Topic: Amazon Kindle

Is the Kindle Destined for SkyMall?

Five strategies to save Jeff Bezos' e-ink empire before it's too late.READ»

• Robert Fabricant's Design4Impact blog

Barnes & Noble's Technicolor Kindle Killer?

Amazon's obviously proud of its Kindle e-reader, but this morning its execs may have something to worry about: Barnes & Noble may be about to stamp on the Kindle's future hopes... with a slick color e-reader from Plastic ...READ»

Amazon Formatting e-Books for Non-Kindle Readers, Opening Kindle to Outside Titles?

Amazon CEO Jeff Bezos announced this morning his intention to make Kindle books available on mobile devices other than Amazon's own Kindle e-reader and the iPhone. Speaking at Wired magazine's Disruptive by Design Conference ...READ»

E-Ink's Sale Clears Path for Color Kindle in 2010

The sale of E-Ink, the company that makes the display for the Kindle, will fast-track the development of color e-readers. Here's why.READ»

Bokeen's Cybook Opus E-Reader Beats Kindle to a Pocket-Friendly Size

E-reader manufacturer Bookeen recently revealed details on its newest hand-held device. Unlike Amazon, which recently super-sized the Kindle 2 into the larger DX, Bokeen's innovation goes in the other direction: the Cybook Opus ...READ»

Amazon's Working on Kindle Reader Software for Mac, Too

Microsoft announced at its Windows 7 launch that Amazon is releasing a Kindle reader for Windows. An Amazon spokesperson told me late Thursday: "Yes, we are working on a Kindle app for Mac." With so many conduits for Kindle reading, ...READ»

Amazon CEO Jeff Bezos Unveils Kindle DX in New York

At an event in New York City today, Amazon founder and CEO Jeff Bezos introduced Kindle DX, a large-screen version of the popular e-reader device priced at $489. It will ship this summer, and is available for pre-order today. ...READ»

Amazon Introduces Big Screen Kindle DX, $489

Amazon introduced thhe Kindle DX this morning (not the Kindle 3 after all). The upgraded e-reader will set e-book lovers back a whopping $489. Amazon leaked the news during its own press event.The Kindle DX is a-third-of-an-inch deep, ...READ»

Kindle 3 Rumors Heat Up: 9.7-Inch Screen, Full Browser

The news about the upcoming Amazon big-screen e-reader is developing fast: Just yesterday we heard it was definitely due, and there's an Amazon press conference scheduled tomorrow. But there's still time for the rumors to develop, ...READ»

Re-Kindling your Brand

It's such a relief to have a new cause celebre in the world of product design--particularly something not made by Apple. I am talking about the new Kindle, of course. I can finally take the iPhone out of every one of my presentation ...READ»

Amazon's Big-Screen Kindle 3 Due This Week

A long-predicted update to the Amazon Kindle, with the key feature being a significantly larger screen, is due as soon as this Wednesday. The hottest discussions center on how Amazon's Kindle 3 could help boost sales of ...READ»

Rupert Murdoch, Wireless Provider Interest Confirms the Rise of the E-Book

It's clear that e-books are the future of printed works, even if right now Amazon's Kindle is the only device that demonstrates the power of the new medium. But with news that Rupert Murdoch wants in on the scene, and with Verizon ...READ»

Samsung's $300 Papyrus Confirms E-Books as the Next Lifestyle Gadget

When Samsung joins the e-book fray, where Amazon, Sony and Fujtisu are already playing, it confirms one thing: the e-reader is becoming the next "must-have" lifestyle gadget. The Papyrus, a touchscreen e-reader that ...READ»

Kindle Gets New Legal Threat, Weirdly From Discovery Channel

The Kindle is clearly a paradigm-shifting device, signaling as it does the start of the digital book revolution--so it's only natural to expect people to get shaken up by it. And earlier this year the Author's Guild got antsy about ...READ»

Take Note, Amazon: Model the Kindle 3 After the Entourage Edge

Amazon may have sewn up the U.S. e-reader market, but its international Kindle seems like a lame duck, and it faces growing competition. Where can Amazon go next with the device? Maybe Entourage's dual-screen eDGe has the ...READ»

Amazon Taps Its Inner Apple

By introducing the Kindle, Jeff Bezos is emulating Steve Jobs -- and taking him on.READ»

• Big Bangs

Has Amazon Bungled Kindle's International Launch?

I wrote with careful enthusiasm about the rumor of a U.K. Kindle last week. But today Amazon's surprised everyone with the Kindle International edition...and it's time to be way less enthusiastic about the product. The pricing is a ...READ»

Sony's 3G-Capable E-Reader Goes Head-to-Head With Kindle

Sony's just pulled the wrappers off its latest electronic book, the Reader Daily Edition. Unlike its earlier siblings, the DE comes with 3G-technology, so it'll pick books up over the air. It's designed, frankly to nip the Kindle in ...READ»

Barnes & Noble Gets Aggressive in the E-Book Wars

Don't buy that Kindle just yet: the Battle of the E-Books is just getting started. Barnes & Noble today announced a partnership with Netherlands-based Irex Technologies to introduce an e-reader in the U.S. later this year (it ...READ»

Three Mobile Music Apps That Rule

iTunes 9 is the most bloated version yet: The app alone is 160MB, even bigger than iMovie. And while the it is pretty slick, and Genius can now make you the personal mixtape you always wanted, iTunes 9 also tries hard to woo you into ...READ»

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

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 ...READ»

Want to Sell Lots of E-Books? Give One Away for Free, Then

It's beginning to look like e-publishing may be changing attitudes to pricing within the industry, as an analysis of Amazon practices shows up an interesting trend: If you want to sell e-books, then giving some away for free is the ...READ»

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

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 ...READ»

Sony PRS-300, PRS-600 E-Reader Details Leak Via Service Manuals [UPDATED]

Leaked service manuals for Sony's upcoming PRS-300 and PRS-600 e-reader devices have revealed the specs of the anticipated successors to the Sony PRS-700. Unfortunately, no pricing or release date information was included, but the ...READ»

Should Colleges Subsidize Print News, Or Switch to Kindle?

This week Wesleyan University announced that an anonymous donor had given the school $20,000 to subsidize paper New York Times subscriptions for students for the next two years. One hundred and fifty miles away at Princeton ...READ»