Tag: kindle
Amazon selling Kindle Fire tablet at a loss
Amazon's new Kindle Fire tablet costs a reasonable $199. That price becomes even more reasonable when you learn that the Kindle Fire tablet actually costs the eBook and digital shopping giants $201.70 to make. That's the news from tear-down specialists…
WH Smiths to sell the Kobo eReader
UK high street magazine, books and stationary shop WH Smiths are to enter the digital ebook age as they announce they are to sell the Kobo eReader device in their stores. WH Smiths will sell two versions of the eReader;…
$199 Amazon Kindle Fire Android tablet revealed
We've all known that it's been coming for a long, long time, but Amazon have finally unveiled their first tablet device. The Amazon Kindle Fire is a 7-inch slate running a heavily customised version of Android, with a focus…
Amazon reveal Kindle Touch and Kindle Touch 3G
Amazon's eReader range is about to get finger friendly with the launch of the Kindle Touch and Kindle Touch 3G. The touchscreen readers with e-ink displays were revealed by Amazon CEO Jeff Bezos today, doing away with the regular…
Amazon Kindle Fire 2 already lined up for 2012 release?
Amazon may well be expected to unleash their first Kindle Fire tablet this afternoon, but it seems they've already got a successor lined-up and waiting in the wings. Gdgt have uncovered news that a next-gen, Kindle Fire 2 device…
Amazon tablet to be called Kindle Fire, launch tomorrow
Amazon's forthcoming Android tablet will be called the Amazon Kindle Fire, according to the latest round of rumours. And, with the same sources claiming it's going to be revealed to the world this Wednesday, we won't have long to find…
US Kindle owners get ebook library loans
Amazon have launched a new service that will allow US Kindle owners to borrow eBooks from participating local libraries. Kindle book lending will be available at over 11,000 libraries across the States. "Starting today, millions of Kindle customers can borrow…
Waterstone's to launch e-reader Kindle rival
Waterstone's are preparing to launch an e-reader device next spring, according to the company's managing director James Daunt. Inspired by the success of US highstreet bookseller Barnes and Noble and their well-received Nook e-reader, Daunt told Raido 4 that the…
Inventor of the eBook, Michael Stern Heart, dies aged 64
Micheal Stern Heart, the inventor of the electronic book, or eBook, and founder of web-hosted literature resource Project Guttenberg, has died aged 64. After a spell in the armed forces serving in Korea, Heart headed over to the University of…
Forget tablets: Amazon pushing forward with browser-based Kindle Cloud Reader
Amazon have launched a new browser-based web app called the Kindle Cloud Reader, using HTML5 tech to offer up their e-book reading experience. While many are expecting Amazon to launch two of their own tablet devices later this year,…
