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April 5, 2016 at 2:29 pm
If you're thinking about buying a Kindle Voyage, you probably should hold off. Amazon CEO Jeff Bezos just tweeted this morning that the company is ready to release an "all-new, top of the line" Kindle next week. Presumably, that'll be a replacement for the aging but still powerful Kindle Voyage, which was released back in…
March 31, 2016 at 2:22 pm
NEWARK, N.J. — March 31, 2016 — Audible Inc., the world’s largest seller and producer of downloadable audiobooks and other spoken-word entertainment, today announced that J.K. Rowling’s Harry Potter digital audiobooks have sold one million units at audible.com, audible.co.uk, audible.de and audible.com.au. This milestone was reached only four months after Audible became the sole subscription-based…
March 24, 2016 at 12:01 pm
The (New York City) Department of Education is re-introducing one of its largest contracts, a $30 million prospective deal with Amazon to provide students with an ebook marketplace. The deal, notable for its significant expense and relatively rare collaboration between the city and a major technology company, was stalled last summer over concerns about accessibility.…
March 18, 2016 at 11:28 am
NEWARK, N.J. — March 17, 2016 — Audible, Inc., the world’s largest seller and producer of downloadable audiobooks and other spoken-word entertainment, today announced the release of ‘Clips,’ a functionality that allows listeners to save favorite short passages and excerpts from Audible audiobooks they’ve downloaded for later listening, and also enables the sharing of these…
March 14, 2016 at 2:23 pm
Amazon will see how customers respond to its Seattle bricks and mortar store before considering opening any in the UK, its vice president of global public policy has said. Paul Misener gave evidence at the department of Business, Innovation and Skills’ (BS) Digital Economy enquiry on 8th March, in which he was called to speak…
March 9, 2016 at 2:09 pm
Since Amazon opened its first brick and mortar bookstore in November, rumors have swirled about the Seattle online retailer's plans for more bookstores across the nation, with numbers between 10 and 400 outlets bandied about. Over the weekend Amazon confirmed it plans to open a second bookstore in San Diego sometime this summer, making its…
March 7, 2016 at 11:45 am
After years of questioning the accessibility of Amazon’s Kindle e-reader, the National Federation of the Blind today announced that it will work with the online retailer to improve reading experiences for blind, low-vision, and deaf-blind students. In a statement, the federation indicated it will “collaborate on improvements to Amazon’s education content, platforms, and applications.” It…
March 2, 2016 at 1:52 pm
Amazon announced today that Kindle ebooks and items Fulfilled by Amazon can now be used as contest prizes by users of Amazon Giveaway, a free service that helps organizers to run online promotional contests to generate buzz about their brands and to grow their social media presence. The online retail giant has added tens of…
February 24, 2016 at 1:41 pm
Bookseller Barnes & Noble Inc. plans to open a digitally influenced prototype bookstore later this year. CEO Ron Boire made the announcement today at the annual eTail West conference in Palm Springs, Calif. “One of the challenges of that store is going to be the digital experience,” he said. “I don’t think until you’re fully…
February 23, 2016 at 2:19 pm
Michael Tamblyn finds himself in an unenviable position. He has a great job – he’s the new CEO of Rakuten Kobo Inc. – but the easy days of ebook sales seem to be over, and industry estimates suggest 2015 was a flat year for ebook purchases in North America. That said, Kobo has 26 million…
