Category: Amazon
Nook Situation Improves In Face of Kindle Competition
The past few months have been interesting for both Amazon and Barnes & Noble. While the former has been enjoying record success in both their eReading efforts and the new…
Amazon Kindle Fire Profits May Exceed Initial Estimations
It comes as no real surprise that Amazon’s bestselling Kindle Fire tablet is going to make the company some money despite estimates that say the hardware is being sold at,…
Apple Attacks Kindle Publishing With iBooks Author, Drama Ensues
We are well aware now what the big Apple announcement for January was: their new iBooks Author program. It is a program that allows for easy creation of books, most…
OverDrive Gets a Huge Membership Boost after Launching Kindle Library Lending
The Kindle Library Lending service launched in the fall of 2011 started with 11.000 libraries. The number has grown to about 15,000 libraries and counting in the US, and 18,000…
“Send to Kindle” First Hand Review
Amazon (NASDAQ: AMZN) just released a new software program called Send to Kindle that makes it easier to send most printable documents to both the e-ink Kindles and the Kindle…
Kindle Fire Update 6.2.2 Now Live
Amazon has just released the updated 6.2.2 firmware update for the Kindle Fire. While the documentation for this update has not yet hit their support pages, customers will find it…
Kindle Owners’ Lending Library Exclusivity Pays Off For Some Authors
The December numbers are in for Amazon’s rather controversial Kindle Owners‘ Lending Library (KOLL) and for some people they turned out to be quite good. Right around 295,000 rentals were…
“Send to Kindle” Simplifies Kindle File Transfers
Users of both the Amazon Kindle and PCs in general may be pleased to note that Amazon has released a new software tool for the PC that will make it…
Kindle Fire was Top Selling Item on Amazon This Holiday Season
It shouldn’t come as too much of a shock, but the Kindle Fire took the top spot as the bestselling, wished for, and gifted item on Amazon. Right behind the…
A First Hand Look at How Kindle Library Lending Works
There have been several posts about the Amazon Kindle Library Lending program that was launched earlier this fall on here, but there hasn’t really been a good explanation of how…