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Thinner and Lighter Kindle Comes with Wi-Fi and Starts at $139 [Kindle]






It may have taken longer than expected, but a replacement for the Kindle 2 has arrived. The addition of Wi-Fi and an aggressive $139 starting price make the new eReader a formidable upgrade. More ...
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Kindle Sold Out [Kindle]






People sure are making hay out of Amazon being fresh out of Kindles! And while there's certainly a chance this could herald the imminent arrival of Kindle 3, it seems more likely that Amazon hit an unexpe...
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The Man Who Wrote The Girl With the Dragon Tattoo First Author To Sell a Million Kindle Books [Ebooks]


Stieg Larsson, the deceased Swedish author who wrote the all-of-a-sudden-very-popular books The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo, The Girl Who Played with Fire and The Girl Who Kicked the Hornets' Nest, has become the first author to sell a mil...
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Author Sells 1 Million Books On Kindle Alone

Amazon has just reached an important milestone: a single author has sold 1,000,000 Kindle books. If there was any doubt as to the long reach of Kindle in the electronic reading wars, this settles it.
Stieg Larsson, author of the wonderful trilogy of book...
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Amazon: Paper Books Are Dead, Or Something [Amazon]






"Over the past three months, for every 100 hardcover books Amazon.com has sold, it has sold 143 Kindle books. Over the past month, for every 100 hardcover books Amazon.com has sold, it has sold 180 Kindl...
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Barnes & Noble Adds Free Classics to Nook Store [Ebooks]


You can, of course, already download tens of thousands of free classics for your eBook reader of choice. But now Barnes & Noble is hopping on the bandwagon of including free books as part of their retail store (making the download process s...
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Publishing eBooks: Kindle, iPad, Nook, Kobo? [Publishing]






There are many mediums for ebook publishing today. But how does a publisher or author choose which one to use? Or does he or she even have to choose at all? More »






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Video-Capable E-Paper Hints At a Fun Ebook Reader Future [Epaper]






E-Ink has served Kindle users well for the past few years, but there's no way it's the e-paper endgame. Especially when this new tech from Nemoptic is video, touchscreen, and backlight-friendly. More&...
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Refurbished Kindle 2 Costs Just $110 [Dealzmodo]






Here's a pretty over the top deal: you can get a refurbished Kindle 2 for only $110. That's about $80 less than a new Kindle, and pretty much one of the cheapest ebook readers you can buy. More &r...
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Will NOOKstudy Be Barnes & Noble’s Trojan Horse To Beat Kindle?

It is no small secret that in the world of e-readers, Kindle is king. While other platforms are on the rise, Kindle remains the dominant player in the market. There is much talk of iPad beating Kindle, which misses completely the multi-platform strategy ...
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Now Available [NowAvailable]






A big graphite Kindle DX. A super fast 4G WiMax Wi-Fi Hotspot. A bamboo laptop. For all the mobile warriors who demand the biggest, fastest and eco-friendliest your devices are now available. Now break ou...
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Question of the Day: Which Do You Read Faster, Real Books or Ebooks? [Qotd]






In a recent study, Jakob Nielsen (no relation to "Nielsen ratings" Nielsen) found that it took it took individuals 6.2% longer to read a story on an iPad and 10.7% longer on a Kindle 2 as compared to read...
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The New Kindle DX [Amazon]






The Kindle DX gets refreshed today with a lower price of $379, and a 9.7-inch screen with 50 percent better contrast. It also happens to come in a graphite finish. Ships on July 7th but orders start now. ...
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Kindle Available for $150 In One-Day Woot Sale [Amazon Kindle]






To celebrate being part of the Amazon family, Woot's got a one-day deal on the Kindle, flogging it for $150. Until recently it was $260, before Amazon themselves dropped it down to $190. Hurry! [Woot] ...
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You Can Preview Kindle Books On the Web Soon [Kindle]






Amazon today announced Kindle Previewer for HTML5, which will let you preview Kindle books before you buy them on any device with a browser. That'll be huge improvement over having to preview it on a Kind...
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Google Editions Is Your Local Book Store's Best Friend [Ebooks]






Lost in the midst of the Ebook wars between Amazon, Barnes & Noble, Apple and Sony are the independent bookstores who don't have the clout to bang with the big boys. Not for long, they're looking for help...
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Why I Only Buy Kindle Books [Kindle]






I broke my Kindle over a year ago. But I still only buy Kindle ebooks. More »






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Kindle for Android Is Here, At Last [Kindle]






One of the last major apps I've been waiting for on Android is finally here: Kindle. It syncs all of your Kindle books, as you'd expect, though it's missing features like full text search and in-app purch...
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Almost Every Non E-Paper Kindle Getting Audio and Video Embeds [E-Books]


Amazon's own e-book reader won't be able to play back video or audio embedded in e-books the way the iPod touch, iPhone and iPad will. (Amazon mentions nothing about the Mac and PC versions.) But it probably doesn't matter too much to Amaz...
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Kindle Now Just $190 as Ebook Reader Price Wars Heat Up [Kindle]






This morning, Amazon's Kindle set you back $260. Now, presumably in response to Nook's steep price drop earlier today, it's $190. That means the best ebook reader out there is now also one of the cheapest...
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An Official Moleskine Kindle Case, No Modding Required [Cases]






A whole cottage industry has sprung up around the idea of modifying Moleskine notebooks to house gadgets, and now the historic brand is getting in on the action themselves: they're offering an official, n...
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Kindle Receives 2.5 Update For Twitter and Facebook Support [EReaders]


The 2.5 update for Kindles, first let from the starting post late-May, has now been released onto the track for all keen book-jockeys out there. It includes Facebook and Twitter support for sending out a few lines of the book you're reading...
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Kindle 2.1 App Released, Brings New Fonts and Search Options [Apple]


The iOS's Kindle reader app has had its first update since arriving on the iPad. Beyond UI tweaks, the 2.1 version allows iPad users to increase font sizes, while iPhone users can now search within books. The next update looks even better, ...
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Take Your Kindle Swimming With Its First Waterproof Case [EReaders]






Now you can float on your raft, minus the fear of getting your digital copy of Twilight waterlogged. M-Edge's Guardian case is a bloody expensive $80, but if that means protecting your $260 ereader, then ...
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Why Farenheit 451 Will Never Happen [Humor]






The worst thing about all these eBook readers taking over? Future generations of small-minded twits will miss out on the simple pleasures of a burning pile of books. Unless, of course, they're really comm...
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The Kindle Gets Corporeal at Target Starting June 6 [Kindle]


One of the biggest advantages Barnes & Noble's Nook has had over the Kindle is that prospective purchasers can fondle one in store—the Kindle, available only online, is a "thing" more than a product. But that's going to change Sunday ...
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Thinner Kindle Coming in August; Touch and Color Still in the Works [Kindle]


According to a report by Bloomberg, Amazon will release a thinner Kindle this August, with a crisper, more response screen. But e-ink fans waiting for the full-color, mulittouch mega-Kindle will have to wait a while longer. This week, Amazo...
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Barnes & Noble's iPad App: The iPad Ebook War Just Got Real(er) [IPad Apps]






Barnes & Noble's free eReader app is here, and shockingly, it's probably the best ebook app on the iPad, for now. Better than Kindle, and better than iBooks. More »






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Don't Hold Your Breath For the Color Kindle [Blockquote]






Despite signs that they're beefing up the Kindle team, Amazon CEO Jeff Bezos says that the company is "still some ways out" from delivering the color Kindle, according to MarketWatch. Not much of a surpr...
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Kindle 2.5 Update Trickles Out With Facebook In Tow [Kindle]


Amazon had set a target of late May for their Facebook-friendly Kindle 2.5 update, and it looks as though they're on schedule. Reports from users have started trickling in—at least for Kindle DX—meaning that the broad OTA releas...
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Amazon Beefs Up Its Kindle Team to Take on the iPad [Kindle]


Nick Bilton flags a surge of job openings at Amazon, all for the Kindle team. Word is that Amazon's working on a touchscreen color Kindle, and if anything, this hiring spree shows that they're not screwing around: They're gathering software...
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Free Kindle App Coming To Android Devices This Summer [Android]






This summer, Android users will finally have their very own Kindle app. The app will allow you to access the Kindle Store, synchronize bookmarks across all your devices, and do just about everything Kindl...
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V Aliens Prefer Kindle [V]






Well, the debate over. Insidious, world-invading lizard aliens with knowledge of fantastical things like Blue Energy and green screen set pieces prefer to take over the world using a Kindle, not an iPad. ...
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The Electronic Book, Radio Shack 1986 [Retromodo]






I wish I lived in the alternate reality where Radio Shack's 'Electronic Book' was a runaway success, Amazon copied their design and every eBook reader was actually a paper book that required a tower PC to...
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Amazon Will Correct Your Error-Filled Ebooks, Nervously [Ebooks]






If a paper book contains an embarrassing error, publishers and authors just grit their teeth until the next edition comes out. If an ebook contains the same, publishers can just issue a correction, right?...
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Borders' Semi-Official eReader, the Kobo, On Pre-order Now [EReaders]


The Borders-backed Kobo eReader is officially on pre-order to be delivered by June 17. It's not as flashy as a Kindle or nook, but the barebones platform is only $150. Drop that price to $99, and Borders may find itself a market. [Borders] ...
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Amazon Stabs Penguin in the Throat With Ebook Pricing for Real Books [Amazon]






Amazon? Not playing around with publishers when it comes to ebook deals. Penguin's contract ran out on April 1, so Amazon can't sell their ebooks. So Amazon's cut the price of Penguin's actual hardcovers...
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Kindle Gets Facebook After Your Grandparents Did [Kindle]






Hey, kids... have you heard of this Facebook thing that's been hitting the internet? Amazon did! And they're integrating it, along with some newfangled Twitter thing, in their Kindle 2.5 software update&...
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Experts: Kindle Helps You Sleep, iPad Causes Insomnia [Sleep]






According to sleep experts, the iPad's bright LCD display could be hampering your body's ability to create melatonin. Translation: Insomnia. The Kindle and other e-ink devices, on the other hand, won't di...
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A Peek at the Next Kindle and Nook Display [E Ink]






Assuming the next generation Kindle and Nook stick with E Ink as their display provider, this video highlights what'll be new: Animation and nearly double the contrast ratio. More »

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The Kindle Plays NES Games Like a Penguin Soars [Gaming]






Developers at KLab have built an NES emulator for the Kindle. It's more awful than you could possibly imagine. More »






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Careful, Amazon: A Kindle 3 iPad Clone Would Be Suicide [Opinion]






Everybody's talking about Amazon retaliating against the iPad with a multitouch, multimedia, app-heavy Kindle 3. But it's not as obvious a move as you think. In fact, it's a bad idea. More »...
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The iPad: Amazon's Secret Weapon [Ebooks]






The iPad may seem like Apple's move to cockblock Amazon in the Ebook Wars, but Amazon's Kindle app makes it part of Amazon's larger ebook ecosystem. In many ways, the iPad is the best Kindle yet. More&...
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Kindle iPad App Officially Available in iTunes [IPad Apps]






We wondered about the Kindle iPad app and whether we'd get to purchase ebooks with it despite the competition it poses for Apple's iBooks app and store, but here we are. It's official, purchase options an...
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Amazon Makes Kindle Book Deal With Publishers HarperCollins and Simon & Schuster [Amazon]


Publishers HarperCollins and Simon & Schuster have signed a deal with Amazon. The arrangements will allow the publishers to choose prices for Kindle versions of their books and according to HarperCollins CEO Brian Murray have left his compa...
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iPad Alternatives: The Main Contenders [Ipad]






Just because most of us bought iPads doesn't mean that any of you should. There are plenty of devices, out now or coming soon, that can do some things as well—or better. Here's a roundup of the best...
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Ebooks, iPads, and the Terrifying Death of the Dust Jacket [Ebooks]






If publishers are good at one thing, it's publishing. If they're good at two things, it's publishing and consecrating every aspect of the paper book, until changing anything about it seems unthinkable. T...
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Rumor: Amazon To Pursue Games Downloads [Amazon]


Amazon could be forging a new path for itself according to an analyst firm which has uncovered some job postings that suggest it's hiring specialists in that field. More »






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This Is What Cars Might Look Like On Your Next Kindle [Eink]






Exactly what Amazon has in store for the next generation of Kindle is unclear. But if they stick with E-Ink, this clip of a color, video-playing E-Ink display from Kindle screen-manufacturer PVI could be...
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Are iBooks Already Getting Pricier? [IBooks]






So this is curious: Just a few days after screens showing iBooks Store ebook prices leaked, revealing a ton of $9.99 bestsellers, a fresh leak shows a bunch are back up to $12.99. Say what? More &...
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