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Kindle might be headed to Target
Wouldn’t it be nice to see a Kindle in person before making the decision to buy one? Last week a rumor surfaced (based on a purported inventory screen shot) that Target might start selling the Amazon Kindle by the end … Continue reading
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Tagged Amazon, best buy, big box, ipad, kindle, nook, retailers, rumors, see in person, stores, target, test drives, where to find, where to see
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Waterproof case contest extended to April 11th
If you wanted to submit a travel photo of you with your Kindle to M-Edge’s contest–the winner gets a free $80 bouyant, waterproof Guardian case–you’ve still got a few more days. The deadline has been extended to April 11th. All … Continue reading
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Tagged Amazon, announcements, cases, contests, free case, free cases, giveaways, kindle, m-edge, medge, photos, pool, submissions, updates, vacation, water, waterproof, win
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Confused about formats and ereaders? Here's why
I used to go on and on about things like “lock-in,” which is when a company uses a proprietary file format in order to keep their customers from buying from competitors. I don’t really talk about it much these days … Continue reading
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Tagged Amazon, azw, digital publishing, drm, ebooks, epub, explanations, format wars, formats, kindle, lock-in, nook, overviews, tpz
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Next up for Kindle: Android devices
So far we’ve got access to the Amazon Kindle ecosystem on the iPhone and iPod Touch, Windows PCs, Blackberry devices, and naturally Kindles. Next up appears to be devices running Android, the operating system Google developed mainly for smartphones, although … Continue reading
Amazon releases BlackBerry app
If you’ve got a BlackBerry and you don’t mind reading on it, welcome to the Amazon Kindle family. Today Amazon released their free mobile app for Blackberry devices. The app works for the following BlackBerry phones: Bold 9000 Bold 9700 … Continue reading
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Tagged Amazon, applications, apps, blackberry, bold, curve, ebooks, free, kindle, mobile devices, readers, rim, smartphones, software, storm, tour
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Is $14.99 too high for a new release?
There was some drama over the past few days between Amazon and Macmillan Publishers (see photo illustration above), perhaps spurred on by the whole Apple iPad announcement, concerning the pricing of Macmillan ebooks on the Amazon Kindle store. It all … Continue reading
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Tagged Amazon, bestsellers, big publishers, big six, ebooks, feuds, ipad, kindle, macmillan, new releases, nook, pr, price wars, prices, publicity, publishers
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Could this display lead to a full color Kindle in the future?
At CES 2010, Mirasol showed off a full color, video-capable screen that uses ambient light in the same way the Kindle’s current e-ink screen does. Could it be a contender for full color next-gen ebook devices? Continue reading