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Monday, Oct 26
NEWS: Amazon to offer Mac version of "Kindle for PC" software
The move will mean Kindle books will soon be able to be read on the Kindle and the larger Kindle DX, on the iPhone and iPod touch, on PCs and laptops and (hopefully) soon - on Macs too. Read Tags: Software Mac software Kindle Amazon Amazon Kindle ebooks eBook readers
Friday, Oct 23
NEWS: Amazon announces Kindle for PC
This move means Kindle books can now be read on the Kindle and the larger Kindle DX, on the iPhone and iPod touch thanks to the Kindle iPhone app, and now on PCs and laptops. Tags: Software Amazon Amazon Kindle Kindle ebooks eBook readers Gadgets
Thursday, Oct 22
NEWS: Amazon Kindle International edition gets price cut
Amazon has quietly dropped the price of the Kindle international edition by $20 to bring it in line with the original Kindle price in the US. The news comes as Amazon launches a free application that lets readers around the world enjoy Kindle books on their personal computers called Kindle...
Monday, Oct 19
NEWS: Amazon Kindle UK import orders begin
In addition to this, Amazon will be charging UK customers more for content for the Kindle, around $13.99 (?8.75) per book instead of the American price of $9.99 (?6.25). Tags: Gadgets eBook readers Kindle Amazon Kindle Survey Statistics
Friday, Oct 16
NEWS: Google Editions ebook store announced
While Google will host the ebooks and make them searchable, it's said consumers will be able to buy titles direct, or go through the likes of Amazon - a big player in the market thanks to its Kindle reader range, or Barnes & Noble which has ambitions to make it big.
Friday, Oct 9
NEWS: UK Kindle owners to be charged 40% more for content
Read Related links: News - Amazon Kindle DX UK bound tooFeature - Five good reasons to buy an Amazon Kindle Tags: Gadgets Amazon Kindle ebooks eBook readers Biz Books UK Kindle owners to be charged 40% more for content originally appeared on Pocket-lint on Fri, 09 Oct 2009 17:04:18 +0100
Wednesday, Oct 7
NEWS: Five good reasons to buy an Amazon Kindle...
News - Amazon Kindle comes to UKFeature - The complete guide to eBook readers Tags: Gadgets eBook readers Amazon Amazon Kindle 2 Features Kindle Five good reasons to buy an Amazon Kindle... originally appeared on Pocket-lint on Wed, 07 Oct 2009 09:35:00 +0100
Monday, Oct 5
NEWS: Amazon settles for $150,000 over Kindle deletion
Read Related links: News - Amazon pulls 1984 from Kindle News - Student sues Amazon over Kindle deletion Tags: Gadgets Amazon Kindle Lawsuits Biz Amazon settles for $150,000 over Kindle deletion originally appeared on Pocket-lint on Mon, 05 Oct 2009 09:19:30 +0100
Thursday, Oct 1
NEWS: Amazon to make UK Kindle announcement next week
Whether Amazon will launch both the Kindle 2 and the larger and more expensive Kindle DX is yet to be seen. In the States the 6-inch Kindle 2 is priced at $299 which works out as around ?187, which could mean a ?199 price tag is likely here.
Wednesday, Sep 9
NEWS: Steve Jobs explains lack of camera in iPod touch, questions Kindle success
Steve Jobs has answered criticism over the lack of camera on the new iPod touch by saying that the move was based on getting the device to be as cheap as possible rather than feature rich. Steve Jobs also said that the reason the new iPod nano isn't able to snap still shots is down to the a size iss...
Monday, Sep 7
NEWS: E-book reader owners in UK happy with hardware
But content could be improved Feature - The complete guide to eBook readers Tags: Gadgets E-Books E-Book readers Survey YouGov Poll Statistics Apple Amazon Sony Kindle E-book reader owners in UK happy with hardware originally appeared on Pocket-lint on Mon, 07 Sep 2009 16:02:11 +0100
Tuesday, Aug 25
NEWS: The complete guide to eBook readers
News - PHOTOS: Sony Daily Edition Reader ebookNews - Samsung SNE-50K ebook launchesReview - Amazon Kindle DX ebook Review - BeBook ebookNews - COOL-ER eBook reader coming to the UK Tags: Gadgets Hardware ebooks Sony Amazon Kindle
Monday, Aug 24
NEWS: VIDEO: Kindle, Apple tablet predicted in 1994
Predicting both the current gen of Kindle-esque eBook readers, as well as the kind of tablet rumoured to be in production from Apple, this forward-thinking clip reveals that the tech we see today was already visualised 15 years ago.
Wednesday, Aug 12
NEWS: Sony dumping proprietary eBook formats
Read Related links: News - Student sues Amazon over Kindle deletionVia - New York Times Tags: Gadgets ebooks Sony Kindle Amazon Sony dumping proprietary eBook formats originally appeared on Pocket-lint on Thu, 13 Aug 2009 12:59:39 +0100
Tuesday, Aug 4
NEWS: Flexible e-ink display "months away"
Read Related links: News - Polymer Vision's Readius victim of recession Via - The Times Tags: Gadgets E-ink Plastic Logic Amazon Kindle Sony Flexible e-ink display "months away" originally appeared on Pocket-lint on Tue, 04 Aug 2009 09:27:03 +0100
Friday, Jul 31
NEWS: Student sues Amazon over Kindle deletion
Amazon sold consumers the books - 1984 and Animal Farm - but later pulled them when it realised there were copyright issues with those particular versions. The move caused an outcry in the US, and led to a public apology from Amazon CEO Jeff Bezos, who described the hasty move as "stupid".
Friday, Jul 24
NEWS: Amazon boss apologises for Orwellian Kindle blunder
The founder and CEO of Amazon, Jeff Bezos, has issued a humble, "deep" apology for a blunder the company recently made regarding its Kindle ebook reader. Now Bezos has apologised in the Kindle user forums with the following message:
Thursday, Jul 16
NEWS: Amazon "frantically" prepping Kindle's pre-Christmas UK launch
Mobile Today states that Amazon is understood to be "frantically working on having the Kindle ready for launch before Christmas 2009". Amazon won't comment on products that are not currently available in the UK market, but we will keep you posted.
Wednesday, Jul 15
NEWS: Amazon-owned Kindle rival reveals iPhone app stats
News - Amazon launches Kindle app for the iPhoneLink - Lexcycle Tags: Phones iPhone apps Amazon Statistics App Store Apple iPhone Kindle ebooks Lexcycle Amazon-owned Kindle rival reveals iPhone app stats originally appeared on Pocket-lint on Wed, 15 Jul 2009 17:53:59 +0100
Monday, Jul 13
NEWS: Amazon Kindle gets cloned
Spot the difference between this Chinese Kindle clone and the real deal from Amazon. Okay, so the characters displayed on the screen might give it away. The device - due out in Japan for around $210 at the end of the year - is called the WEFOUND, presumably as in we-found-this-Kindle-and-dec...
Sunday, Jul 12
NEWS: Kindle gets musical
Sheet music publisher FreeHand Systems has announced that its Novato Music Press catalogue, consisting of over 20,000 classical, traditional and American music titles, will be available for the Amazon Kindle. For people that can't get hold of the Amazon ebook reader, the company alre...
Friday, Jul 10
NEWS: Amazon Kindle ads show up on Google UK
But is this also a sign Amazon may be ready to offer the Kindle elsewhere in the world, having seen success in the American market? Here in the UK perhaps? A search for "Amazon Kindle" on Google UK brings up a sponsored advert from Amazon, linking to the UK store, although with the note that un...
Thursday, Jul 9
NEWS: Amazon cuts Kindle price
Amazon has cut the price of its Kindle ebook reading device by 17%. The Kindle 2 is now up for grabs for American consumers for $299, $60 off its previous price of $359. Amazon has not cut the price of its larger Amazon Kindle DX that's currently on sale for $489.
Tuesday, Jul 7
NEWS: Amazon patents adverts for the Kindle
The online retailer has filed patent applications "On-Demand Generating E-Book Content with Advertising" and "Incorporating Advertising in On-Demand Generated Content" that would deliver contextual ads to readers as they perused the electronic content.
Friday, Jun 26
NEWS: Comment: Amazon's "See a Kindle in Your City" scheme is genius
Amy, a retired reader from Rockford, Michigan interested in buying a Kindle, arranged to meet her Kindle demo buddy in a coffee shop via the Amazon site. Amy says of the meeting: "His demo definitely convinced me that I wanted to buy the Kindle!"
Wednesday, Jun 24
REVIEWS: Amazon Kindle DX ebook
According to Amazon, Kindle users buy 2.6 times as many books as other customers - and even purchase the same number of printed books that they did before. So why did one attendee of Book Expo America last month confess to wanting to punch an owner of the ebook reader?
