Amazon gives away Fire tablet free with Comcast service
One of those things you might have expected when tablets get cheap is coming to pass: throwing them in as free bonus items when you sign up for something else. The...
Is Amazon Trying to Kill Interactive E-Books?
My colleague Chris was asking just a few days ago why people are not 'innovating' in e-books these days. Well, here's why: Amazon doesn't want us to. They seem to be...
Gareth Cuddy: Apple and Google don’t sell more e-books because they’re not interested
Why aren’t Apple and Google selling more e-books? Gareth Cuddy, founder and CEO of digital publishing startup Vearsa, ponders this question on Vearsa’s blog. (We’ve covered Cuddy’s innovation efforts in the...
If you want the best price on Amazon, check all available items
Mental Floss has an interesting piece on Amazon algorithmic pricing. This doesn’t really have a lot to do with e-books, given that e-books are sold by only one seller—Amazon itself. But...
Whoever feels like innovating e-books, please raise your hand!
Why isn’t anyone innovating in the e-book market? More importantly, is there any reason why anyone should innovate? Jason Illian, founder and CEO of Bookshout!, poses the former question in a...
Needed: Better book searching from Amazon, Google and others
Do you remember when Amazon introduced both “Look Inside” and “Search Inside” functionality for books?
They were such simple yet revolutionary features at the time. Before Look/Search Inside, it was impossible to...
Amazon Fire updates to Fire OS 5.1.4 – many changes?
While I was busy at the Brain Bar Budapest conference over the weekend, my Amazon Fire tablet quietly updated itself to Fire OS 5.1.4. But does the new OS bring many changes? And...
How does Amazon choose which book formats to offer you?
Today I had my attention drawn to a puzzling conundrum I hadn’t considered before. But it’s a very interesting question.
When a book is available in multiple formats, Amazon lists several of...
The Adamos: UK’s stylish poster family for Amazon’s Audible audiobooks
Courtney Adamo, parenting blogger and mother of what's been dubbed "Britain's most stylish brood," has put up a new blog post announcing a family partnership with Amazon's Audible, and speaking about...
The cheapest e-reader: Amazon says $50 Fire is its best-selling tablet ever
According to CNet, Amazon has announced that not only is the $50 or £50 7” Fire tablet the number-one tablet in the USA by sales rank for 1Q16 (based on internal...
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A sad tale of Amazon monetization: eReaderIQ and the affiliate program
Courtesy of the Kboards, a worrying item about struggling e-book sites and their ability to monetize engagement with Amazon - or not - has...
