Tag archive: kindle

A new ad from Amazon attempts to make fun of the cost of Apple’s iPad by highlighting the cheaper price of its own mobile devices. The 30-second ad takes place at a plush resort and involves an exchange between a bikini-clad woman (representing Amazon) and a slightly awkward-looking man (representing Apple). The 30-second ad begins with the Apple guy walking past the woman, shielding his iPad from the sun. She’s reading a book on her Kindle… Read More

Amazon is reportedly pushing further into the physical realm with plans to build brick-and-mortar boutiques which will showcase the company's e-readers, tablets and other products. While talk of an Amazon retail store has been heard before (patent D593,208), the recent rumors have taken form from details in a report by the Good E-Reader tablet and e-reader news site. Citing unnamed sources, Good E-reader says that Amazon will be starting… Read More

Amazon.com has announced its financial results for the fourth quarter of 2011, and on the surface the numbers are rosey: sales were up 35 percent compared to a year ago to a whopping $17.43 billion, and Kindle device sales—across all Kindle devices, ereaders and the Fire tablet—were nearly triple last year's total. However, the investment community isn't terribly excited with Amazon's performance because the company's… Read More

As pointed out by Bloomberg Businessweek reporter Brad Stone on Google+ earlier today, Barnes & Noble will not stock physical copies of books released by Amazon's publishing division. Designed to keep Amazon out of the brick and mortar locations across the United States, the company is taking this position in response to Amazon's new strategy of selling physical and digital copies of specific releases exclusively through the… Read More

Kindle is great for books and all, but some folks would like to be able to get personal documents onto their Kindle or Kindle Library and up until now, it's been a less-than-simple task. The option of a new plugin, however, is going to make the task a lot easier for PC users, and eventually Mac users, too. Send to Kindle for PC is a simple application that will allow users to easily send personal documents to both their online Kindle and… Read More

Sales expectations for Amazon's Kindle Fire have been high since Amazon announced the tablet back in September, but Amazon—as always—has not stated how many units its actually sold, revealing only that it sold more than a million of the units in December. Now, Barclay's analyst Anthony DiClemente claims that Amazon sold some 5.5 million of the devices over the holiday season and is on track to sell some 18.4 million of… Read More

Online retailing juggernaut Amazon.com has declared 2011 the “best holiday ever” for its Kindle line of ereaders, with the Kindle Fire, Kindle Touch, and plain-jane Kindle occupying the first, second, and third places on Amazon's best-seller charts during the holiday season. Amazon also says the Kindle Fire was the leading seller on its mobile Web site, as well as the most-gifted and most asked-for product Amazon offered.… Read More

Mentioned two weeks ago by Amazon officials, the Internet company has started rolling out version 6.2.1 of the Kindle Fire software. Much of the user interface has been tweaked to become more responsive to screen tapping and navigation of content is much more fluid. The Silk browser is also smoother when moving through different Web pages and loading content. The update brings customization to the tablet allowing users to hide items that appear… Read More

It should come as no surprise that the Kindle is selling well these days, but just how well it's selling might raise a few eyebrows. Amazon reports that over one million Kindle units have been sold each week for the last three weeks — basically, ever since the Kindle Fire hit the market. The notoriously tight-lipped retailer revealed the Kindle sales numbers this week, though it's worth noting that Amazon doesn't make a… Read More

We know that the holidays can be stressful. Nobody likes dealing with the long lines or the sudden void of awesome gift ideas, especially if you’re on a tight budget. While techie gifts make it easy to burrow yourself deep into January debt with just one purchase, we’ve rounded up some of our favorites from the other side of the price spectrum with our guide to the best tech gifts under $200. PlugBug, $35 Looking for a nifty charging… Read More

Remember back in early 2010 when Apple launched iBookstore? The idea of selling electronic books wasn't new — the Kindle, Sony Reader, Barnes & Noble Nook, and other e-readers were already on the market, along with their associated book stores and third-party efforts like Google Books. But one thing that made consumers' jaws drop when Apple unveiled iBookstore was the price tags: New releases were initially priced at $12.99 to… Read More

The Kindle Fire is reported to be the top tablet at Best Buy this year, and Amazon is expected to sell 5 million in the fourth quarter against an estimated 13 million for the iPad. While Apple’s iPad remains the clear winner, if these projections hold up, the Kindle Fire will be the first tablet to come this close to challenging it. The Fire has two clear differences to the iPad. The first is a dramatically lower price; you can effectively buy… Read More

Ever since Bethesda Softworks released Skyrim on November 11, the folks over at Capane have been collecting the in-game books that are available to read within Skyrim and converting them into formats that can be downloaded onto e-readers and tablets. Within the files for the game, the books are all in plain text rather than encoded files. The people at Capane saved each book into a separate document, added headings as well as a table of… Read More

Penguin eBooks are once again available for library lending to owners of Amazon Kindle devices, at least through libraries using OverDrive's ebook lending service. Penguin withdrew all its titles from library lending to Kindle owners through OverDrive earlier this week citing “security concerns,” and said it would stop making new titles available to library lending on any platform. Penguin's reversal returns makes… Read More

The basics If you've never done Black Friday before there are some things that you should know and think about before you make your plan. First, if you're going to go, you should make a plan. Second, you should expect craziness and no less. Don't get up at 4 am on friday morning thinking that just because you're an hour early you'll get exactly what you want with no problems at all. No matter where you are, there… Read More