TeleRead: News and views on e-books, libraries, publishing and related topics » Amazon Kindle http://www.teleread.com News & views on e-books, libraries, publishing and related topics Sun, 23 Nov 2014 17:35:29 +0000 en-US hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.8.5 Morning Roundup: How 3G Whispernet really works. HarperCollins has new e-commerce site http://www.teleread.com/morning-roundup/morning-roundup-3g-whispernet-really-works-harpercollins-new-e-commerce-site/ http://www.teleread.com/morning-roundup/morning-roundup-3g-whispernet-really-works-harpercollins-new-e-commerce-site/#comments Wed, 09 Jul 2014 13:00:28 +0000 http://www.teleread.com/?p=115672 How Amazon Whispernet for Kindle 3G Really Works (GoodeReader) Whispernet internet access is provided by AT&T and gives owners the ability to browse the web, purchase eBooks and download content. The big point of confusion that e-reader owners have, is what are the limitations? *** Wattpad Acquires Red Room Writer’s Site (Publishers Weekly) Wattpad, an […]

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CIRP Amazon Kindle report says: Hey, big (Kindle) spender http://www.teleread.com/amazon/cirp-amazon-kindle-report-says-hey-big-kindle-spender/ http://www.teleread.com/amazon/cirp-amazon-kindle-report-says-hey-big-kindle-spender/#comments Sun, 15 Dec 2013 00:30:12 +0000 http://www.teleread.com/?p=103236 A report circulating at the moment, and being extensively quoted, from Consumer Intelligence Research Partners (CIRP), gives the research company’s lowdown on the status of the Kindle market, based on a survey of 300 “US customers of Amazon.com from the three-month period ending November 15, 2013.” Without accurate numbers from Amazon itself, this is one of the […]

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Why Big Publishing hates Amazon, Part 2 http://www.teleread.com/amazon/why-big-publishing-hates-amazon-part-2/ http://www.teleread.com/amazon/why-big-publishing-hates-amazon-part-2/#comments Sun, 08 Dec 2013 14:38:29 +0000 http://www.teleread.com/?p=102474 This article is a follow-up to my earlier piece on “Why Big Publishing hates Amazon, and wants you to hate Amazon too”. As its title may suggest, it’s not exactly a withdrawal of my original conclusions. But it is an attempt to answer and counter some of the comments made on that article. And as […]

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Rock your device with selfie Kindle covers – or something http://www.teleread.com/kindle/rock-your-device-with-selfie-kindle-covers-or-something/ http://www.teleread.com/kindle/rock-your-device-with-selfie-kindle-covers-or-something/#comments Sun, 17 Nov 2013 15:31:04 +0000 http://www.teleread.com/?p=100975 Amazon has introduced a new scheme that could be ideal for the Christmas season: Customized Kindle covers with your own images used as the basis for the design. The “Kindle Fire HDX 8.9″ Black Origami Case – ‘Create Your Own’” option, for instance, charges $54.99 for a personalized Origami case sized to your Kindle Fire […]

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Amazon moving into Sweden? http://www.teleread.com/amazon/amazon-moving-into-sweden/ http://www.teleread.com/amazon/amazon-moving-into-sweden/#comments Mon, 11 Nov 2013 15:15:48 +0000 http://www.teleread.com/?p=100715 An article in Sweden’s Dagens Nyheter, the country’s largest-circulation morning daily, purports to lay bare Amazon’s plans for entering the Swedish market, under a headline translated (by Google Translate) as: “Amazon settles in the Swedish book market.” The article claims that negotiations have been ongoing for over a year, with Amazon in discussion with several […]

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Painfully sharp displays take onscreen reading to a whole new level http://www.teleread.com/tablet/painfully-sharp-displays-take-onscreen-reading-to-a-whole-new-level/ http://www.teleread.com/tablet/painfully-sharp-displays-take-onscreen-reading-to-a-whole-new-level/#comments Fri, 08 Nov 2013 16:45:54 +0000 http://www.teleread.com/?p=100564 It’s brain-dead obvious that display quality and clarity is key to the reader experience of anyone reading ebooks. And in that respect, ereading enthusiasts are becoming very lucky people. Because tablet and ereader manufacturers are now pushing their technologies to new levels and ever closer to the realm of print. DisplayMate, “The Standard of Excellence […]

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Is Android Still the Cinderella Platform For Content Apps and Digital Magazines http://www.teleread.com/android/is-android-still-the-cinderella-platform-for-content-apps-and-digital-magazines/ http://www.teleread.com/android/is-android-still-the-cinderella-platform-for-content-apps-and-digital-magazines/#comments Sun, 27 Oct 2013 18:51:27 +0000 http://www.teleread.com/?p=99626 Talking New Media just ran a piece detailing the relative revenues from the iOS and Android platforms for digital publishers of magazines and other content apps. And their findings were that the hand-over-fist growth in Android OS penetration, via cheap tablets and multitudinous generic cellphones, is not translating into revenues or big takeup for these […]

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Amazon shipping changes: The possible backstory http://www.teleread.com/amazon/amazon-shipping-changes-the-possible-backstory/ http://www.teleread.com/amazon/amazon-shipping-changes-the-possible-backstory/#comments Thu, 24 Oct 2013 16:44:20 +0000 http://www.teleread.com/?p=99355 The hike in Amazon’s free shipping threshold in the U.S. to $35, already picked up by Chris Meadows earlier, has led to some interesting speculations out in the blogosphere. One, from Paulo Santos on “Seeking Alpha,” is that “Amazon.com must be under tremendous earnings pressure.” Santos’s reasoning goes back to the launch – low key […]

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Amazon content VP Grandinetti gives key international Kindle insights at Frankfurt Book Fair http://www.teleread.com/frankfurt-book-fair/amazon-content-vp-grandinetti-gives-key-international-kindle-insights-at-frankfurt-book-fair/ http://www.teleread.com/frankfurt-book-fair/amazon-content-vp-grandinetti-gives-key-international-kindle-insights-at-frankfurt-book-fair/#comments Fri, 11 Oct 2013 18:56:33 +0000 http://www.teleread.com/?p=98290 As quoted in the show daily of this year’s Frankfurt Book Fair, Russ Grandinetti, Vice President for Kindle content with Amazon, delivered some useful information on Amazon’s Kindle content priorities at the Publishers Launch conference. Producing graphs to show that every other Western market so far had followed the same growth trajectories for Kindle publication […]

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Few boos for Boos in Frankfurt Book Fair warning of Amazon oligopoly http://www.teleread.com/frankfurt-book-fair/few-boos-for-boos-in-frankfurt-book-fair-warning-of-amazon-oligopoly/ http://www.teleread.com/frankfurt-book-fair/few-boos-for-boos-in-frankfurt-book-fair-warning-of-amazon-oligopoly/#comments Fri, 11 Oct 2013 14:13:36 +0000 http://www.teleread.com/?p=98256 Juergen Boos, Director of the Frankfurt Book Fair, took the opportunity in his opening address for this year’s edition of the book trade’s biggest jamboree to warn against the dangers of oligopolies in publishing, and of technical standards becoming means towards market domination. In a series of more or less coded or directly explicit warnings […]

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Amazon in supermarket discount wars with Sainsbury’s in UK http://www.teleread.com/amazon/amazon-in-supermarket-discount-wars-with-sainsburys-in-uk/ http://www.teleread.com/amazon/amazon-in-supermarket-discount-wars-with-sainsburys-in-uk/#comments Tue, 08 Oct 2013 18:47:25 +0000 http://www.teleread.com/?p=98064 Amazon UK has gone head to head with Sainsbury’s Supermarkets Ltd. in a price-cutting struggle triggered by the British high street supermarket chain’s push to grab readers for its eBooks by Sainsbury’s platform. Running through October, the “99 titles for 99p!” promotion brings “a wide range of eBooks from bestselling authors for only 99p [$1.60].” […]

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Morning Roundup: Kindle Smartphones, Logging into WiFi With Facebook, Digital Reading Innovations, Tom Clancy Has Died http://www.teleread.com/morning-roundup/morning-roundup-kindle-smartphones-logging-into-wifi-with-facebook-digital-reading-innovations-tom-clancy-has-died/ http://www.teleread.com/morning-roundup/morning-roundup-kindle-smartphones-logging-into-wifi-with-facebook-digital-reading-innovations-tom-clancy-has-died/#comments Thu, 03 Oct 2013 13:00:34 +0000 http://www.teleread.com/?p=97751 Tom Clancy Has Died (GalleyCat) Bestselling novelist Tom Clancy has passed away, ending a legendary career in espionage fiction. *** I Believe We Will See a Kindle Smartphone Sooner Rather than Later (The Digital Reader) Rumors have been circulating for well over a year now that Amazon is working on a smartphone. I’m not sure […]

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UK Booktrust joins with Amazon “to change the culture of reading” http://www.teleread.com/uk/uk-booktrust-joins-with-amazon-to-change-the-culture-of-reading/ http://www.teleread.com/uk/uk-booktrust-joins-with-amazon-to-change-the-culture-of-reading/#comments Thu, 19 Sep 2013 17:01:18 +0000 http://www.teleread.com/?p=97035 The UK’s Booktrust, a pro-literacy and children’s reading charity in existence since the 1920s, has just announced its first Booktrust Best Book Awards in partnership with Amazon Kindle 2014, which will ” seek to unearth the very best children’s books the UK has to offer, and to honour authors and illustrators who continue Britain’s proud […]

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Latest Ofcom figures show Kindle dominates in UK http://www.teleread.com/amazon/latest-ofcom-figures-show-kindle-dominates-in-uk/ http://www.teleread.com/amazon/latest-ofcom-figures-show-kindle-dominates-in-uk/#comments Fri, 13 Sep 2013 17:15:33 +0000 http://www.teleread.com/?p=96666 Sad to reflect perhaps, given Kobo’s sterling efforts in the UK, the latest media survey conducted by pollster Kantar Media on behalf of British communications industry regulator Ofcom shows Amazon enjoying 79 percent of the UK ereader market. Ebook services in the period, states the report, “were dominated by Kindle, with 79% of those who […]

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Morning Roundup: Thoughts about Amazon MatchBook; the rise of hybrid authors; more http://www.teleread.com/morning-roundup/morning-roundup-thoughts-about-amazon-matchbook-the-rise-of-hybrid-authors-more/ http://www.teleread.com/morning-roundup/morning-roundup-thoughts-about-amazon-matchbook-the-rise-of-hybrid-authors-more/#comments Fri, 06 Sep 2013 12:48:25 +0000 http://www.teleread.com/?p=96384 Two and a Half Thoughts About Amazon’s Matchbook Program (Futurebook) Amazon’s announcement on Tuesday of its new Matchbook offer, allowing customers to buy discounted digital versions of print books they’d previously bought from the retailer, is far from the first attempt to bring bundling to publishing. * * * The Rise of Hybrid Authors Who […]

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