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Attention Kindle users: soon there will be apps for you, too

Less than a week before Apple is expected to unveil its much-anticipated Tablet, Amazon has announced that it will open up the Kindle e-reader to software developers who can create custom apps Ã la iPhone. ... Read More »

January 21, 2010 | Filed under: Book news

Unhappy Kindle users unleash a flood of one-star reviews for title with no e-book editon

By Steven W. Beattie

Over at Publishing Perspectives, Hannah Johnson highlights an interesting phenomenon surrounding a book called Game Change, the controversial political tell-all about how Barack Obama won the 2008 U.S. presidential election. Despite receiving much attention in ... Read More »

January 18, 2010 | Filed under: Book news

The problem with the e-reader explosion

By Steven W. Beattie

The glut of e-readers heading to market is liable to result in significant casualties “ on the part of both buyers and manufacturers “ when all is said and done, according to an article in ... Read More »

January 11, 2010 | Filed under: Book news

The elusive nature of Kindle “sales”

By Steven W. Beattie

2009 may be remembered in book circles as the year the e-book finally came of age. On Dec. 26, Amazon issued a press release with the headline, "On Christmas Day, for the First Time Ever, ... Read More »

January 4, 2010 | Filed under: Book news

Bookmarks: E-books, Nooks, and poetry (or, one of these things is not like the others)

By Alison Potstra

Sundry links from across the Web: Amazon: 1, Print publishers: 0. Stephen R. Covey, author of The 7 Habits of Highly Effective People, has given Amazon exclusive e-book rights to two of his best-selling books The clandestine ... Read More »

December 15, 2009 | Filed under: Book news

The Atlantic kindles a new relationship with Amazon

By Steven W. Beattie

Edna O'Brien, Curtis Sittenfeld, and Paul Theroux are among the writers who will be making their short fiction available exclusively to Kindle users thanks to a new deal between online retailer Amazon.com and the general ... Read More »

December 7, 2009 | Filed under: Book news

Bookmarks: Britain’s phone booth library, Herta MÃ¼ller’s “psychosis,” and the Bad Sex in Fiction Award winner

By Alison Potstra

Some sundry links from across the Web: Resourceful idea of the week: British village transforms traditional red phone booth into local library Coming soon to a theatre near you: the book trailer for Quirk Classics' ... Read More »

December 1, 2009 | Filed under: Book news

The Kindle comes to Canada

By Stuart Woods

After delaying the Canadian release of the international version of the Kindle, Amazon announced this morning that it will begin selling the portable reading device north of the border. At the time of this writing, ... Read More »

November 17, 2009 | Filed under: Book news

Should literary agents be afraid of Amazon?

By Stuart Woods

While Amazon is keeping quiet about the meetings it held last week with top U.S. agents, several commentators have begun to speculate about their significance. Crain's reports that the talks were "freewheeling, frank, and contentious," ... Read More »

November 12, 2009 | Filed under: Book news

Amazon’s Kindle not lighting fires in Norway

By Steven W. Beattie

Despite healthy sales and an endorsement from Oprah in the U.S., Amazon's Kindle reading device may run afoul of Norway's consumer regulations should the online bookselling giant decide to release the device there in its ... Read More »

November 2, 2009 | Filed under: Book news

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Search Results by tag: Kindle

Attention Kindle users: soon there will be apps for you, too

Unhappy Kindle users unleash a flood of one-star reviews for title with no e-book editon

The problem with the e-reader explosion

The elusive nature of Kindle “sales”

Bookmarks: E-books, Nooks, and poetry (or, one of these things is not like the others)

The Atlantic kindles a new relationship with Amazon

Bookmarks: Britain’s phone booth library, Herta MÃ¼ller’s “psychosis,” and the Bad Sex in Fiction Award winner

The Kindle comes to Canada

Should literary agents be afraid of Amazon?

Amazon’s Kindle not lighting fires in Norway

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