Category: Kindle Store
First Japanese-Language Kindles Coming Next Month
The move away from physical keyboards gave Amazon an easy route into any number of non-Anglophone markets for the first time. They’ve made good use of that since the Kindle Touch…
Amazon to Launch Kindle Store in Brazil, but No Other Services
The Brazilian market has not seen an entry from Amazon so far, but that looks like it is about to change. It seems that the Kindle will be launched in…
Amazon Adds In-App Purchasing to the Kindle Fire, App Development Expansion Predicted
Amazon’s Appstore for Android is not exclusively available for the Kindle Fire, but at this point that is the device that matters. The relatively new media tablet already holds the…
Amazon Opens Kindle en Español to US
The coming of the fourth generation of Kindle readers brought us a keyboard-free design. This promised to, and has proven able to, allow for the expansion of Kindle availability into…
Release of Harry Potter for Kindle Magically Removes Buy Buttons From Kindle Store
Now that J.K. Rowling’s last major addition to the Harry Potter experience, the Pottermore site, is about to go live, people are starting to get excited about the series all…
Already Impressive Kindle Singles Lands Vonnegut Exclusive
What began as seemingly little more than an experiment to test whether or not there was a market for intermediate length written works, Amazon’s Kindle Singles program, has succeeded beyond…
Kindle Owners’ Lending Library Hits 100K Milestone; Can It Continue?
Amazon’s controversial Kindle Owners’ Lending Library has proven to be a hit among readers and an appealing option for many self-publishers, but there still remains some question as to how…
Kindle Fire Popularity Seems To Spur Interest In Kindle Phone
It’s safe to say that the Kindle Fire has made an impression. Tablet prices are dropping across the board, some major hardware developers seem to be reconsidering their desire to…
Amazon Kindle Daily Detail Now Available In UK
Let’s face it, Amazon has not been great up until now about making sure that customers outside of US markets get access to their products and services in a timely…
Chinese Kindle On The Way?
I’ve mentioned before that Amazon is expanding their international presence significantly lately, especially with regard to the Kindle line. No longer must an avid reader live in an anglophone country…