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Amazon’s new ‘Page Flip’ feature for Kindle is like a virtual thumb in an e-book

One of the most natural habits when reading a physical book is to save your place with a thumb or finger and… Read More

Amazon slims down $80 Kindle, adds Bluetooth audio and offers new white version

Amazon this morning updated its entry level Kindle e-reader for the first time since 2014 — trimming its size, cutting… Read More

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Amazon Kindle earns top spot again among computers and tablets in annual rating of customer experience

Amazon was rated higher than all other computer and tablet makers for customer experience related to the Kindle for the… Read More

Amazon debuts accessory to help visually impaired users read on the Kindle

Amazon is making it easier for visually impaired users to benefit from the improvements of digital books by bringing VoiceView… Read More

Review: Amazon’s Kindle Oasis may be the best e-reader ever — but here’s how it could have been better

Amazon’s Kindle Oasis is a premium device. Its screen is stunning, the construction is solid, and it may be the most… 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

Amazon Kindle ‘Oasis’ e-reader images leak, with lopsided layout and battery case

A new Amazon Kindle is coming this week, and it looks like it’ll be quite a departure from earlier models. The… Read More

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Amazon looking to boost Kindle battery life with a removable cover, report says

Amazon is announcing a new Kindle next week, and if a Wall Street Journal report out today is to be believed, that… Read More

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Amazon to unveil new ‘top of the line’ Kindle next week, CEO Jeff Bezos announces on Twitter

A new “top of the line” Kindle is coming next week, according to Amazon CEO Jeff Bezos. While Amazon’s last Kindle… Read More

Update that Kindle! Amazon resorts to postcard reminders for out-of-touch e-readers

If your Kindle hasn’t connected to the internet in the past 3-and-a-half years, you may want to get it online real… Read More

Supreme Court rejects Apple’s e-book price-fixing appeal in victory for Amazon

The U.S. Supreme Court today rejected an appeal from Apple over an appellate court’s decision which found that the company conspired… Read More

Amazon turns to Ian Freed, former Fire Phone leader, to run restaurant delivery, report says

Ian Freed, the Amazon executive who helped lead the retailer’s ill-fated Fire Phone efforts, has re-emerged at the company, according… Read More

Amazon’s other physical retail test: A mini bookstore for Kindle ebooks

It only takes up a couple square feet, a small fraction of the size of Amazon’s first real bookstore in Seattle,… Read More

Amazon updates Kindle for iOS app with improved sharing features

Amazon updated its Kindle for iOS app today, bringing with it some big changes for sharing quotes and books, along… Read More

Nook holiday sales plunge another 25% to $41M as Barnes & Noble falls further behind Amazon Kindle

Holiday sales in Barnes & Noble’s Nook business fell to $41.2 million, down 25.8 percent compared to the 2014 holidays,… 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

Sales of Amazon devices triple over holiday weekend, setting new record for company

Amazon says sales of its first-party devices tripled during the first holiday shopping weekend of 2015, compared with the year before, setting… 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

Ex-Amazon exec looks to disrupt healthcare at Providence Ventures, taps former Swype CEO as entrepreneur-in-residence

Over the past year, Providence Health & Services, a 159-year old not-for-profit Catholic health care provider, has quietly built a sophisticated… Read More

How to use the new Amazon Households to get the most out of your Prime account

Is Amazon Prime worth it? That’s a fair question after Amazon raised the annual fee last year to $99, and… Read More

Amazon upgrades Kindle quote sharing with Instant Previews

Amazon is making it more convenient to share snippets of an ebook with friends or family. An update to the… Read More

Amazon’s new Paperwhite introduces exclusive ‘Bookerly’ font and new typesetting engine

Amazon this morning announced a new version of its Kindle Paperwhite e-reader, with a higher-resolution screen and a new font, called “Bookerly”… 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

Washington Post’s Kindle app is no longer free, but still cheap for a limited time

Six months ago, The Washington Post launched a Kindle app that was heavily influenced by Jeff Bezos, the CEO of… 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

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

News Brief

Amazon officially launches Kindle author community Write On

Amazon said Monday it is no longer requiring authors to have special codes to participate in Write On, a social network of… 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

New Amazon app lets anyone digitize physical books

Amazon wants to make it easier for people to get their old books digitized and onto a Kindle. The company… Read More

Amazon’s 40 million Prime members spending $1,500 a year on average

Thanks to a end-of-the-year marketing blitz, Amazon now has roughly 40 million Amazon Prime members. The research, which was conducted… Read More

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