Tag: Kindle Books
Amazon Kindle Now Sells More Books Than Print
Long before we had the Kindle to play with, Amazon was still making a big impression in book sales. They got started over 15 years ago now and in that…
Kindle Book Recommendations: Children’s Books
Oddly enough, one of the prerequisites for blogging about the Kindle isn’t a strong rapport with young people. I’ll admit right off the bat that I don’t know much about…
Hank Moody Comes to Kindle
So, I was stuck in San Francisco airport: sitting, standing, chilling, staring blankly at my Kindle (trying to look busy). I discovered that my Kindle is full of highly sophisticated…
How to Productively Criticize High Kindle Book Prices
I’ve noticed no small number of negative reviews going around for Kindle books that publishers insist on pricing above their corresponding hardcover editions. I wholeheartedly approve! What makes it worth…
Publishers Claim Credit For Success of Kindle Editions & Other eBooks
Owing perhaps to the impressive holiday sales figures for the Kindle, Nook, and others at the end of 2010, an announcement from the Association of American Publishers has confirmed that…
Kindle vs Nostalgia: Why Books Aren’t Harmed By eBooks
As somebody who both loves having a Kindle and who is proud of his fairly extensive physical library, it can be infuriating to hear people talk about their perception that…
Kindle Book Recommendations: Romance
The theme of the day is Romance books for the Kindle! Specifically, romance books revolving around crazy supernatural types of things. I understand that’s the big thing these days, after…
Kindle Book Recommendations: Health
While presenting these recommendations, I’ve gotten a lot of responses about non-literary Kindle books. Admittedly, I’ve questioned throwing anything like that up here, but I figure that since people are…
The Current State of the Agency Model and Why It Matters: The Effect on Kindle Book Publishing
So, we’re back again to the conversation regarding the ever-unpopular Agency Model for pricing of Kindle and other eBooks. For once we have some actual solid new developments, though not…
Quality and Kindle Book Publication
A few weeks ago, I posted some recommendations for Kindle-based reading material. One of the books I brought up caused some problems for people because, while the book itself was…