Amazon has a number of new initiatives in the works. They will be announcing new Kindle e-readers within the next few weeks and they are now selling Echo speakers at Wholefoods. There is also a number of essential stories that you need to know about your favorite Seattle company. Whole Foods - Amazon closed their Whole Foods acquisition on Monday and they have not wasted … [Read more...] about The Top Amazon News of the Week – August 29th
Kindles
New Amazon Kindle e-Readers Cannot be Jailbroken
Amazon has pulled out all the stops in a recent firmware update for the Kindle Voyage, Kindle Basic Touch and the Paperwhite 2. This means that enterprising citizens with a proclivity towards exploring the inner workings of the software and modding it are thwarted. The new firmware was pushed out to all modern Kindle devices in late November of last year. Anything after … [Read more...] about New Amazon Kindle e-Readers Cannot be Jailbroken
Non-Profit Worldreader Brings on New Publishers
In some positive news for publishers Simon&Schuster and HarperCollins, who have been dealing with the shift in the ebook market and the litigation settlements in the Apple price fixing case brought on by the Department of Justice, the publishers announced a partnership with Worldreader to bring their titles to sub-Saharan Africa as part of the charity’s ebook distribution … [Read more...] about Non-Profit Worldreader Brings on New Publishers
US Government Reported to Buy a Massive Amount of Amazon Kindles
Laura Hazard Owen for paidContent reported today on a deal the US government made with Amazon to purchase $16.5 million worth of e-readers, ebooks, and services over the course of up to five years. The initial information on the contract, which did not include any opportunities for rival e-reader supplies to step up and offer their own devices at a better rate, has been updated … [Read more...] about US Government Reported to Buy a Massive Amount of Amazon Kindles