Pew Internet: U.S. Tablet, E-Reader Ownership Doubled Over Holiday Season
‘Twas the season for tablets and e-readers, according to a new survey released Monday by the Pew Internet and American Life Project. The num… Read more »
Penguin's DK: Goodbye Books, Hello 'Flat' Content. Make Once, Use Anywhere
Dorling Kindersley, the division of Penguin that publishes children, travel and reference titles, made a strong case for how it is moving to… Read more »
Why Amazon's Plagiarism Problem Is More Than A Public Relations Issue
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Plagiarized editions for sale in Amazon’s Kindle store show how the company is still adapting to the world of original content creation. At… Read more »
Did Self-Publishing Hype Hit Its Peak In 2011?
The average price of a self-published Kindle top-100 bestseller continues to drop, but a new look at these titles’ performance in 2011 sugge… Read more »
Kindle Startup Focuses On Interactive Fiction For Adults
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Coliloquy, a Palo Alto-based publisher focusing on interactive fiction for adults, launches its first four serial titles today on Kindle. Th… Read more »
Sweet Success For Cut The Rope: An Interview With ZeptoLab's CEO
Games rank as the most popular form of mobile content today — 68 percent of tablet and smartphone app users who downloaded an app in the pa… Read more »
Time Inc. Skips The CES Bins, Sort Of; Offers Free Downloads Of All Titles
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Not too long ago, grazing the magazine bins was a perk of going to a trade show. But consolidation and closures mean fewer publications — a… Read more »
Amazon Publishing Taps Famous Librarian To Curate Its New Series
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Amazon (NSDQ: AMZN) Publishing is launching a new series, “Book Lust Rediscoveries,” curated by librarian and NPR commentator Nancy Pearl. P… Read more »
@ CES: Dell Sets The Stage For Yet Another Stab At Making A Tablet
Dell is not among the companies announcing a new tablet this week at the CES show in Las Vegas, but it made sure to keep its name in the air… Read more »
Amazon Scoots Past Apple's Rules With HTML5 iPad Kindle Store
Back in July, Amazon (NSDQ: AMZN) and other content providers pulled the purchasing options from their iOS apps, in order to comply with App… Read more »
Are New Tablets Slowing The Growth Of E-Readers?
Some reports today suggest that Kindle Fire sales will cut into sales of Amazon’s other Kindles. For a variety of reasons, though, it’s too… Read more »
Apple E-book Conspiracy Case To Turn On 'Most Favored Nation' Clause
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Recent interviews shed light on how the antitrust cases against Apple (NSDQ: AAPL) and book publishers will unfold. The e-book controversy w… Read more »
Amazon Ends Lawsuit Over Kindle Fire
In a surprise development, Amazon (NSDQ: AMZN) has quietly resolved a lawsuit that alleges its Kindle Fire violates four patents related to… Read more »
Jumptap: Apple Has Highest Click-Through Rates Among Mobile Ad Platforms
The latest monthly figures from independent mobile ad network Jumptap reveal that Android has continued to solidify its lead as the most dom… Read more »
Kobo Book Buyers Up 10x At Christmas On New E-Reader Gifts
E-reader maker Kobo says it got a 10x uplift in new global e-book customers this holiday period, compared with earlier in the year, as new o… Read more »
Research: One In 40 In UK Got The Gift Of E-Reader This 'Kindle Christmas'
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In absence of detailed Kindle sales data from Amazon (NSDQ: AMZN), the consumer research group YouGov has taken a stab. Read more »
USA Today Becomes Latest Publisher To Embrace Kindle Fire With Custom App
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Amazon’s Kindle Fire continues to draw interest from publishing companies, including ones who have already embraced Android tablets. This ti… Read more »
Amazon Dances Around Kindle Sales Numbers (Again), But Kindle Fire Was Hot
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Amazon’s desire to tell the world how well its redesigned Kindle devices are selling keeps bumping up against its inability to deal in real… Read more »
What's Coming In 2012: Book Publishing
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This is the second in a series of posts over the next week that will highlight key people, companies and trends to watch in 2012 in the sect… Read more »
How Publishers And Authors Are Promoting E-Books For The Holidays
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I asked publishers and authors how they’re promoting their e-books for the holidays and got answers from bundling and free samplers to Kindl… Read more »
The Queen On Kindle
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When you unwrap your new Kindle on Christmas morning and are wondering what to read first, may I suggest Her Royal Majesty’s Christmas Day s… Read more »
Updated: Amazon Releases Kindle Fire Update; New Features In iOS Apps
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Amazon (NSDQ: AMZN) has released its promised Kindle Fire software update, which the company says will resolve some of the problems users ha… Read more »
Millennial Media Says Kindle Fire Impressions Growing 19 Percent Each Day
We still don’t have any exact figures from Amazon (NSDQ: AMZN) for how many Kindle Fire tablets it has sold, but the latest figures out from… Read more »
BuzzFeed Releases Kindle Fire-Optimized App
Social content site BuzzFeed is the latest company to release a version of its app especially for the Kindle Fire. Read more »
Stop Treating $9.99 As The Magic E-Book Price
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$9.99 is often treated as a magic price–the cost of a New York Times bestseller on Kindle back in the good old days, before big-six publish… Read more »
ePub Direct Funded To Supply E-Books To Kindle, iBooks Et Al
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If print book costs major on distributing boxes of dead trees, what price the e-book fulfilment sector? Read more »
China E-Reader Sales Down Thanks To Lack Of Content
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Though the e-book phenomenon is now taking off around the world, Chinese e-reader sales actually fell 5.1 percent, according to Analysys Int… Read more »
Here's A Real-ish Kindle Number From Amazon
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Amazon (NSDQ: AMZN) has released a real number for how many Kindles are selling. Well, sort of. Read more »
Does Anybody Care About Tablet Stats That Don't Include The Kindle Fire?
Let’s find out! Research firm IDC released its Q3 2011 report on media tablet shipments today. You’ll recall that the Kindle Fire and Nook T… Read more »
Self-Published Authors Debate Amazon's KDP Select
When Amazon (NSDQ: AMZN) launched the Kindle Owners’ Lending Library last month, it contained around 5,000 traditionally published titles. J… Read more »
Under Fire, Amazon Says Kindle Fire Is Getting An Update Within Two Weeks
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Several weeks into the U.S.-only sales debut of the Kindle Fire, and Amazon (NSDQ: AMZN) has been facing up to mixed reviews for the tablet,… Read more »
Amazon's Apple-Like Growth Is Missing One Element: Rising Profits
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Considering the amount of money Amazon.com (NSDQ: AMZN) shareholders have pocketed in recent years, Amazon deserves its spot next to Apple a… Read more »
Amazon Expands Kindle Owners' Lending Library To Self-Published Authors
As rumored, self-published authors who agree to make their e-books available exclusively on Kindle for 90 days are now eligible to include t… Read more »
China's Dangdang Does An Amazon With E-Books, Apps, E-Reader
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The Chinese e-commerce site Dangdang (NYSE:DANG) is set to follow in the footsteps of Amazon (NSDQ: AMZN) (NASDAQ:AMZN) and its Kindle when… Read more »
Amazon's Kindle Fire Could Be Going International Sooner Rather Than Later
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Amazon’s Kindle Fire today is only on sale in the U.S., but according to one report that Fire could be spreading to the UK as soon as Januar… Read more »
Surprise! Apple Forecasts Raised On Big Demand For iPhone 4S, But Not iPad
HTC and RIM (NSDQ: RIMM) may be cautioning investors about more choppy economic times ahead, but that is not the story, it seems, for all ha… Read more »
Kids On Kindle: Amazon Starts Publishing Children's Books
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With the release of its color-screened, picture-book-friendly Kindle Fire, Amazon (NSDQ: AMZN) is expanding into publishing books for a new… Read more »
Kindle Fire Offers 'Disappointingly Poor' Experience; 'Miserable' Magazines
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Will the projected 3.9 million Kindle Fire buyers this quarter end up disappointed with their new tablets? User-experience guru Jakob Nielse… Read more »
The Truth About Amazon Publishing, Part II
In an interview with Publishers Weekly, Amazon (NSDQ: AMZN) says it will double the number of original titles it publishes next year, to 400… Read more »
The End Of The Streak: Dells Stops Selling Android Tablet In U.S.
Another chapter in the ongoing consolidation of the tablet market — specifically in the area of those many Android vendors that have failed… Read more »
