Month: June 2011
Analysts Say Kindle Now Creates Nearly 10% of Amazon’s Revenue
It seems that Amazon’s Kindle is poised to hit something of a milestone in terms of its influence on the company as a whole. A recently released Citi analysis has…
Apple Changes App Rules To Avoid Losing Kindle, Nook, Kobo, and More
The status of the iOS Kindle App has been in question for a while now, after Apple’s announcement that they were going to begin enforcing some highly restrictive app store…
Does Anybody Really Care About Kindle vs Nook Battery Life?
There’s been a certain degree of controversy arising from competing claims about the battery life of the Kindle vs the new Nook. I’m finding it a little bit silly overall,…
Why Some People Are Annoyed By Kindle Book Sales Numbers
Not too long ago, Amazon(NASDAQ:AMZN) announced that they were finally officially selling more Kindle Edition eBooks than they were print books, even discounting free book downloads. It was a big…
Sunshine Deals – Kindle Books for $2.99 or Less
I wrote a post on a Kindle $3.99 or less sale recently, but now the sale is even better with some great Kindle books going for $.99, $1.99, and $2.99. …
Is Getting Locked Into The Kindle Platform Worth It?
The eReader marketplace has reached the point where, in terms of hardware, there simply isn’t a bad option anymore. Both the Amazon Kindle and the Barnes & Noble Nook give…
Possible Reading Focussed Kindle Tablet Spinoffs?
All signs point to there being multiple incarnations of the upcoming Kindle Tablet being released in a variety of shapes and sizes. It isn’t necessarily a new idea in hardware…
Choosing An eReader For Father’s Day: Kindles vs Nooks
As with every popular gift giving holiday, Kindles, Nooks, and other similar products make tempting gifts. They aren’t cheap enough to be trivial, but they aren’t expensive enough to break…
Kindle Hack Brings 3.1 Firmware to Kindle 2 and Kindle DX
While the general functionality of the Kindle hasn’t changed much from version to version, at least as far as the act of reading goes, as time goes on the newer…
Thread Words
For those who enjoy word search games, Amazon (NASDAQ:AMZN) recently introduced Thread Words for Kindle. It is the latest free game in Amazon’s Kindle game collection. Thread Words also provides…