Boston.com – 2011-07-15
SAN FRANCISCO - Sony Corp. , Japans largest exporter of consumer electronics, plans to introduce a line of upgraded digital book readers in the United States as early as next month to challenge Kindle maker Amazon.com Inc.
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Amazon.com Inc., the worlds largest Internet retailer, said customers have bought more than 1 million of its Kindle e-book readers and tablets each week for three weeks in a row. | BusinessWeek – 2011-12-16
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They publisher may want to make sure that library e-books can't be easily stripped of DRM and kept by a borrower without penalty. | PC World – 2011-11-23
Written By: Charlotte Williams Publication Date: Wed, 23/11/2011 - 08:30 W H Smith has launched a colour WiFi Kobo e-reader, priced £169.99 and with a multimedia touch screen and social media... | The Bookseller – 2011-11-23
If Kindle Fire is a disappointment as a tablet, then Kindle Touch is the epitome of e-book reading experience It's simple, elegant, easy, lightweight and just great at what it's supposed to do: offer... | GigaOM – 2011-11-17
The original Kindle, the first successful e-book reader, altered the literary habits of millions. The new Fire, colorful and powerful as it is, wont have nearly as much impact. | Boston.com – 2011-11-17
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It took some haggling, but Time Warner's publishing unit joins Hearst, Conde Nast and other big publishers on Amazon's new tablet. | AllThingsD – 2011-11-16
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Written By: Graeme Neill Publication Date: Tue, 15/11/2011 - 10:12 The US Authors Guild has accused Amazon.com of "boldly breaching its contracts" with publishers by signing them up to its new... | The Bookseller – 2011-11-15
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PARIS (Reuters) - The world's largest Internet retailer, Amazon.com, plans to sell its Kindle e-book tablet at Virgin Megastore outlets in France as it tries to inject life into a market that has... | Reuters – 2011-11-09
Indigo Books and Music Inc. is selling its fastest growing unit, e-book seller Kobo Inc. | CBC – 2011-11-09
Written By: Philip Jones Publication Date: Mon, 07/11/2011 - 09:10 Concern is growing in the US over the launch of Amazon's Kindle lending initiative. Amazon launched the new service last week... | The Bookseller – 2011-11-07
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Amazon.com announced the launch of an e-book lending library for Kindle users, that allows Amazon Prime members to borrow books for free, as frequently as a book... | PC World – 2011-11-03
Is Amazon Prime the best deal in tech? It just may be: Amazon now offers the capability for customers to loan out over 5,000 books for their Kindle or Kindle Fire devices. The Kindle Owners' Lending... | Betanews – 2011-11-03
This story first appears on FOLIO:'s sister site minonline. There is no telling what exactly Barnes & Noble will be announcing at a press conference the company has scheduled for Nov. 7 in New York,... | Folio Magazine – 2011-11-03
The fact that none of the six major book publishers are taking part in the "Netflix for books" lending program that Amazon just launched for the Kindle is another sign that the industry is more... | GigaOM – 2011-11-03
Written By: Lisa Campbell Publication Date: Wed, 26/10/2011 - 10:05 Amazons profits have dropped by 73% in its third quarter, with the company's investment in its Kindle e-readers blamed for the... | The Bookseller – 2011-10-26
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Written By: Lisa Campbell Publication Date: Mon, 17/10/2011 - 14:30 Julian Barnes is the bookies' favourite to win the Man Booker prize tomorrow night (18th October), as Amazon has revealed his... | The Bookseller – 2011-10-17
Written By: Lisa Campbell Publication Date: Thu, 13/10/2011 - 09:25 W H Smith has partnered with Kobo to launch the first wifi touch-screen e-reader in the UK later this month. The chain bookseller... | The Bookseller – 2011-10-13
Guardian.co.uk The Guardian will publish a carefully-selected portion of its internal lists of upcoming story topics, inviting readers to get in touch with reporters or editors if they have... | Poynter. – 2011-10-11
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Those who purchased the Kindle with Special Offers version of Amazon's e-reader can now expunge the ads for a one-time fee of $30. | PC World – 2011-10-06
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Low price, Amazon Silk browser and promising ecosystem of movies, apps and books make the Fire stand out in a crowd. | PC World – 2011-09-29
Written By: Philip Jones Publication Date: Wed, 28/09/2011 - 15:20 Amazon has unveiled a Kindle Touch reader, priced $99 for the wi-fi model, alongside a brand new tablet device called Kindle Fire.... | The Bookseller – 2011-09-28
Written By: Philip Jones Publication Date: Wed, 28/09/2011 - 15:40 Amazon has unveiled a Kindle Touch reader, alongside a brand new tablet device called Kindle Fire. It has also launched an £89... | The Bookseller – 2011-09-28
Written By: Philip Jones Publication Date: Wed, 28/09/2011 - 09:59 Amazon.co.uk has asked publishers for discounts of 90% on titles in order to participate in an October Kindle promotion. The... | The Bookseller – 2011-09-28
The long awaited device that has been rumored to shake up Apple's dominance of the tablet market is here. Amazon.com, Inc. announced early Wednesday that its 7-inch tablet product, the Kindle Fire... | Folio Magazine – 2011-09-28
Web retailer to take on Apple with launch of Android-based tablet on WednesdayAmazon is set to join the tablet wars on Wednesday as it launches a rival to Apple's best-selling iPad, a device that has... | Guardian – 2011-09-28
Written By: Graeme Neill Publication Date: Tue, 27/09/2011 - 09:26 Amazon has reportedly dubbed its new tablet device Kindle Fire, with the digital company set to unveil it tomorrow (28th... | The Bookseller – 2011-09-27
The rumours have been flying, but now it looks certain that Amazon will release their new tablet, supposedly called the Kindle Fire, on September 28. This is going to be a big deal for those in the... | Editors Weblog – 2011-09-27
Written By: Barbara Casassus Publication Date: Tue, 27/09/2011 - 15:18 French publisher Flammarion has signed an agreement to sell its electronic titles through Amazon and Apples iBookstore. The... | The Bookseller – 2011-09-27
Amazon.com's newest Kindle device, expected in the next few months, might be the biggest threat to Apple Inc.'s iPad this holiday season. The latest iteration of the Kindle e-book reader will double... | San Francisco Chronicle – 2011-09-22
Over 11,000 U.S. libraries are now loaning out Kindle books. | PC World – 2011-09-22
Written By: Bookseller Staff Publication Date: Wed, 21/09/2011 - 09:03 Libraries in Seattle have started testing the feature that allows readers to borrow books using their Kindle. Amazon signed a... | The Bookseller – 2011-09-21
Last April, Amazon announced the Kindle Library Lending program would let Kindle users borrow books from more than 11,000 U.S. libraries. Today, the program officially launched at all participating... | Betanews – 2011-09-21
Amazon has launched its long-promised library lending program for its Kindle e-reader, and says more than 11,000 libraries are participating. E-book competitors -- like Barnes & Nobles' Nook, and... | AllThingsD – 2011-09-21
Swiftly and at little cost, newspapers, magazines and sites like The Huffington Post are publishing their own version of e-books. | The New York Times – 2011-09-19
Written By: Graeme Neill Publication Date: Mon, 19/09/2011 - 14:24 A Game of Thrones author George RR Martin has become the latest author to sell one million copies of his books for the Amazon... | The Bookseller – 2011-09-19
The social tablet magazine for iPad and Android may be called Propeller. | PC World – 2011-09-16
In another turn of events in Reader Digest Associations executive saga, Robert Guth, former CEO of telecommunications company TelCove, is named president and CEO. Guth replaces Tom Williams (who... | Folio Magazine – 2011-09-13
Amazon's "Netflix for E-Books" lending program is still a rumor, and not popular with book publishers, but here are some ways it could work. | PC World – 2011-09-12
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Written By: Lisa Campbell Publication Date: Fri, 09/09/2011 - 09:30 Waterstone's is to launch its own e-reader in 2012 inspired by Barnes & Noble's Nook device. Waterstone's m.d. James Daunt has... | The Bookseller – 2011-09-09
Do you have math notations in your e-learning content that you want your users to be able to listen to? ReadSpeaker creates the online text-to-speech service that gives users better access to courses... | CNW – 2011-09-06
Hearst Magazines' homes title Good Housekeeping has launched a new reader recommendation tool for brands to use across marketing material and campaigns. | Media Week – 2011-09-05
Moscow-based optical character recognition specialist ABBYY has released a major new update of its renowned OCR application. ABBYY FineReader 11 Professional Edition, which allows users to convert... | Betanews – 2011-09-03
Written By: Benedicte Page Publication Date: Thu, 01/09/2011 - 15:08 Amazon.com is offering a new feature enabling readers to ask authors questions directly via their Kindle devices. @author is... | The Bookseller – 2011-09-01
Written By: Graeme Neill Publication Date: Thu, 01/09/2011 - 08:51 Readers will be able to download the e-book of Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone for free with the limited edition model of... | The Bookseller – 2011-09-01
-- New York City-based publisher and direct marketer Reader's Digest Assn. Inc.'s EBITDA declined year-over-year in the second quarter of 2011, and its margin of compliance under its financial... | Reuters – 2011-09-01
Written By: Bookseller Staff Publication Date: Tue, 30/08/2011 - 08:38 Details have emerged of Sony's forthcoming e-reader, the Reader PRS-T1. The new device will include wifi and a web browser and... | The Bookseller – 2011-08-30
Virgin's iPad-only magazine Project has scrapped some digital tricks to streamline its user interface, after user feedback revealed readers wanted the title's features to showcase their tablets'... | Media Week – 2011-08-26
AdAge.com Nat Ives reports readers are finding fewer magazines in doctors offices and hair salons with exceptions such as Details, Readers Digest, Ebony. Thats because magazines are... | Poynter. – 2011-08-20
The digital edition of Readers Digest is now available for purchase through the App Store, the publisher announced today. | Folio Magazine – 2011-08-18
Apple's stable of periodicals available for in-app subscription got a little bigger with the release of an update to Reader's Digest magazine on Thursday. Reader's Digest is now offering annual... | GigaOM – 2011-08-18
Oh boy, do I have a contest for you long-winded Facebookers and personal bloggers. It's called, "Your Life: The Reader's Digest Version." The venerable magazine is willing to shell out $25,000 if you... | AdWeek – 2011-08-17
Written By: Lisa Campbell Publication Date: Tue, 16/08/2011 - 14:41 Kathryn Stockett has become the first debut author to join the Kindle Million Club after selling over a million copies of her... | The Bookseller – 2011-08-16
Written By: Lisa Campbell Publication Date: Wed, 10/08/2011 - 15:45 Amazon has launched a Kindle Cloud Reader app, just two weeks after it, along with other e-booksellers, was forced to remove... | The Bookseller – 2011-08-10
Apple no longer allows e-book sellers to link out to their stores, which is likely why Amazon introduced a new web-based app that works outside of Apple's official software distribution channel on... | GigaOM – 2011-08-10
Written By: Lisa Campbell Publication Date: Mon, 08/08/2011 - 15:39 Amazon.com has launched a social networking site for Kindle users to discuss and share notes on e-books. The site, called... | The Bookseller – 2011-08-08
Written By: Graeme Neill Publication Date: Tue, 02/08/2011 - 09:01 Sony has listed its e-book readers as out of stock on its website, raising speculation it could be on the verge of launching a new... | The Bookseller – 2011-08-02
Written By: Lisa Campbell Publication Date: Wed, 27/07/2011 - 07:47 Amazon.com is experiencing its "fastest growth" in more than a decade with accelerating Kindle sales, according to its founder... | The Bookseller – 2011-07-27
Iniative would allow Kindle users to rent books with up to 80% offAmazon.com launched Kindle textbook rentals, promising "tens of thousands of textbooks" at discounts of as much as 80% less than... | Baltimore Sun – 2011-07-20
Students can get e-books for the Kindle for as much as 80% off the purchase price | San Jose Mercury News – 2011-07-19
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