The Amazon Kindle is a series of e-book readers designed and marketed by Amazon.com. Amazon Kindle devices enable users to shop for, download, browse, and read e-books, newspapers, magazines, blogs, and other digital media via wireless networking. The hardware platform, developed by Amazon.com subsidiary Lab126, began as a single device and now comprises a range of devices, including dedicated e-readers with E Ink electronic paper displays, and Android-based tablets with color LCD screens.
Businessweek is reporting that a magazine-style Washington Post app will come pre-loaded on the new Kindle Fire, a deal that has potential benefits for both the struggling newspaper and for its… Read more »
Amazon’s crowdsourced publishing initiative is for romance, mystery/thriller and sci-fi/fantasy authors, and will open to the public in a couple of weeks. Separately, Amazon is launching a community called WriteOn… Read more »
Amazon’s California-based hardware division is staffing up and working on connected devices for the home as well as a piece of wearable technology. Read more »
The timing of the announcements of Apple’s and Amazon’s family sharing plans is not likely a coincidence. In fact, both companies have been working on the idea in parallel for several… Read more »
Amazon announced its most expensive Kindle yet, starting at $199. Should you buy it? Depends on how much you care about page turns. (To be fair, it also has a flat… Read more »
Amazon overhauled its Fire tablet line on Wednesday, adding improved processors and screens as well as the newest version of Amazon’s Android-based Fire OS. Read more »
Amazon on Wednesday launched the Kindle Kids’ Book Creator, which is software that helps authors create illustrated ebooks. It could also be a way for Amazon to beef up its subscription… Read more »
Mobile device companies want you using as many of their products and services as they can get away with forcing you to use. But if you want to live a cross-platform… Read more »
Buying a Kindle Paperwhite? Make sure you get the latest model — which is identical to the version released last year, except with doubled internal storage. As pointed out by Nate… Read more »