Google Digital Bookstore by the end of 2009?
It looks like Amazon Kindle will see more competition in 2009. Google announced that it will start selling digital books by the end of 2009. Publishers and authors welcomed this…
The Lord Of The Rings, The Hobbit, The Silmarillion by J.R.R.Tolkien!
When I last checked Kindle Store none of the J.R.R.Tolkien books were there. There were some books about Tolkien himself and his writings but that was that. Oh, well I…
eInk Corporation Acquired by PVI for $215 million
Prime View International (PVI) signed an agreement to acquire eInk Corporation (producer of electrophoretic used in Amazon Kindle and Sony PRS eReaders) for $215,000,000. PVI has been consolidating eInk related…
Kindle DX Release Date Is Set
According to Amazon website Kindle DX will ship on the the 10th of June 10th, 2009. There were some speculations earlier about release date being 6th of July or 24th…
May 2009 Summary
During May 19,885 new books were added to the Kindle Store with 294,881 books at the end of the month. This corresponds to 7.23% growth. Here is break down by…
Pixel Qi demonstrates hybrid reflective/backlit display
While Pixel Qi on their website explicitly states that their displays are not based on eInk technology and that they are not affiliated with eInk Corporation this piece of news…
Douglas Adams, Good Kindle Books at a Glance #10
Douglas Noel Adams is best known for the science fiction comedy Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy. Originally radio broadcast series, they later inspired “a trilogy in five parts” as well…
Sprint Earnings Per Kindle User – Kindle Economics #1.1
According to nielsen wire, average Kindle user earns Sprint $2/month. Given 12 cents/MB price this yeilds 16.6MB on average downloaded by Kindle user per month. This includes book purchases, periodicals,…
Ok, I lied…
…about not going to tweet myself. Tweeting fever has got the better of me and by the power of Twitter Tools WordPress plugin you’ll see a tweet every time I…
Kindle DX Release Date Contest
I’ve decided to have another date guessing contest here on BlogKindle.com. This time it’s about guessing the release date of Amazon Kindle DX. The rules are quite simple: pick…