Amazon has announced a new program to debut this October that will severely disrupt the traditional bookselling industry. The Seattle based e-commerce giant intends on offering the digital edition at a severely diminished price when readers buy the physical book. Most eBooks will be available from $2.99 to free, which gives incentives to purchase both.Matchbook will launch … [Read more...] about Amazon Matchbook will Disrupt the Bookselling Industry
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Jeff Bezos to Washington Post: Don’t Be Boring
It could not have been a good feeling to come to work at The Washington Post one fateful day recently and find a memo on your cubicle desk that said, "We've been bought out by the guy who founded Amazon." The world's largest online retailer is known for cutting edge technology and innovation, and print newspapers are known for covering yesterday's news. Obviously, any fears … [Read more...] about Jeff Bezos to Washington Post: Don’t Be Boring
Amazon Kindle Matchbook Offers Readers Print and Digital
Amazon announced a brand-new value-added feature for its consumers in its new Kindle Matchbook program. Under this new structure, readers can have a low-cost shook edition of any book they have already purchased in print, dating back to 1995. There are already over 10,000 titles approved by their publishers for inclusion in Matchbook, some going back as far as eighteen years … [Read more...] about Amazon Kindle Matchbook Offers Readers Print and Digital
Amazon Japan Overtaking the Competition
One of Amazon's most recent global marketplace initiations has been in Japan, where device manufacturers at one time found a slow adoption of digital reading. Rakuten, at one time the leading e-reader manufacturer in Japan--and now parent company of Kobo--reigned supreme, but that's quickly changing, due in large part to Amazon's model as much as to its devices.So what is … [Read more...] about Amazon Japan Overtaking the Competition
Kindle Announces Potential Refunds to Customers
In a mass email to its customers yesterday, Amazon announced some good news for customers who've been awaiting news of the results of the Apple/Big Five settlement. Despite the fact that the email didn't contain any concrete information on when customers will receive account credits or when those credits will appear, it was a small reassurance to customers that the wheels are … [Read more...] about Kindle Announces Potential Refunds to Customers
Amazon and Condé Nast Combine Digital and Print Magazine Subscriptions
Amazon is in the process of launching a new digital and print magazine subscription service. The new pilot program is called “All Access” and will allow readers to use their Amazon accounts to easily purchase, manage, and renew their print and digital magazine subscriptions. The first publisher to commit themselves is Condé Nast and will start off with Vogue, Glamour, Bon … [Read more...] about Amazon and Condé Nast Combine Digital and Print Magazine Subscriptions
Digital Comics Bargains for Labor Day Weekend
The long weekend is almost here, so it's time to load up the e-reader with some cheap comics!ComiXology has you covered this week, with a lot of different options. The first deal ends on Sunday evening: An assortment of Dan Slott Spider-Man comics for 99 cents each.Not a Spider-Man fan? How about <a href="Next, they have Wolverine: Japan's Most Wanted #1 for 99 … [Read more...] about Digital Comics Bargains for Labor Day Weekend
Kindle Fire Market Share Records Sharp Plunge
Amazon is already in the process of refreshing its Kindle Fire lineup. That’s perfectly normal considering the present crop of Kindle Fire devices are fast approaching the one year anniversary of their launch. However, there seem to be more reasons than just the calendar for Amazon to release something new, as the Kindle Fire devices have been fast seen losing out on favor with … [Read more...] about Kindle Fire Market Share Records Sharp Plunge
Amazon Still Awaiting Its Indian eBook Store to Click
Amazon is yet to build the kind of success it might have expected out of its India operations, but that is because i'ts only now that tablet devices have started to emerge as the preferred mobile computing platform. eReaders, for their part, never enjoyed the popularity in India that they did in other reading markets.Another reason for Amazon to lag behind in ebook sales in … [Read more...] about Amazon Still Awaiting Its Indian eBook Store to Click
Amazon Launches e-Readers and eBooks in Mexico
Amazon has announced today that they have brought the Kindle eBook Store, e-Readers and Kindle Direct Publishing to Mexico. This service has just launched and has over 1,500 digital books available in Spanish. You will find popular authors such as; José Emilio Pacheco, Elena Poniatowska, Sergio Pitol and Carlos Monsivais, as well as comic books from Mafalda and Familia Burrón. … [Read more...] about Amazon Launches e-Readers and eBooks in Mexico
Back to School Tablet Buying Guide
It is that time of the year again when parents and students buy their supplies for the upcoming school year. With tablets being in vogue, these no doubt have superseded laptop and notebook devices as the preferred choice of mobile computing devices. However, with tablet devices that are to be used by the student community, it is perhaps those that come with an attached keyboard … [Read more...] about Back to School Tablet Buying Guide
Conde Nast, Amazon Partner on Magazine Subscriptions
Conde Nast has made digital publishing headlines for some time as it's one of the first major magazine publishers to create flawless and device-optimized digital editions of its family of magazine titles using Adobe's Digital Publishing Suite. These editions, available for a variety of smartphones and tablets, also come bundled for print subscribers, but can be had as … [Read more...] about Conde Nast, Amazon Partner on Magazine Subscriptions
Morgan Stanley Analyst Looks at Amazon Kindle e-Reader Sales
It is no secret that Amazon keeps all sales data private and never divulges that sales data on Kindle Fire and e-readers. An analyst from Morgan Stanley is trying to crack the code, and has some fairly interesting information.In a report released last week, Morgan Stanley proclaimed that Amazon will sell $4.5 billion worth of Kindle e-readers and tablets this year, up 26% … [Read more...] about Morgan Stanley Analyst Looks at Amazon Kindle e-Reader Sales