Month: June 2009
Scratched My Kindle 2
Couple of days ago I was rushing to an appointment and withing much thinking stuffed my Kindle 2 in jacket pocket. But I failed to consider the fact that my…
Kindle DX Release Date Contest Results
And the winner is Jay from Florida. He correctly guessed the Kindle DX release date. Here’s what he has to say about himself: I work in education and I am…
Kindle 3 Preview From www.collegehumor.com
If any of you were wondering what new features would be included in the device that will replace Kindle 2 – watch this video. According to Adam and his friends,…
Google Digital Bookstore by the end of 2009?
It looks like Amazon Kindle will see more competition in 2009. Google announced that it will start selling digital books by the end of 2009. Publishers and authors welcomed this…
The Lord Of The Rings, The Hobbit, The Silmarillion by J.R.R.Tolkien!
When I last checked Kindle Store none of the J.R.R.Tolkien books were there. There were some books about Tolkien himself and his writings but that was that. Oh, well I…
eInk Corporation Acquired by PVI for $215 million
Prime View International (PVI) signed an agreement to acquire eInk Corporation (producer of electrophoretic used in Amazon Kindle and Sony PRS eReaders) for $215,000,000. PVI has been consolidating eInk related…
Kindle DX Release Date Is Set
According to Amazon website Kindle DX will ship on the the 10th of June 10th, 2009. There were some speculations earlier about release date being 6th of July or 24th…
May 2009 Summary
During May 19,885 new books were added to the Kindle Store with 294,881 books at the end of the month. This corresponds to 7.23% growth. Here is break down by…