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The Kindle Fire Will Have A Whole New “Cloud Accelerated” Mobile Browser Called Amazon Silk
28th September, 2011Jeff Bezos announced a new family of Kindle's today, including the Kindle Fire and Kindle Touch. But he also had one more thing. The Kindle Fire tablet is coming with an entirely new mobile browser called Amazon Silk. The browser is "cloud-acceler...
Amazon Unveils New $79 E-Ink Kindle, $99 Kindle Touch
28th September, 2011Looks like the Kindle Fire wasn't all Amazon had planned for us. Amazon has revealed a new line of E-Ink Kindles that looks to bolster their "traditional" eReader lineup. The three new models have taken the stage: the $79 Kindle, the $99 Kindle Touch...
New Bloomsbury digital imprint revives hundreds of neglected classics
28th September, 2011Work by Edith Sitwell, Monica Dickens and VS Pritchett among 230 previously out-of-print titles launching publisher's new ebook listHundreds of forgotten classics by authors including Edith Sitwell, Monica Dickens, VS Pritchett and HRF Keating are be...
Clues To Amazon’s “Prime eBooks” Loan Program Found In Kindle Code
24th September, 2011Some forum-goers at Mobileread found evidence of something called Prime eBooks in the online Kindle code. Searching for images of the new Kindle Tablet, he instead found a variable describing something called PRIME_EBOOKS_COMPATIBLE. There is also s...
Amazon's Surprise Wednesday Press Conference to Unveil 7-Inch Tablet?
23rd September, 2011Amazon just sent out a memo for a press conference to be held next Wednesday, September 28. If the rumors are true, it's to announce their much-hyped 7-inch tablet—less an "iPad killer" than a competitor to Barnes & Noble's Nook. The tablet, wh...
B&N Releasing Two New Nooks This Quarter
23rd September, 2011The ninjas at The Digital Reader have uncovered the names of two new Nook Color versions - the Encore, priced at $249, and the Acclaim, priced at $349. The Nook Touch (now called the Nook Smart Touch) will remain $139.
RadioShack To Start Selling The Nook And Nook Accessories On October 3rd
21st September, 2011The full line of Nook wares are hitting Radio Shack stores and RadioShack.com beginning October 3. The Nook will join the Kindle and a dozen generic ereaders within the 3,000 Radio Shack locations and select franchises throughout the US. These stores...
5 Reasons e-Books Might Be the New Paid-content For News
20th September, 2011For publishers, selling content on the Internet has been always more about religion than business. In a world where users are saturated with news stories, most of them submitted for free, selling articles looks like selling fruits in the Garden of Ed...
Office Depot To Start Hawking Kindles From Amazon
20th September, 2011E-reader goes on sale at office supplies chain Sept. 25.
Amazon Kindle Library Lending Program Launches Into Quiet Beta
20th September, 2011As reported earlier this year, Amazon and digital content distribution service OverDrive are teaming up to bring Kindle library lending to thousands of public libraries across the U.S. That partnership, rumored to be launching this month, has appare...