Amazon Kindle

Amazon Kindle Gearing Up for UK Launch

Kit Eaton — Wed, 30 Sep 2009 10:47:57 -0400

Though Amazon keeps its sales figures for the Amazon Kindle e-reader a close-guarded secret, it's widely regarded as the most successful e-reader. If that's true, it's about to broaden its reach exponentially: Rumors suggest it's going to launch in the U.K. in the next few weeks.

Could Dan Brown's 'Lost Symbol' Sell Better on Kindle Than in Hardcover?

Kit Eaton — Wed, 16 Sep 2009 07:17:27 -0400

Over at KindleNationDaily there's an odd piece with a headline that could, maybe, storm the publishing world: "Kindle edition of The Lost Symbol outselling Amazon hardcovers." Could Dan Brown's new book be heralding the e-book age?

Move Over, Books: The Kindle Is the Carbon Efficiency King

Ariel Schwartz — Thu, 20 Aug 2009 15:30:04 -0400

Remember last week when we looked at a study showing that downloading music is more carbon efficient than buying CDs? It turns out the same thing holds true for downloading books on the Amazon Kindle (or other e-readers) versus buying books.

Amazon's Kindle Gets Tempting $60 Price Cut

Kit Eaton — Thu, 09 Jul 2009 07:54:11 -0400

Amazon's Kindle 2 just got a pleasant $60 price cut, so it's now just $299. Admittedly that's still expensive, but it'll likely boost sales of the e-reader a little in the flat economy. There's a little more to it than that, though.

Just Say No To 'Innovation'

Gadi Amit — Tue, 24 Mar 2009 15:00:56 -0400

Promoted as the "in" word in design circles in recent years, 'innovation' has become a mantra devoid of meaning. Glorified by the likes of Bruce Nussbaum of BusinessWeek and David Kelly of IDEO, "innovation" blurs the boundaries between the worlds of engineering and design. It devalues the real strength of industrial design by forcing an analytical structure over the process of developing a non-analytical design.

Use The Environment To Blind Your Adversary – The Amazon Kindle Has A Competitive Advantage

Kaihan Krippendorff — Fri, 27 Feb 2009 13:57:14 -0500

This week the new Amazon
Kindle (Amazon’s digital book reader) has dominated tech device media coverage.
While I am eager to get my hands on one after Amazon sold out of the first
version during the holidays, what intrigues me most about this device is how
clearly it illustrates an important part of technology innovation: that the product itself plays but a small role
in its own success.

Amazon Kindle 3 Rumors Surface: Bigger, Better (Of Course)

Kit Eaton — Fri, 27 Feb 2009 08:29:33 -0500

The ink has barely dried on the new production Amazon Kindle 2 e-readers and now there's a hot rumor surfacing about the Kindle 3. Among the speculation is one interesting suggestion: The Kindle version 3 may actually arrive on the shelves before Christmas.

The Greatest Gadgets Of 2008

Fast Company staff — Tue, 23 Dec 2008 11:30:05 -0500

What were the greatest gadgets of 2008? This gallery represents Fast Company's top picks of the year. Did we get them right?

The Solid-State Gift Guide

Paul Hochman — Mon, 24 Nov 2008 16:45:13 -0500

The solid-state revolution is here, bringing extreme performance and durability to holiday hardware. Here, we feature 12 of the coolest SSD-powered devices to add to your shopping lists.

This 46-inch high-def plasma TV has an SD card slot in the front that accepts up to a 16-GB card. Why? Convergence, Mrs. Claus! By sliding an SD card into the TV, you can watch the high-def home movies you shot minutes earlier on your SD-based video camera on a huge, gorgeous screen.

Summer Reading: Why More People Are Listening to Books

Kermit Pattison — Mon, 18 Aug 2008 12:15:06 -0400

So what did you read this summer? Chances are, more and more of you listened instead. According to the American Association of Publishers, audio book sales grew by 20 percent last year. The largest online seller of audiobooks is Audible, which was acquired by Amazon earlier this year for $300 million. Audible offers more than 80,000 downloadable programs from current best sellers to daily newspapers.

What is popular summer listening this year?