Category: Kindle News
Business Like Bezos: Portfolio.com interviews Amazon founder Jeff Bezos about the Kindle
Portfolio contributing editor Kevin Maney interviewed Jeff Bezos in a packed auditorium at New York University’s Stern School of Business. Bazos and Maney discussed many topics during the lengthy 1…
Simon & Shuster make 5000 more e-books available for Kindle
In a joint statement today, Amazon.com and Simon & Schuster said will make 5,000 additional titles available for the Amazon Kindle in 2008. “At Simon & Schuster, we are excited…
Kindle is now reduced to $359 and is back in stock
Amazon updated the Kindle product page this morning with a 10% reduction in the price of the Kindle, the price drop is a welcome one and also includes free 2-day…
Touch screen Kindle could be on its way
Have you ever wished that you could use a stylus to write notes on a page or use your fingers to turn the virtual page on your Kindle? well your…
Jennifer Aniston owns a Kindle
This is not really news, it’s just note-worthy. US Magazine has snapped Jennifer Aniston with her very own Kindle becoming the the first(?) celebrity to own a Kindle. It has…
POD publishers file antitrust suit againt Amazon
Today BookLocker.com has filed an antitrust suit against Amazon.com on behalf of POD (Print On Demand) publishers. It all started in late March when Amazon contacted a number of US…
$750 Million in Kindle Sales by 2010
Mark Mahaney – an Internet Analyst at Citigroup Investment Research – is predicting that revenue generated by Amazon from the sale of Kindle’s will be between $400m – $750m by…
Amazon Kindle Is Back In Stock
As you may have noticed, there have been a lack of updates recently, however that doesn’t mean we have take our eyes off the ball. Amazon updated their website today…
Apple Preparing A Kindle Like Device? iReader
A New York Times articleby John Markoff this past week made an interesting case that Apple is working on a Kindle-like device called ‘Safari Pad’. Whilst there is no concrete…
Publisher “Stunned” By Kindle Sales
Silicon Alley Insider had reported on Evan Schnittman’s – of Oxford University Press – response to unexpectedly strong sales via Kindle: That prompted Schnittman to look at his royalty statements,…