New Consumer Intelligence Research Partners data shows that Amazon had 101 million U.S. Prime members at the end of last year. The research group says 62% of Amazon's U.S. customers are Prime members and have an average annual spend of $1,400 compared to the $600 for non-members. Of the members, 36% pay the monthly fee, 58% pay for the entire year and 7% are on free … [Read more...] about There are 101 million Amazon Prime Members in the US
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Indie Bookshops Are Back from the Brink
The meteoric rise of Amazon into a global retail empire has hit a number of industries hard, but perhaps none more so than the publishing industry. Along with the dramatic shift in producing books, obviously Amazon, other online retailers, and even the invention of the ebook had a huge impact on booksellers. Sadly, it wasn't in a good way.While major brick-and-mortar chains … [Read more...] about Indie Bookshops Are Back from the Brink
Amazon Digital Day will offer Kindle books for 75% off
Amazon Digital Day has been going on for the past three years and the premise of the program is to load up your new e-reader or Fire tablet with tons of cheap ebooks and graphic novels. Starting Friday, December 28 Amazon will save you up to 75% off Kindle best-selling books, including titles such as Manhattan Beach, In the Midst of Winter, My Squirrel Days, Summer I Turned … [Read more...] about Amazon Digital Day will offer Kindle books for 75% off
Amazon Kindle Paperwhite 4 is sold out
Amazon has sold out of the 8GB and 32GB Kindle Paperwhite 4 e-reader in the United States. This has occured because the company discounted both models recently and it looks like enough people purchased one that the stock has utterly diplited. Both models will be replenished on December 25th, which means if you are looking for a last minute gift, it will not arrive in time for … [Read more...] about Amazon Kindle Paperwhite 4 is sold out
Amazon Claims to Resolve “Disappearing” eBooks Issue
A couple of weeks ago, prolific author, advocate, and self-pub expert David Gaughran published a blog piece on a disturbing phenomenon: international customers were having trouble buying titles that had been published via KDP. The post had over 100 comments in the first twenty-four hours, largely from authors who detailed their own problems with trying to sell their books on … [Read more...] about Amazon Claims to Resolve “Disappearing” eBooks Issue
Amazon accidently leaks customer names and email addresses
Amazon has emailed thousands of users to tell them their username and email address was leaked on their website. When contacted for comment, Amazon said that neither its website nor any of its systems had been breached and that it has “fixed the issue and informed customers who may have been impacted.” It did not reveal the number of accounts affected or which countries the … [Read more...] about Amazon accidently leaks customer names and email addresses
KDP Launches New Reports Dashboard in Beta
Self-published authors whose works are distributed via Amazon's Kindle Direct Publishing platform may have noticed a couple of beauty-wise changes to their author dashboards. A new report dashboard, currently in beta, gives the muddled old dashboard a much-needed facelift.However, other than being more eye-catching and appealing, not much has changed about the sales report. … [Read more...] about KDP Launches New Reports Dashboard in Beta
Kindle Paperwhite 4 is on sale in the UK for £89.99
The Amazon Kindle Paperwhite 2018 edition went on sale a couple of weeks ago and it is already on sale in the United Kingdom. The regular price is £119.99 and has been discounted by £30.00, so you can purchase the latest generation e-reader for a paltry £89.99. The discounted Kindle is the base model with WIFI and 8GB of storage space. This is the Special Offers variant, … [Read more...] about Kindle Paperwhite 4 is on sale in the UK for £89.99
Amazon announces the best Black Friday Deals
Barnes and Noble announced their Black Friday deals earlier in the week and Amazon just unveiled everything they are going to be discounting. The vast majority of the deals are from Amazon branded devices, such as e-readers, tablets and Alexa speakers. There are a number of products such as televisions and security cameras to make sure nobody steals your packages. The full list … [Read more...] about Amazon announces the best Black Friday Deals
Amazon will ship all of your items out on a specific day
Amazon Day is a new program that will be unveiled soon. It will hold all of your shipments and deliver them on a specific day of the week. This is useful if you have a specific day off or want to ensure you won't miss any deliveries. This system is currently being tested with a small subset of users, including Amazon employees. It will not be formally unveiled to existing Prime … [Read more...] about Amazon will ship all of your items out on a specific day
