Amazon Prime, the online retail giant's annual fee-based membership program that offers its users certain perks like free shipping, video downloads, ebook borrows, and more, has seen a third quarter increase in the "millions," according to a press release from the usually very tight-lipped company. "It's been a busy few months-we launched a new Paperwhite and new Kindle … [Read more...] about Millions Join Amazon Prime in Light of Free Shipping Increase
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Amazon Secures New Deal with A&E for Prime Instant Videos
If you are a fan of Storage Wars, Pawn Stars, Cajun Pawn Stars, Shipping Wars, and all of that jazz, you are in luck! Amazon Prime Instant Video has just secured a deal with A&E to bring most of A&E's television properties over. If you have a Kindle Fire HD or other device, you can take a break from reading to hear Dave Hester yell "YUUUP!" A&E and all of its … [Read more...] about Amazon Secures New Deal with A&E for Prime Instant Videos
Top Tablet News – December 13th, 2012
Razer Project Fiona Gaming Tablet now on sale for $1300 and up While tablet makers leave no stone unturned in their effort to drive home the point that tablets can be an excellent platform for playing games, even the most popular tablet are insufficient for die hard gamers. Those folks can now look forward to Razer Project Fiona, a device that offers the best gaming … [Read more...] about Top Tablet News – December 13th, 2012
Amazon Unveils Monthly Prime Membership
If you wanted to get access to Prime videos and borrow a free ebook every month, you had to subscribe to a yearly Amazon membership. This is all about to change with the advent of the new monthly subscription package. For $7.99 a month, you can get free two day shipping, tons of videos, and lots of ebooks to borrow for your Kindle. Amazon is currently testing this new program … [Read more...] about Amazon Unveils Monthly Prime Membership
Amazon Continues with Its No Profit Policy with Sales of the Kindle Fire HD and Paperwhite
It has been a tried and tested strategy at Amazon to sell the hardware at cost (or even less) and then make money through the content that users buy from the expansive ecosystem. It's not surprising the company is keeping the same strategy for its latest devices, the Kindle Paperwhite and the Kindle Fire HD. "We want to make money when people use our devices, not when people … [Read more...] about Amazon Continues with Its No Profit Policy with Sales of the Kindle Fire HD and Paperwhite
Amazon Takes Full Advantage of the Sales Tax Situation
Many major retailers have argued that if Amazon were finally forced to abide by the same sales tax laws that the retailers do, it would even the playing field in terms of what customer have to pay. The retailers felt that Amazon’s tax exempt status for customers in most states, as decided by the US Supreme Court twenty years ago, was luring customers away from their local … [Read more...] about Amazon Takes Full Advantage of the Sales Tax Situation
Harry Potter eBooks Added to the Amazon Kindle Lending Library
You better hope your Amazon Prime membership is current because you are in for a treat. Starting today, the entire Harry Potter series of eBooks are now available to be borrowed in English, French, Italian, German, and Spanish from the Kindle Owners' Lending Library (KOLL). Amazon, in order to offer these books for free to people wanting to borrow a book every month, made an … [Read more...] about Harry Potter eBooks Added to the Amazon Kindle Lending Library
Amazon Instant Video Gets 3,000 Titles due to Discovery Deal
Amazon Prime Video subscribers are in for a great piece of news -- they now have 3,000 more video titles to choose from, thanks to a new deal between Amazon and Discovery Networks. Amazon is claiming its of the 'highest quality, non-fiction, informative and entertaining content' that the deal will bring along to Prime Instant Video. This it surely will be considering its … [Read more...] about Amazon Instant Video Gets 3,000 Titles due to Discovery Deal
Big Six Are Out of the Kindle Lending Library
Amazon announced its plans to launch its flat-fee Kindle Lending Library earlier this month to coincide with today’s release of the Kindle Fire Tablet. Immediately, the critics came out to rail against the concept, a model which works very similarly to Netflix’s basic subscription: Amazon Prime members will be allowed one book loan per month from a catalog of more than 5,000 … [Read more...] about Big Six Are Out of the Kindle Lending Library
Amazon’s New Members-Only E-Library Upsets Publishers
GoodEReader.com has reported on several new features that will be included with the new Kindle Fire tablet, especially some of the features that Amazon plans to include with the $79-per-year Amazon Prime Membership. One of those members-only perks will be access to Amazon’s own lending library for ebooks, the Kindle Lending Library. Originally, Amazon approached several … [Read more...] about Amazon’s New Members-Only E-Library Upsets Publishers