Over the weekend Amazon launched a new propaganda website that dumbs down the contract dispute between Hachette and Amazon. It targets the readers and proclaims that Amazon just wants to keep book prices around the $9.99 mark and doesn't think its fair that users pay beyond that. Amazon encouraged its readers to directly email Hachette CEO Michael Pietsch to end the dispute … [Read more...] about Hachette CEO Fires Back at Amazon for Readers United Website
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Amazon Starts Propaganda Website for Hachette eBook Dispute
Amazon has started a new website that explains the nature of the Hachette eBook dispute and hopes to alleviate some concerns. It is aimed primarily at readers and how they will pay less money for their favorite digital titles. The full note is quite detailed and is available to read below.Dear Readers,Just ahead of World War II, there was a radical invention that shook … [Read more...] about Amazon Starts Propaganda Website for Hachette eBook Dispute
Amazon is being Malevolent towards Maleficent
Amazon is playing hardball with Disney in ongoing contract negotiations. The Seattle based e-commerce giant has suspended pre-orders for all future DVD and Blu-Ray releases including two of the summers top hits, Captain America and Maleficent. These films combined earned over $700 million worldwide.The hardball tactics employed by Amazon is designed to get the new contract … [Read more...] about Amazon is being Malevolent towards Maleficent
Navigation and Syncing Updated in Kindle for iOS
Kindle is already one of the most frequently used digital reading apps available for iOS, boasting access to over 1,000,000 books in the Kindle store in addition to hundreds of newspapers and magazines. While the existing interface was clean and easy to use, Amazon has implemented a number of updates in version 4.4 that promise to make sync and navigation easier.One of the … [Read more...] about Navigation and Syncing Updated in Kindle for iOS
Amazon says $9.99 eBooks Make More Money
Amazon has penned an open letter on their website which spells out their mentality in approaching the ongoing Hachette eBook dispute. They primarily contend that selling eBooks at the $9.9 price point sells more copies and garners more money than titles that retail for $14.99.In a written statement Amazon said "A key objective is lower e-book prices. Many e-books are being … [Read more...] about Amazon says $9.99 eBooks Make More Money
Amazon Partners with Warner Bros for Digital First Imprint
Amazon has announced a new partnership with Alloy Entertainment, a division of Warner Bros. The two sides will publish digitally at first, gauging the market to see if a print run is warranted.The new imprint, which will also use the Alloy Entertainment name, will publish young adult, new adult and commercial fiction titles. Three titles were released for the Kindle today, … [Read more...] about Amazon Partners with Warner Bros for Digital First Imprint
Amazon’s Latest Tool a Great Benefit to Indie Authors
There are reports that Amazon has a Square reader-like device in the works, one that will plug into a smartphone or tablet (presumably not only the Fire phone or Kindle Fire) and allow small business people to take advantage of the reliance on credit cards that many consumers have. Just like other devices by Square and PayPal, this device--whenever it launches, although some … [Read more...] about Amazon’s Latest Tool a Great Benefit to Indie Authors
Apple Buys BookLamp, Creators of Book Genome Project
In a move that industry watchers are already calling a direct competition to Amazon's purchase of book discovery platform Goodreads, TechCrunch has reported through an anonymous tip that Apple has bought Boise, Idaho-based BookLamp, creators of the Book Genome Project discovery site. The site, which pairs readers with books based on the "DNA" of books, meaning an in-depth … [Read more...] about Apple Buys BookLamp, Creators of Book Genome Project
Amazon Offers Ups Its Percentage of Sales to Charity
In the latest twist in the Amazon-Hachette dispute, Amazon has proven once again that it has the best PR team in corporate history. Following an open letter from authors involved in the current issue which stated that their livelihoods were being impacted by Amazon's refusal to concede to Hachette's terms, Amazon offered to give the authors 100% of the price of their sales … [Read more...] about Amazon Offers Ups Its Percentage of Sales to Charity
Authors United to Issue New Directive to Amazon
As Hachette, Amazon, and the laundry list of household name authors who make up the faux-power group Authors United continue to battle and make headlines over the contract dispute, there's another major player who's caught in the crossfire of the whole mess: the readers.While critics and supporters on both sides argue over the costs of doing business, the power of … [Read more...] about Authors United to Issue New Directive to Amazon
Amazon Rolls Out Beta of KDP Pricing Support
New information and knowledge have come to light thanks to the efforts of a core group of individuals; author Hugh Howey and his mathematical number cruncher Data Guy have released exhaustive information through the Author Earnings reports designed to help authors make informed decisions concerning their publishing.Rather than fight the Author Earnings efforts and … [Read more...] about Amazon Rolls Out Beta of KDP Pricing Support
Amazon Kindle Pleasure Reading House Opens in China
Amazon has opened their first the Kindle Pleasure Reading House in Shanghai, China. This is a temporary autonomous pop up store that will be open from July 18 to July 20th and then August 1-3 in Beijing.The premise of the new Reading House in China is to draw attention to their complete lineup of Kindle e-readers and Fire tablets. They also installed two machines that will … [Read more...] about Amazon Kindle Pleasure Reading House Opens in China
Kindle Unlimited Goes Live with eBook, Audiobook Titles
Amazon's Kindle Unlimited, the ebook and audiobook subscription service that lets members pay a flat monthly fee for unlimited access to its catalog, went live today, offering users a thirty day free trial and the option to pay $9.99 a month for the service. According to a press release issued by Amazon, the service is compatible with both Kindle reading devices and tablets, as … [Read more...] about Kindle Unlimited Goes Live with eBook, Audiobook Titles
Amazon Prime Instant Video Imminent
Subscribers to the Amazon Prime Instant Video service have longed for an Android app that would work on devices other than the proprietary Kindle Fire tablets (and oddly, iOS-based tablets which are already supported as well). Fortunately it appears that the release of an actual Android app is 'imminent' (according to their Marketing Director, Russell Morris).Amazon Prime … [Read more...] about Amazon Prime Instant Video Imminent