Kindle Day today in New Zealand
It’s August 27, and here in New Zealand we’re first to see the new day and last to see the Kindle. But finally it’s on its way. Almost a year… Read more >
Bezos: Ebooks will outsell paperbacks in less than a year
Kindle boss Jeff Bezos told USA Today that he expects Kindle ebook unit sales to exceed paperback sales on Amazon within 9-12 months. Says Bezos about the speed of ebook… Read more >
New Kindle coming … to NZ finally
The third generation Kindle has just been announced, due for delivery 27 August. There will be two variations of the new Kindle – a US$189 3G version like the present… Read more >
Ebook readers slash prices as Apple passes three million iPads sold
As Apple sells its three millionth iPad, a round of double-digit price cuts has hit most major ebook readers this week. Amazon dropped the price of its Kindle almost 30%… Read more >
June 23, 2010 Amazon, ebook readers, iPad, Kindle 2 Read more >
Ebook reader apps for the iPad and iPhone
ZDNet’s Jason Perlow has done a thorough job lining up the various e-reading apps available for the iPad and iPhone. His review covers: Apple’s iBooks Amazon Kindle for iPad Barnes… Read more >
June 23, 2010 android, Apple, ebook readers, iPad, iphone, Kindle, kobo, reviews 3 Read more >
Amazon’s split ebook top 100 shows the classics now have some serious competition
Amazon has just split its ebook top 100 list into a Free and a Paid list, giving much more useful insight into what people are buying and reading digitally. To… Read more >
Preview of iPad ebook apps from Kobo, Amazon
Kobo has just posted this video (see below) of its near-complete ebook reading app for Apple’s iPad. Kobo on iPad from Kobo on Vimeo. According to the Kobo blog, they’ve… Read more >
March 27, 2010 Amazon, Apple, iPad, Kindle, kobo, news 0 Read more >
Why Apple’s iPad is shaking things up with Amazon and Google
Here’s the story I wrote for this week’s National Business Review, a round up of the interesting times we’re living in and my pick of the winners and losers —… Read more >
February 11, 2010 Amazon, analysis, Apple, Google, Kindle 2 Read more >
Amazon boosts publisher pay-out, plans to open Kindle to app developers
Just a day after opening its Kindle store to non-US publishers, Amazon has responded to emerging competitive pressures and cut its slice of Kindle sales income from 70% to 30%,… Read more >
Amazon’s self-service Kindle store opens to international publishers
Until this week, you needed a US business address to get your ebooks into Amazon’s Kindle store via their self-service Digital Text Platform (DTP). They’ve now extended this to international… Read more >