News tagged with amazon kindle

Related topics: android

Amazon conjures rights to borrow Harry Potter ebooks

Amazon said Thursday it has signed a deal for the electronic books rights to all seven Harry Potter titles English, French, Italian, German and Spanish for its Kindle lending library.

Technology / Business

created May 10, 2012 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Amazon.com shop offers Kindle books in Spanish

Online retail titan Amazon.com on Thursday opened a virtual shop specializing in Spanish-language digital books for its popular Kindle electronic reading tablets.

Technology / Internet

created Apr 05, 2012 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Holding out hope for a surprise with next iPad

With Apple expected to unveil the next version of the iPad early next month, I worry that I'll feel like a kid on Christmas who weeks before found the unwrapped presents hidden in the closet.

Electronics / Consumer & Gadgets

created Feb 23, 2012 | popularity 2.2 / 5 (6) | comments 6

Solid debut for Amazon's Kindle Fire: research firm

Amazon's Kindle Fire, which went on sale in November, had a solid debut, leapfrogging Samsung tablets to become the top-selling device after Apple's iPad, a market research firm said Thursday.

Electronics / Consumer & Gadgets

created Feb 16, 2012 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

New Kindle Touch is an impressive e-reader

When it comes to reading digital books, tablets are all the rage. But there's a lot to like about simple e-readers, which over the past year have become both a lot cheaper and a lot less clunky.

Electronics / Consumer & Gadgets

created Feb 09, 2012 | popularity 5 / 5 (5) | comments 2

Amazon planning first real-world shop: report

Online retail titan Amazon will open its first real-world shop in just a few months, according to a blog devoted to news about electronic readers such as the popular Kindle.

Technology / Business

created Feb 07, 2012 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Amazon announces it’s ready to accept e-books in new KF8 format

(PhysOrg.com) -- Amazon has announced that it is now ready to allow publishers to submit e-books to its Kindle Direct Publishing (KDP) site in what it is calling Kindle Format 8 (KF8). Doing so will allow publishers ...

Electronics / Consumer & Gadgets

created Jan 13, 2012 | popularity 5 / 5 (2) | comments 0 | with audio podcast report

Kindle sales on fire: Amazon

Amazon said Thursday that it sold more than one million Kindles a week in December with the new Kindle Fire tablet computer its top-selling item.

Technology / Business

created Dec 29, 2011 | popularity 5 / 5 (2) | comments 1

Amazon selling over one million Kindles a week

Amazon said Thursday that it is selling more than one million Kindles a week and the new Kindle Fire tablet computer is its top-selling item.

Electronics / Consumer & Gadgets

created Dec 15, 2011 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 1

Kindle Fire software update on the way

Amazon said Monday that a software update to improve the performance of Kindle Fire tablets will be released within two weeks.

Electronics / Consumer & Gadgets

created Dec 12, 2011 | popularity 4 / 5 (3) | comments 0

Steve Jobs biography Amazon's top seller for 2011

A biography of the late Apple co-founder Steve Jobs was Amazon's best-selling book this year despite hitting store shelves and electronic readers only in late October, Amazon said Monday.

Technology / Business

created Dec 12, 2011 | popularity 1 / 5 (1) | comments 0

Amazon opens Spanish, Italian Kindle stores

Amazon began offering digital books in Spanish and Italian for the Kindle on Thursday and selling Spanish- and Italian-language versions of the electronic book reader.

Electronics / Consumer & Gadgets

created Dec 01, 2011 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Kindle sales quadrupled on Black Friday: Amazon

Online retailing giant Amazon said Monday that sales of its Kindle e-readers and tablets quadrupled on Black Friday over the previous year's annual pre-Christmas national shopping orgy.

Technology / Business

created Nov 28, 2011 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0

How the Nook Tablet compares to the Kindle Fire

A comparison of the major features of Barnes & Noble Inc.'s Nook Tablet computer and Amazon.com Inc.'s Kindle Fire:

Electronics / Consumer & Gadgets

created Nov 21, 2011 | popularity 3.5 / 5 (2) | comments 0

Amazon may be planning smartphone: Citi analysts

Amazon, which began shipping a tablet computer this week, may be eyeing the smartphone market.

Electronics / Consumer & Gadgets

created Nov 17, 2011 | popularity not rated yet | comments 1