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Amazon unveils new Kindle: $139 WiFi-only model, $189 with 3G, available August 27th

Amazon unveils new Kindle: $139 WiFi-only model, $189 with 3G, available August 27th

July 28, 2010 9:59 PM Devindra Hardawar

If you were hoping for a Kindle hardware refresh, today’s your lucky day. Earlier this evening, Amazon unveiled the latest generation Kindle e-book reader, which offers better contrast, improved speeds, lighter weight, and double the storage and battery life compared …

Amazon.com's exclusive e-book deal with literary agent riles publishers

Amazon.com's exclusive e-book deal with literary agent riles publishers

July 23, 2010 6:59 AM Alan Colmenares

As e-books upset the publishing industry’s applecart, an announcement by the Wylie Agency Thursday that it would bypass publishers and sell e-books exclusively to Amazon.com for two years is sure to make people talk.

For Amazon, the deal helps ensure …

Amazon stock drops after profits disappoint

Amazon stock drops after profits disappoint

July 22, 2010 5:19 PM Anthony Ha

Amazon.com released a disappointing earnings report today — revenue and profit climbed, but not as much as analysts expected. As a result, the company’s stock has fallen sharply in after-hours trading, dropping more than 11 percent as of 4:40pm Pacific …

Barnes & Noble unveils $149 Nook Wi-Fi, Nook 3G now $199 (Updated)

Barnes & Noble unveils $149 Nook Wi-Fi, Nook 3G now $199 (Updated)

June 21, 2010 7:50 AM Devindra Hardawar

Update: It looks like Amazon has drastically lowered the price of the Kindle to $189 in response to this news. Now there’s little reason to consider the $199 Nook — unless you really want that color touchscreen.
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Book …

Standalone e-readers doomed after 2013, report says

Standalone e-readers doomed after 2013, report says

May 27, 2010 10:31 AM Paul Boutin

Even as Amazon battles with publishers over e-books for its Kindle reader, and Sony prepares to sell its Reader in Japan, China and Australia, research from a telecommunication and media analyst firm says the market for mobile broadband e-readers such …

Amazon and Penguin resolve e-book pricing, but details are secret

Amazon and Penguin resolve e-book pricing, but details are secret

May 26, 2010 4:21 PM Paul Boutin

Penguin Books, one of the largest publishers, has agreed to terms with Amazon.com over the price of new Penguin e-books for Amazon’s Kindle reader. The move will return about 150 Penguin titles to Amazon’s electronic shelf. Amazon had removed them …

Survey: Half of consumers plan to buy a tablet or e-reader — for $200

Survey: Half of consumers plan to buy a tablet or e-reader — for $200

May 13, 2010 11:10 AM Paul Boutin

Forty-nine percent of worldwide respondents to a survey who knew what a tablet and an e-reader are said that they plan to buy one in the next three years.

Most of those people — twenty-eight percent of all respondents — …

Barnes & Noble's Nook outsold Amazon Kindle in March: analyst

Barnes & Noble's Nook outsold Amazon Kindle in March: analyst

April 26, 2010 3:12 PM Devindra Hardawar

Things may be looking up for Barnes & Noble’s Nook ebook reader, at least according to analysis by Digitimes Research. Its numbers from hardware suppliers show that the Nook outsold Amazon.com’s competing Kindle for the month of March, and accounted …

Amazon unveils iPad and tablet Kindle ebook reader application

Amazon unveils iPad and tablet Kindle ebook reader application

March 22, 2010 10:10 AM Devindra Hardawar

Amazon has finally given us a glimpse at its Kindle application for tablets, which first makes its appearance on Apple’s iPad. The news follows the release of a Kindle application for Macs last week.

Feature-wise, there isn’t much that we …

Amazon releases Kindle ebook reader application for Macs

Amazon releases Kindle ebook reader application for Macs

March 18, 2010 9:54 AM Devindra Hardawar

Amazon has finally released a version of its Kindle ebook reading software for the Mac. The company previously released a Kindle app for the iPhone a year ago, and has plans for an iPad version of the software as well.…

Amazon considering free Kindles for Amazon Prime subscribers?

Amazon considering free Kindles for Amazon Prime subscribers?

February 12, 2010 8:30 AM Devindra Hardawar

With the upcoming release of the iPad, along with a slew of other tablet devices, Amazon is going to have to change to keep the Kindle alive. I expect a price drop for both the Kindle and Kindle DX over …

Amazon acquisition points to touch-screen Kindle

Amazon acquisition points to touch-screen Kindle

February 3, 2010 2:29 PM Devindra Hardawar

While many may have written off Amazon’s Kindle — along with the rest of its e-reader brethren — after the announcement of Apple’s iPad, I haven’t been so quick to judge. If anything, we may have to thank the iPad …

Amazon buys Audible — giving it triple threat of print, digital, audio

Amazon buys Audible — giving it triple threat of print, digital, audio

January 31, 2008 12:59 PM David Adewumi

Amazon said it will buy Audible, a digital audiobook publisher, for roughly $300 million.

Audible provides 80,000 products in audio form, ranging from books by famed authors Stephen King and Jane Austen, newspapers such as the New York Times and …

Roundup: Alibaba's ads, Flying cars don't fly, Google's switches, more

Roundup: Alibaba's ads, Flying cars don't fly, Google's switches, more

November 20, 2007 3:53 PM Matt Marshall

updated

Here’s the latest action:
1. Alibaba launches its own ad platform
2. SpiralFrog losing money rapidly
3. Viddler launches way to advertise at “tagged’ points within video
4. Amazon.com’s Kindle e-reader receives mixed reviews
5. Advertising technology startup Clickable …

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