Jeff Bezos fires back at Donald Trump: Freedom to question leaders is paramount
We already mentioned that Donald Trump seems to have it in for Amazon and Jeff Bezos. But now it comes out that Bezos doesn’t seem too worried. In a seven-minute interview...
Kindle Oasis cover may not be properly charging the internal battery
While I was at BEA, I managed to spend a minute or so with Len Edgerly’s Kindle Oasis. The biggest thing that surprised me about it was simply how small it...
Kindle users take up call to Amazon for bold fonts
Kindle users on the KBoards have now taken up David Rothman's call to Amazon for bolding of fonts on the Kindle platform. KBoards member barryem has put out a call for...
Amazon’s Knight: A next-gen Alexa Kindle or Fire?
According to a Wall Street Journal report now being widely echoed and reinforced elsewhere, Amazon is working on a next-gen tablet device, codenamed "Knight," with Alexa on board. The wonder is:...
Amazon’s Fire TV will soon read e-books aloud via Alexa
Amazon has announced it is bringing the Alexa voice command interface to its Fire TV streaming console. This interface will allow customers to issue the Fire TV commands by voice including...
Have you Fired your kids with knowledge today? Amazon Fire HD 6 Kids Edition...
Amazon is running a limited-time special offer that should be of interest to all parents. The 6-inch Fire HD Kids Edition has been discounted from $149.99 to $99.99 - a full...
Glitches in Amazon’s Whispersync for personal documents: Calibre to the rescue
Whispersync is one of my favourite Amazon features.
You can read a book across multiple devices and synchronize your place as you read. Amazon has enabled Whispersync even for 'personal documents,' aka books...
New report suggests strong growth for e-paper, less great for Kindles, e-readers?
A new report from Credence Research, "E-Paper Display Market - Growth, Share, Opportunities & Competitive Analysis, 2015-2022," suggests continuous strong growth in the broad e-paper market, with a 13.6 percent CAGR...
Customizable e-book recs on the opening screen of your e-book app?
When we open our favorite e-book app, it typically jumps right to the last book we were reading.
That’s handy, but I’d like to see at least one other option when I open...
Kindle Direct Publishing writers to get electronic-only payments from Amazon
Amazon will begin an all-electronic payment system for Kindle Direct Publishing writers as of September.
Word came in a notice I received this week.
KDP authors are being asked to update their information to include bank...
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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...
