Articles about Kindle – Page 11 of 12

Amazon sidesteps Apple with HTML5 ‘Kindle Cloud Reader’

From a business perspective, the new “Kindle Cloud Reader” web app released by Amazon.com this morning will let the online retailer link… Read More

Lawsuit claims Apple and publishers colluded on eBook pricing in fear of Amazon.com

A Seattle law firm has filed a class-action lawsuit accusing Apple and five book publishers of engaging in price fixing… Read More

Amazon’s stealth social network for Kindle: Why it’s suddenly interesting

Amazon.com launched the “Public Notes” feature for its Kindle electronic reader earlier this year, allowing people to share the highlights… Read More

Refurbished Kindle now $99: Sign of new Kindles soon?

Hey, the Kindle has finally dropped to the magic price of $99.99 … if you don’t mind getting a refurbished… Read More

Tech Moves: Kindle veteran Julie Sandler joins Madrona

Madrona Venture Group has long mined Amazon.com for talent, not only backing entrepreneurs with ties to the online retailer but… Read More

Fish & chips with your Moby Dick? Microsoft seeks patent on ads inside e-books

A newly surfaced Microsoft patent application proposes to serve ads inside e-books, adjusting their relevance based on the contents of… Read More

Big Fish brings ‘Hidden Expedition: Amazon’ to Kindle

The Kindle isn’t really known as a gaming device. But that’s not stopping developers from expanding onto Amazon’s popular electronic… Read More

Poll: How much do real bookstores matter anymore?

The demise of Borders is causing many of us to consider the role of bookstores — heck, the role of any… Read More

Add comments to the margins of Web pages or directly in the editorial flow with Highlighter

For the most part, readers of this online news site and most others are forced to leave their comments at… Read More

Amazon’s Kindle making new attempt to fit in at college

Amazon.com’s Kindle e-reader has struggled to make inroads on college campuses, as an alternative to traditional paper textbooks. Findings released… Read More

Back to school special: Amazon unveils Kindle textbook rental service

College isn’t getting any cheaper, and that means students need financial help wherever they can ge it. Amazon.com is trying… Read More

WSJ: Amazon plans Android tablet, touch-screen Kindle

Amazon has been rumored for months to be working on its own multipurpose tablet computer, but this report by the… Read More

Google reveals first native eBooks device, promises more

Will this device give Amazon’s Kindle a run for its money? Probably not, at least not on its own, but… Read More

Kindle’s NYT subscribers get their NYTimes.com access

Amazon.com this morning followed through on a promised perk for Kindle users who subscribe to the New York Times on… Read More

Puzzle technology startup Puzzazz raises $400k in funding from industry vets

Puzzazz, the Seattle startup founded by puzzle creator and entrepreneur Roy Leban, has raised its first outside funding — about… Read More

Ex-Google engineer’s epiphany: A digital Bible for the Facebook generation

The Bible is the best-selling book of all time. But it hasn’t changed much since the advent of the printing… Read More

Study: e-Reader ownership doubles, tablet growth stalls

There was a time, not too long ago, when it was a bit of novelty to see someone reading a… Read More

KindleGraph allows authors to autograph digital books

The Kindle has transformed the way people read books. But there’s been at least one casualty of the e-reading revolution:… Read More

The ‘dark side’ of Kindle: Spam books line the digital shelves

You can find thousands of top-notch books on the Kindle from best-selling authors such as Kathryn Stockett or Erik Larson.… Read More

Report: Amazon’s upcoming tablet will feature free movie streaming

Amazon.com’s plans for a new color-screen tablet computer has got to be one of the worst kept secrets in the tech… Read More

Jeff Bezos explains why Amazon.com is so big on tablets

Amazon.com CEO Jeff Bezos didn’t spill the beans on any of the company’s reported plans to develop its own Android-based tablets… Read More

Jeff Bezos on innovation: Amazon ‘willing to be misunderstood for long periods of time’

One question at Amazon.com’s shareholder meeting this morning in Seattle clearly made an impression on Jeff Bezos, sparking an extraordinary… Read More

Amazon knocks $25 off Kindle 3G for those who want ‘special offers’

Amazon.com is reducing the price of its high-end Kindle 3G by $25 for those who sign up for the company’s… Read More

Barnes & Noble unveils the new Nook, with touchscreen display

Barnes & Noble today introduced the latest version of the Nook. And like yesterday’s announcement by rival Kobo, Barnes &… Read More

Kobo opens a new chapter, introduces ‘touch’ to e-reader

Kobo faces tough competition from the likes of Amazon.com’s Kindle and Barnes & Noble’s Nook. But the 2-year-old Canadian upstart,… Read More

Amazon.com sells more Kindle books than paperbacks and hardcovers

Amazon.com is now selling more Kindle books than printed hardcovers and paperbacks, a milestone that comes four years after the… Read More

Plot thickens for Amazon with new “Thomas & Mercer” mysteries and thrillers

Amazon.com is clearly having a lot of fun naming the brands that it’s using to expand further into the world… Read More

Q&A: ‘Final Jeopardy’ author Stephen Baker on Watson, IBM, the future of e-books and the fate of humanity

Stephen Baker is the journalist and author who traced IBM’s Watson project from its inception and development all the way… Read More

Amazon.com’s new tablet would be the anti-iPad

There have been tons of reports lately about Amazon.com planning to take on Apple’s iPad with its own color-screen, Android-based… Read More

Nerd Notes: A ball catching bot, an internet kiss and the Finger-Nose

The intelligence behind tracking Osama is revealed via Twitter. Introducing the floppy disk necklace. Hey, if Mickey Rourke, Mortal Kombat and the… Read More