The Washington Post, which is owned by Amazon CEO Jeff Bezos as of last August, rolled out a new “immersive news-reading” app Thursday — and it is only available to Amazon… Read more »
iOS reading platform Readmill launched on Android Thursday. The company says it’s found that users read more and are more engaged on smartphones than on tablets. Read more »
A new offering from Amazon lets developers earn referral fees by selling physical and digital products from Amazon’s catalog within their apps. Read more »
Amazon launched the Kindle Paperwhite and Kindle Fire HD in China on Friday and its digital bookstore has quickly jumped from 25,000 to 47,000 titles in the past six months. Read more »
Microsoft already has a stake in Nook Media, and now it is reportedly seeking to buy out the entire company. In Nook, Microsoft sees a shot at competing against Amazon and… Read more »
New media incubator Betaworks has acquired Marco Arment’s popular read-it-later platform Instapaper. Betaworks acquired Digg last year, and the firm is focusing on both short-form and long-form content companies. Read more »
The Berlin-based Txtr is now selling its barebones e-reader, the Beagle, for €59 in Europe. The plan was to offer it for under €10 through subsidies from mobile carriers, but those… Read more »
RSS service Feedly announced Monday that it’s picked up 3 million new users in the two weeks since Google announced it’s killing off Google Reader. The company is also planning to… Read more »