The Kindle Fire has been on the market for a paltry 24 hours and already the company has decided to release the source code to developers. This means now that it is released hackers and development teams can work on ways to overclock the CPU and provide custom Kernels for general optimization. Google recently released the code for their latest iteration of the Android OS … [Read more...] about Amazon Kindle Fire Source Code Released
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iPad 2 price slash might be a reality soon
A tried and tested method of successfully positioning a product in a market that is dominated by some other product is to price it cheap while ensuring quality levels are never compromised. This is exactly the strategy that both Barnes & Noble and Amazon has adopted with their Nook Tablet and Kindle Fire respectively. The Nook Tablet is priced at $250 while the Kindle Fire … [Read more...] about iPad 2 price slash might be a reality soon
Amazon Kindle Fire to include Time Inc. magazines
Time Inc. will have five of its magazines -- Time, Fortune, Sports Illustrated, People and Real Simple -- available on the Kindle Fire, the publishing unit of Time Warner revealed. Barnes & Noble's Nook Tablet boasted of the Time Inc. publications right from the start and the reason it took a while longer for that to happen to the Kindle Fire is Amazon’s pricing policy. … [Read more...] about Amazon Kindle Fire to include Time Inc. magazines
Barnes and Noble Nook Tablet and Kindle Fire Hit the Streets
The Amazon Kindle Fire and Nook Tablet both hit the streets yesterday and reviews have been pouring in. Most people seem satisfied with both devices, but which one is the MUST buy for the holiday season? The Kindle Fire is billed as a multimedia device that happens to read books. It is seven inches in size and taps into the vast Amazon ecosystem. It lacks a camera and 3G … [Read more...] about Barnes and Noble Nook Tablet and Kindle Fire Hit the Streets
Amazon’s new Kindle devices at 16,000 US retail stores
Amazon may have just allowed itself a slight advantage over its B&N and Kobo rivals by announcing it will have on offer the entire range of Kindle devices across 16,000 stores throughout the US starting November 15. For this, Amazon has already entered into an agreement with the biggest names in the retail scene in the US which includes Best Buy, Office Depot, Radio Shack, … [Read more...] about Amazon’s new Kindle devices at 16,000 US retail stores
Amazon’s New Members-Only E-Library Upsets Publishers
GoodEReader.com has reported on several new features that will be included with the new Kindle Fire tablet, especially some of the features that Amazon plans to include with the $79-per-year Amazon Prime Membership. One of those members-only perks will be access to Amazon’s own lending library for ebooks, the Kindle Lending Library. Originally, Amazon approached several … [Read more...] about Amazon’s New Members-Only E-Library Upsets Publishers
Penguin Ebook Sales on the Rise
As more and more publishers learn just how valuable their ebook imprints are—and in some cases, how their ebook sales can translate into the difference between profit and loss—the numbers are slowly appearing from some of the largest names in the industry. Penguin Group announced today that its ebook sales for the third quarter were have more than doubled so far for 2011, … [Read more...] about Penguin Ebook Sales on the Rise
Amazon forced to amp up productions to produce millions more Kindle Fire Tablets
HP has already proved any product that is well made but priced super cheap can always set the sales chart on fire. Amazon had conceptualized the Kindle Fire along similar lines and the result is similar too, with Amazon CEO Jeff Bezos stating they are "building millions more than we’d already planned." Amazon has never been comfortable revealing the number of devices they have … [Read more...] about Amazon forced to amp up productions to produce millions more Kindle Fire Tablets
iStoryTime Releases Apple’s First Interactive iBook Title
GoodEReader.com has covered several news items from iStoryTime, the interactive children’s book app publisher. iStoryTime is a publisher under parent-company zuuka, a worldwide leader in digital content for children and holder of a top market leading position thanks to its work with such publishers as Random House and HarperCollins, as well as animation studios such as … [Read more...] about iStoryTime Releases Apple’s First Interactive iBook Title
Magazine Publishers flocking to the Amazon Kindle Fire
The Amazon Kindle Fire is due to become THE holiday gift and people will be hard pressed to find one in the retail sphere due to the millions sold via pre-order. The company has been courting magazine publishers for a number of months to get them to commit to the new color platform and iron out agreements. Now that they have some of the big boys wrapped up, such as Conde Nast, … [Read more...] about Magazine Publishers flocking to the Amazon Kindle Fire