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Amazon-owned Kindle rival reveals iPhone app stats
Kindle market being eaten by iPhone? 15 July 2009 17:53 GMT
Amazon-owned Lexcycle has announced that its Kindle-rivaling iPhone app has seen considerable success.

As well as two versions of the Kindle ebook reader on the hardware front, Amazon also offers a Kindle iPhone app, so a direct rival to the "Stanza" application...
Amazon Kindle gets cloned
Wannabe gadget spotted 13 July 2009 9:23 GMT
Spot the difference between this Chinese Kindle clone and the real deal from Amazon. Okay, so the characters displayed on the screen might give it away.

The device - due out in Japan for around $210 at the end of the year - is called the WEFOUND, presumably...
Kindle gets musical
Sheet music publisher announced 20,000 titles for ebook 13 July 2009 3:19 GMT
Musicians hoping to carry the sheet music to that perfect ditty wherever they are, will now be able to do so from their Kindle, following an announcement from a sheet music publisher in the US.

Sheet music publisher FreeHand Systems has announced that its Novato...
Amazon Kindle ads show up on Google UK
Will a UK launch follow the US price cut? 10 July 2009 14:55 GMT
Amazon has just cut the price of the Kindle 2 in the US, suggesting the intermittent supply problems the retailer experienced may have finally been resolved, or that it's angling to sell more units of the ebook reader by reducing the cost.

But is this also a...
Amazon cuts Kindle price
To under $300 9 July 2009 9:31 GMT
Amazon has cut the price of its Kindle ebook reading device by 17%.

The Kindle 2 is now up for grabs for American consumers for $299, $60 off its previous price of $359.

Customers who have ordered Kindles within the past month will get a $60 credit...
Amazon patents adverts for the Kindle
Cheaper content with contextual ads 7 July 2009 13:53 GMT
Amazon is considering adverts for its Kindle ebook reader, patents have revealed.

The online retailer has filed patent applications "On-Demand Generating E-Book Content with Advertising" and "Incorporating Advertising in On-Demand Generated Content" that would...
Comment: Amazon's "See a Kindle in Your City" scheme is genius
Online giant sees US public volunteering to show Kindles to strangers 26 June 2009 16:47 GMT
In one of the most astonishing grass roots marketing campaigns I've ever seen, Kindle owners in the US are voluntarily mobilising in their thousands to promote Amazon's ebook reader.

The promotion takes the form of a mutually convenient meet up with an informal...
Amazon Kindle DX availability dated
Still no sign of a UK launch though 2 June 2009 0:56 GMT
Amazon in the US has dated the launch for its larger screened Amazon Kindle.

The ebook that is aimed at readers who want a bigger screen will be available for shipping from 10 June in time for the summer holidays.

With a 9.7-inch electronic paper...
COOL-ER eBook reader coming to the UK
"The iPod moment" of e-reading arrives in eight colours 14 May 2009 17:10 GMT
A new eBook reader from start-up Interead has been announced in the States, and unlike Amazon's elusive Kindle devices, it has been confirmed as coming to the UK this month.

The COOL-ER has been described by an Interead exec as the "iPod moment" of ebook readers...
News Corp newspapers sites to start charging within a year
"The current days of the internet will soon be over", says Murdoch 7 May 2009 11:08 GMT
Access to the Times' and the Sun's websites will be for paying customers only within the next year, according to Rupert Murdoch, the boss of News Corporation that owns the papers.

Following the Wall Street Journal's apparently successful trials of paid-for access,...
Amazon launches the Kindle DX
9.7-inch ebook reader debuted as expected 6 May 2009 15:59 GMT
As expected, Amazon has launched the Amazon Kindle DX in the States, a bigger and more expensive version of its Kindle ebook reader.

With a 9.7-inch electronic paper display, a new built-in PDF reader, auto-rotate capability, and 3.3GB storage for up to 3500...
New bigger Kindle dubbed "DX"
More info revealed about 9.7-inch version 5 May 2009 10:03 GMT
More information on Amazon's rumoured "big screen" Kindle has emerged, following recent reports about the imminent launch of the device from the New York Times.

The latest Kindle will be dubbed the "DX" and that larger screen is now said to come in at 9.7 inches...
Big-screen Amazon Kindle inbound
Could it be coming to the UK 4 May 2009 11:30 GMT
Amazon is about to release yet another larger screen version of the Kindle as early as this week according to sources, as it looks to throw American and British newspapers a digital lifeline.

Although not currently available in the UK, according to the New York...
Amazon launches Kindle app for the iPhone
Extends the brand to software 4 March 2009 9:43 GMT
Amazon is extending its Kindle brand to software, with the launch of an application for the iPhone.

Amazon's app can be downloaded free of charge in the States, and lets iPhone and iPod touch owners read downloaded books, magazines and newspapers.
Amazon compromises on Kindle's text-to-speech feature
But insists it is "legal" 2 March 2009 10:51 GMT
The Amazon Kindle 2's text-to-speech functionality is "legal", the etailing giant has insisted in a statement to the press.

The statement follows comment and criticism from the audio book industry on the feature, including from the American Author's Guild organisation,...
Esquire publisher planning eBook launch
Hearst Corp hoping to take magazines digital 28 February 2009 0:50 GMT
The publishing firm behind magazines such as Esquire and Cosmopolitan has announced that it is planning on launching an ebook to help stave off the slide in magazine subscriptions.

According to Fortune magazine "Hearst Corp., is getting set to launch an electronic...
Kindle 3 rumours emerge
Just days after second-gen device launches 27 February 2009 15:24 GMT
Hot on the heels of the Kindle 2 launch - a mere 23 days later in fact - Kindle 3 rumours are already emerging.

Although it took Amazon 15 months to get its second-gen Kindle to market, Far Eastern manufacturing news reports are suggesting that the third-gen...
Colourful Kindle 2 accessories announced
Just when we thought we could not want one any more than we already do 10 February 2009 12:57 GMT
As if we couldn't already be more envious of our American cousins getting the new'n'improved Kindle 2 dropped right on their doorstep, M-Edge is rubbing salt into the wound with this lovely range of jackets.

Hot off the mark, the accessories maker has announced...
Amazon Kindle 2 launches
Thinner, faster, sharper, longer, bigger, better 9 February 2009 15:37 GMT
As expected, Amazon.com has introduced the Amazon Kindle 2.

Unveiled at a press event in New York, the reading device gets a new slim design with 25% longer battery life, faster page turns, over seven times more storage with 2GB capacity, sharper images, and...
Amazon sold half a million Kindles in 2008?
Analysts get analysing 4 February 2009 10:11 GMT
Amazon may have sold half a million Kindles last year, if one analyst's estimates are accurate.

Amazon has never revealed sales figures for its e-book reader, launched in November 2007, only ever stating that it was "happy" with the level of sales.
Amazon Kindle sold out way past Christmas
Santa got his sums wrong 28 November 2008 14:20 GMT
Those Stateside who've not yet started their Christmas shopping and were hoping to nab a Kindle for a loved one are right out of luck. It seems for the second year running Amazon has run out of stock of the device in the crucial "holiday" period.

Last Christmas...
Kindle gets periscope light accessory
Case with built-in LEDs 10 November 2008 12:09 GMT
Perhaps signifying the device's popularity in the US, a book light company has launched a version of its Periscope range for the Amazon Kindle e-book reader.

The "Periscope Lighted Folio for Kindle" is a Kindle cover that also features a built-in retractable...
Kindle will not see UK launch this year
Due to "minefield" of operator agreements 20 October 2008 13:25 GMT
The UK will not see the launch of the Amazon Kindle e-book reader this year.

Brian McBride, the managing director of Amazon in the UK, has told trade publication "The Bookseller" that we won't see the device that was launched back in November 2007 in the US...
Next-gen Amazon Kindle pics leaked
Whole set of spyshots turn up in the face of Amazon denials 6 October 2008 9:36 GMT
Despite denials from Amazon's chief spokesperson to the contrary, it seems the etailing giant is indeed prepping a new model of its e-book reader.

US blog Boy Genius Report has received a set of images from a tipster that shows the second-gen device in many-angled...
Amazon ends new Kindle speculation
No new models this year 29 August 2008 9:48 GMT
It seems an Amazon exec has spoken out to end the speculation rife in the blogosphere that the company are imminently to launch new models of their Kindle e-book reader.

Craig Berman, Amazon’s chief spokesman, has spoken to New York Times writer Brad Stone...