Amazon has just launched a new pilot program in Washington State that allows readers to purchase an e-book gift card or a three month membership to Kindle Unlimited. Amazon has always offered gift cards that allow users to inject a specific monetary amount into their accounts and the credit can be used to purchase anything available on their website. The e-book gift cards is … [Read more...] about Amazon Launches Pilot Program for e-book Gift Cards
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Amazon thinks self-publishing is the key to growth in India
One of the only companies with enough market presence to pull off self-publishing in India is Amazon. The Seattle company is poised to do big business in India in the coming years, primarily due to FlipKart abandoning the e-book space and giving all of their customers away to Kobo. Neal Thompson is Amazon’s director for author and publishing relations. In a recent interview … [Read more...] about Amazon thinks self-publishing is the key to growth in India
50 people will win $50 in Kindle e-book Credits
Amazon has just unveiled a new contest that is open to residents of the United States. From now until December 22nd 50 different people will win $50 in free e-book credits, able to be used on anything that is on your Wishlist. You can enter by simply filling out the form that is on the main Amazon website. … [Read more...] about 50 people will win $50 in Kindle e-book Credits
Libraries Are Concerned About the Lack of New e-books in the Kindle Format
Libraries all over the US have expressed concern to Good e-Reader that the vast majority of new e-book titles from Overdrive are not available in the Kindle format. The few books that have been made available are from small presses and not major publishers. Is this something to be worried about? Overdrive has the largest market share in facilitating digital e-books, … [Read more...] about Libraries Are Concerned About the Lack of New e-books in the Kindle Format
LendingeBook Service to Launch This Monday
We caught wind of a new website that helps facilitate the entire lending and borrowing process of Kindle/Nook books. Adeptly entitled Lendingebook.com, it seeks to change up the entire lending game. In the last few years, Amazon and Barnes & Noble began ushering in a program that allowed authors and publishers to flag their books "Lending Enabled." This allows books with … [Read more...] about LendingeBook Service to Launch This Monday
Amazon Kindle Singles officially launches
We reported back in October that Amazon was working on a new program dubbed “Kindle Singles.” It basically falls between a fall novel and a feature cover story in a magazine. Currently as of now they have their own section in the Kindle store and is designed to appeal to people who want to read something quick, maybe in-between novels or maazines. Kindle Singles are billed … [Read more...] about Amazon Kindle Singles officially launches
Amazon Concedes to Apple. To Make Kindle App For iPad
Amazing indeed it is the recent announcement by Amazon about its decision to develop a Kindle e-reader app for the iPad. The latest e-reader news has it that the Kindle app is going to be compatible to every other slate PC due to hit stores including the iPad, the current rage. This is an interesting development in that it points to the fact that maybe Amazon has laid down its … [Read more...] about Amazon Concedes to Apple. To Make Kindle App For iPad