Amazon is gearing up to release a Fire Tablet this Fall that will carry a very economical price point of $50 US. This will be the first time that the Seattle company has ever devised a throwaway gadget that will likely appeal to people who want to use it in the kitchen or bring it out into the rigors of the world.Aside from the new six inch tablet, Amazon also has plans to … [Read more...] about Amazon to release a $50 Fire Tablet
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The National Federation of the Blinds War Against Amazon
Amazon has been trying to make inroads in the educational market for the last six years and they have been consistently been stymied by the National Federation of the Blind. The organization has done everything from staging protests outside the Amazon Seattle headquarters and filing petitions to United States Departments of Education and Justice.Over the course of the … [Read more...] about The National Federation of the Blinds War Against Amazon
Publishers Earning Less Revenue From High e-book Prices
Major publishers have all signed new deals with Amazon, giving them the power to set their own prices. This has dramatically increased the cost of the average bestselling title and customers are steadily buying less of them.Within the last calendar year Penguin/Random House, Simon and Simon & Schuster, Hachette and Macmillan have all signed long term contracts with … [Read more...] about Publishers Earning Less Revenue From High e-book Prices
Amazon Fires Engineers Responsible for the Fire Phone
Amazon has fired dozens of employees at Lab126, the secretive hardware development center in silicon valley. The vast majority of them were from the engineering division that worked on the first Amazon branded smartphone, the Fire Phone. This was the first time in the companies 11 year history that key employees were let go from Lab126.According to the Wall Street … [Read more...] about Amazon Fires Engineers Responsible for the Fire Phone
Amazon is Developing a 12 Inch Fire Tablet
Amazon is developing a 12 inch variant of the fire tablet that will be released in limited quantities. Unlike the Kindle e-reader that is produced in ungodly quantities Amazon has only placed an order for 100,000 units a month for the 12 inch tablet.The large-size tablet's panel is supplied by a Taiwan-based touch panel maker, sources have said. Although Amazon is … [Read more...] about Amazon is Developing a 12 Inch Fire Tablet
Amazon Announces Closure of Trade-In Program
Amazon has announced the closure of their popular Trade-in service in the United Kingdom. Currently, books, video games and other items can be traded in on Amazon’s website in return for Amazon gift cards.Starting August 31st 2015 the Amazon Trade-in program will be suspended. The company has acknowledged that all trade-in orders submitted online before 31 August 2015 will … [Read more...] about Amazon Announces Closure of Trade-In Program
Amazon has Quickly Come to Dominate the Digital Comics Market
The digital comics market garnered over $100 million dollars in 2014 and Amazon has quickly become the dominant player. The Seattle company now controls 90% of the comic market, thanks to its strategic purchase of Comixology last year. 2015 has been a year of consolidation within the comic industry as Amazon is trying to distance themselves from their competitors such as Apple, … [Read more...] about Amazon has Quickly Come to Dominate the Digital Comics Market
New Bookerly Font Now Available on the Kindle Voyage
Amazon developed a brand new font that was designed with e-readers in mind. It was chiefly made to replace Caecilia, which has been the default font to read on the entire line of Kindles for the last four years. If you have the Kindle Voyage, now is the time to rejoice. The Bookerly font is now available to download via a wireless update.If you have an older Kindle … [Read more...] about New Bookerly Font Now Available on the Kindle Voyage
Should Amazon Release a Large Screen e-Reader?
Amazon has an extensive track record for developing six inch e-readers and has done it consistently since 2007. These devices may be pocket friendly, but some people have been lamenting a wider array of screen choices. Should Amazon develop a large screen e-reader?In 2009 Amazon made a departure from the six inch screen and developed the Kindle DX. This e-reader failed to … [Read more...] about Should Amazon Release a Large Screen e-Reader?
Amazon to Create e-Book Marketplace for New York Schools
The New York City Department of Education is about to approve a $30 million dollar contract with Amazon to create a single, massive ebook marketplace for the city’s 1,800 public schools. This deal might dramatically lower the price of textbooks because digital is cheaper than print.The marketplace, known as “Storefront“, will provide low-cost digital versions of textbooks … [Read more...] about Amazon to Create e-Book Marketplace for New York Schools
Amazon Starts Summertime Reading Contest
Amazon has just initiated a Summertime Reading Contest where they want parents to submit pictures of their children reading. One Grand Prize winner will receive a Kindle Paperwhite, Fire HD 7 tablet, Fire HD 6 Kids Edition tablet, two Kindle Voyages, Fire TV, Fire Phone, three Kindle covers, one Fire HD 7 tablet cover, one pair of kid’s headphones, and a $500 Amazon.com Gift … [Read more...] about Amazon Starts Summertime Reading Contest
Amazon Follow Allows Authors to Connect Directly with Fans
Amazon has unveiled a new social media program for any author that uses Kindle Direct Publishing. Amazon Follow allows readers to connect up directly with an author and get instantly notified whenever a new book comes.The Amazon Follow button is now on the authors page. The author has the ability to handcraft their email messages that will automatically be delivered via … [Read more...] about Amazon Follow Allows Authors to Connect Directly with Fans
Authors Unions Petition Justice Department to Investigate Amazon
Amazon is celebrating their 20th anniversary, but not everyone is participating in the festivities. Three of the largest collective bodies that represent authors have filed reports to the US Justice Department that stated “Amazon has used its dominance in ways that we believe harm the interests of America’s readers, impoverish the book industry as a whole, damage the careers of … [Read more...] about Authors Unions Petition Justice Department to Investigate Amazon
Amazon Starts to Enforce Draconian e-book Review Policy
Independent author and blogger Imy Santiago bought an e-book from Amazon, read it, and posted a review. Then things started to go awry, according to her recent blog post, that had Amazon pull the review because she followed the author on Twitter.Amazon’s Review Guidelines state that only that “family members or close friends of the person, group, or company selling on … [Read more...] about Amazon Starts to Enforce Draconian e-book Review Policy