Don’t look for any fence mending to take place anytime soon between the two largest competitors in the digital reading space in the US. The Wall Street Journal is reporting that Barnes & Noble will no longer sell any books published by Amazon’s publishing imprints in its stores.  B&N is irate about Amazon’s growing list  [ Read More ]

Amazon had a quite successful year in 2011. It brought the Kindle Fire to the market and sold millions of these e-readers in the last month. In fact, studies have shown that Amazon Kindle Fire may already be on its way to becoming the #2 tablet right behind the iPad. But Amazon has been losing  [ Read More ]

Trying to decide whether to get a Kindle Fire or Kyobo Mirasol (hopefully coming to the U.S. in the very near future)? Basely solely on the ease of pronouncing the name, we’d go with the Kindle Fire. Of course, a true comparison requires a little more in-depth analysis. Here’s a fantastic rundown comparing the two.

With every new tool or technology, undoubtedly someone will find a way to use it for ill-gotten gains. The digital self-publishing industry has proven, unfortunately, to be no different. Stephanie Medeiros of Digital Journal wrote last week about allegations cropping up once again of authors uploading plagiarized content to Kindle Direct Publishing in hopes of  [ Read More ]

Amazon has launched a new series with “America’s favorite librarian” Nancy Pearl. Based on the work of Pearl’s popular Book Lust blog, Book Lust Rediscoveries will publish approximately six books a year and will be made available for sale in print editions via Amazon.com and as audiobooks via Amazon.com and Audible.com, at bookstores, wholesalers and  [ Read More ]

While big publishing might not be a big fan of the Kindle Owners’ Lending Library (KOLL), Amazon says that the program has proven to be both a success with its customers and rewarding to the authors who make their work available to borrow through the program.  Amazon says that in December 295,000 titles published via  [ Read More ]

It is no secret that Amazon has been selling Kindle devices like hot cakes. As it turns out, the company has sold millions of Kindle Fire and Kindle units. Amazon has announced that it sold 1m Kindle devices each week in December. That’s a pretty impressive number even tough it includes all Kindle devices. We  [ Read More ]

Amazon is making it easy for customers to load up their new devices with the “Best of Digital” store, which features recommendations from Amazon’s team of editors on must-have movies & TV shows, music, video games, software, mobile apps, magazines and Kindle books, along with hundreds of deals on digital content. Historically, Christmas day is  [ Read More ]

Not everyone owns a Kindle Fire or E-ink Kindle reader. Kindle for iOS and Android are popular among e-book lovers as well. Amazon has released an update for Kindle OS that adds a number of useful features to the app. The app is now fully optimized for the iPad to offer even more content real  [ Read More ]

Barnes & Noble today released a major update for the Nook Color.  This is the update that was promised at the unveiling of the Nook Tablet and brings over 100 feature enhancements including streaming video from Netflix (you have to install the Netflix app from the Store – the update does not install it) and  [ Read More ]