Month: July 2011
Kindle Store Success May Indicate Percieved eBook Value Beyond Simple Savings
Something that most early adopters of the Kindle were eager to see was the impressive price drops that eBooks promised to bring. Compared to the expense of creating, transporting, and…
Star Wars on Kindle
Star Wars fans take note There have been about a hundred Star Wars e-books added to the Kindle Store in the past month. You can also find them on the…
Kindle Lab Provides Leverage in California’s Assault on Amazon
Buying a Kindle in California might very well be costing slightly more than we’re used to, soon, despite the best efforts of Amazon.com. Lawmakers, frustrated by a combination of factors…
Barnes & Noble Seeks Kindle Converts With eReader Upgrade Offer
Still walking around with a first generation Kindle, Nook, or Sony Reader? Barnes & Noble is currently offering incentives to upgrade from any other eReader when you switch to the…
Magazines and Newspapers Now Available on Kindle Reading Apps
One of the biggest complaints about reading magazines on Kindle is it’s lack of good support for graphics. I have seen this sentiment in many of the Kindle magazine reviews. …
John Locke – First Independent Author to Join Kindle Million Club
Amazon Direct Publishing has enabled a lot of authors to get their writing voices out there. One independent author who has published a number of thrillers over the past year,…
Michael Connelly Joins the Kindle Million Club
Michael Connelly, the author of the bestselling novels, The Lincoln Lawyer and The Fifth Witness, hit the Kindle Million club recently. Connelly joins Suzanne Collins, Stieg Larsson, James Patterson, Nora…
OverDrive Prepares for Upcoming Kindle Library Lending
As you have probably heard, Amazon (NASDAQ: AMZN) is launching a new Library Lending program later this year for the Kindle. Other e-readers including the Nook have have allowed library…