By Sean P. Aune |
The Internet and fan fiction – stories written by fans of a given source material – go together like peanut butter and jelly. Until now, however, it has been a gray area of potential legal headaches for the authors of the work. While they could…
By Sean P. Aune |
If you’re looking for a graduation or Mother’s Day gift, you may want to head over to Amazon and snag yourself a Kindle Paperwhite for just $99 with the coupon code “KINDLEPW.” The Kindle Paperwhite is a dream to use, and it lead us to…
By Sean P. Aune |
Amazon has announced that best selling author Stephen King has chosen its Kindle Single platform to enter the world of self-publishing. When you’re as prolific a writer as Stephen King, you have a lot to say. Sometimes you want to get those words out to…
By Todd Haselton |
Own an Amazon Kindle Touch? Want some good news? Of course you do. Guess what? Amazon announced on Wednesday that it has updated the popular eReader with a new user interface and fresh features. It will automatically download for all Kindle owners, but you can…
By Adriana Lee |
Danger, Amazon Kindle and Barnes and Noble Nook: Things are looking pretty grim for your product category. After a meteoric rise, sales of e-readers seem to be spiraling downward, thanks to iPads, Kindle Fires, Surfaces and Galaxy Tabs. Tablets are absolutely killing demand, says an IHS…
By Brandon Russell |
Before every man, woman and child owned a tablet, Amazon’s Kindle was one of the industry’s most desirable gadgets. Oh, an entire paperback library on one device. The idea was novel, and the implementation groundbreaking. It’s not everyday a company introduces a new way to…
By Brandon Russell |
It’s amazing what a little light can do to alter the landscape of an entire market. Here we are thinking, “Ok, the e-reader is on its last legs. Time for the tablets to come in and clean up shop.” But these old stalwarts are alive…
By Sean P. Aune |
DC Comics is aiming to make sure that you can find its comics pretty much anywhere you look for them on an e-reader. If you’ve wanted to pick up some DC Comics, but didn’t want to download the Comixology or DC apps, you have been…
By Todd Haselton |
Amazon announced its new “Whispercast for Kindle” feature on Wednesday that it hopes will help push adoption of its eReader and Kindle Fire devices in school systems and in the enterprise. “ispercast provides a single access point to easily purchase and distribute Kindle books and…
By Todd Haselton |
Well, it appears Amazon’s giant 9.7-inch eReader is finally being put to rest. The Kindle DX, which was initially marketed as an excellent way to view textbooks, is no longer being sold directly by Amazon. The eReader first made its debut in 2009 and it’s likely…
By Todd Haselton |
If you were hoping to celebrate October by reading a little bit of Edgar Allan Poe on your brand new Kindle Paperwhite, you’re out of luck. If don’t already own one, that is. Amazon’s website now says that the Kindle Paperwhite is now shipping in…
By Jon Rettinger |
If you couldn’t tell during our brief hands-on with the Paperwhite back in early September, we think the device is absolutely great. After falling in love with Barnes & Noble’s Nook Simple Touch with GlowLight, Amazon introduced a more refined step up in quality —…
By Sean P. Aune |
If you ordered your Kindle Paperwhite prior to Sept. 23, be checking your email for a shipment notification as the e-readers are now shipping. If you were one of the folks who ordered the Kindle Paperwhite after its announcement earlier this month, it looks like…
By Brandon Russell |
With Amazon’s Kindle Paperwhite looming, Barnes & Noble is reportedly slashing the price of its Nook Simple Touch with GlowLight by up to $20. If so, that brings the device down to $119 (previously priced at $139) and puts it at the same cost of…
By Brandon Russell |
Demand has been so high for Amazon’s new Kindle Paperwhite that orders placed today aren’t expected to ship until Oct. 22 or later. The online retail company put a note up on the device’s order page to reflect overwhelming consumer appetite — Amazon also noted…
By Sean P. Aune |
If you want to see the full presentation of the new Kindle Paperwhite and Kindle Fire HD, the video is now online. Yesterday in Santa Monica, Amazon CEO Jeff Bezos took the wraps off of his company’s new e-readers and tablets, the Kindle Paperwhite and…
By Brandon Russell |
Amazon’s new Kindle Paperwhite is the eReader you should own. Oh, the screen, The price. The everything. And it’ll only cost you $119. Book lovers, avid readers, road warriors: you need this. The screen is great, but the all new design is pretty fantastic as…
By Brandon Russell |
Amazon on Thursday officially unveiled a new Kindle, and it’s just like the one we saw in yesterday’s commercial. Called the Kindle Paperwhite, the device is aimed at overtaking Barnes & Noble’s Nook Simple Touch with GlowLight, which is currently the premier eReader on the…
By Sean P. Aune |
Amazon teased everyone a bit last night with a new TV ad that appear to show off the new Kindle and Kindle Fire 2. The Amazon media event is only a few hours away, but it seems that the company couldn’t stop itself from teasing…
By Sean P. Aune |
Join us as Amazon is expected to unveil the new Kindle Fire 2 and revamp the rest of its Kindle product line. Our own Roy Choi will be on site to bring you all of the coverage as well as hands-on videos and pictures when…
By Brandon Russell |
We’ve already said our goodbyes to this generation’s Kindle Touch; now it’s time for something new, something better. Meet the new Kindle Touch with Paperwhite, Amazon’s answer to the Nook Simple Touch with GlowLight. Amazon’s clever turn of phrase quite obviously refers to the Kindle’s…
By Brandon Russell |
We’re one week out from Amazon’s special event on Sept. 6 and the company’s products are mysteriously (conveniently) starting to disappear from its online channels. Several rumors have suggested the company is preparing to revamp its whole lineup of Kindle products this fall, right on…
By Todd Haselton |
I remember when I was back in college and one of my biggest expenses was the text books I had to buy each semester. I always had the option to sell them back at the end of the semester, but I usually just hung on…
By Killian Bell |
Waterstones, the U.K.’s biggest bookseller, has scrapped plans to launch its own e-reader lineup and decided to partner up with Amazon to sell Kindle devices instead. The move will see Kindle e-readers introduced to over 300 Waterstones stores throughout the U.K. as part of the…
