: Why $9.99 e-books are better for everyone, including Hachette

Amazon has gone public with new details about its high-profile standoff with book publisher Hachette, confirming that the e-commerce giant is trying to lock… Read More

First impressions: Kindle Unlimited is nice, but won’t replace a well-stocked bookshelf

  I’m a big fan of subscription services for media. While there are certain items that I get a ton… Read More

Amazon says its Hachette standoff is ‘in the long-term interest of our customers’

A top executive for Amazon’s e-book business is defending the company’s tactics in its high-profile dispute with publisher Hachette, saying that… Read More

App of the Week: Oyster is the Netflix of e-books

For book lovers, one of the great things about the explosion of the e-book market is the ability to put hundreds of… Read More

Interview: Barnes & Noble CEO ‘not worried about Amazon’ as Nook ties fortunes to Samsung

Barnes & Noble laid out a new plan for its Nook e-reader business this morning, announcing plans to partner with Samsung on… Read More

Podcast

GeekWire Radio: Zulily’s rocket ride, Boeing’s spy phone, and top picks from Ada’s Technical Books

What is it like to run an independent bookstore in the age of Amazon? Our guest on this week’s GeekWire… Read More

Amazon announces payouts for e-book price fixing settlement

If there’s one big winner in the ongoing e-book antitrust mess, it’s Amazon and their customers. According to an email… Read More

Apple faces major day in court on patents and e-books

It’s a big day for Apple in court today, as the Cupertino-based company remains entangled in a massive web of… Read More

DOJ’s proposed Apple order could help Amazon sell more Kindle books on iPad, iPhone

The U.S. Justice Department’s proposed remedy in the Apple e-book price-fixing case, made public this morning, includes a key provision… Read More

Students: Now you can rent e-textbooks with Google

Along with the announcement today of the new Nexus 7, Google said it will be making a play for a… Read More

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