TeleRead: News and views on e-books, libraries, publishing and related topics » Amazon Coins http://www.teleread.com News & views on e-books, libraries, publishing and related topics Wed, 22 May 2013 20:45:17 +0000 en-US hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.4.2 Amazon Coins Goes Live, a Digital Currency for the Amazon App Store and Kindle http://www.teleread.com/kindle/amazon-coins-goes-live-a-digital-currency-for-the-amazon-app-store-and-kindle/ http://www.teleread.com/kindle/amazon-coins-goes-live-a-digital-currency-for-the-amazon-app-store-and-kindle/#comments Mon, 13 May 2013 19:51:00 +0000 Arnold Zafra http://www.teleread.com/?p=84918 Amazon has just gone live with its own digital currency dubbed Amazon Coins. Announced in February 2013, Amazon Coins is described as a new way to buy Kindle Fire apps, games and in-app items from the Amazon App Store and on Kindle Fire. To kick off the launch of Coins, Amazon also announced that they [...]

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]]> http://www.teleread.com/kindle/amazon-coins-goes-live-a-digital-currency-for-the-amazon-app-store-and-kindle/feed/ 0 Kindle Fire users: Check out your Amazon Coins! http://www.teleread.com/amazon/kindle-fire-users-check-out-your-amazon-coins/ http://www.teleread.com/amazon/kindle-fire-users-check-out-your-amazon-coins/#comments Mon, 13 May 2013 14:00:02 +0000 Juli Monroe http://www.teleread.com/?p=84850 When I stopped by Amazon this morning to check the Daily Deal, I saw something cool for you Kindle Fire owners. You’ve got free Amazon Coins! In case you missed the announcement of Coins earlier this year, they were supposed to start in May, and it looks like this announcement is the launch. What can [...]

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]]> http://www.teleread.com/kindle/amazon-coins-a-second-opinion/feed/ 0 Amazon Coins Will Pay For Your Next Kindle Fire App http://www.teleread.com/kindle/amazon-coins-will-pay-for-your-next-kindle-fire-app/ http://www.teleread.com/kindle/amazon-coins-will-pay-for-your-next-kindle-fire-app/#comments Tue, 05 Feb 2013 16:00:48 +0000 Matthew Marchesano http://www.teleread.com/?p=78144 Amazon just announced this morning that come May, the company will be rolling out a virtual currency program known as Amazon Coins. Owners of Amazon’s Kindle Fire tablets will be able to use the virtual funds to purchase apps and games within the Amazon Appstore. In-app purchases will also be possible with the new currency, a [...]

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