Tag Archives: eBooks

New Bookstore In New York Is On a Mission to Save Classic Sci-Fi Books

Posted on August 13, 2012 by Chris Ullrich

You may be wondering why we would publish a story about a bookstore opening in New York. Well, that’s a fair question. The reasons are varied, but the most important ones are that this bookstore is selling Sci-Fi books exclusively, … Continue reading →

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Microsoft Invests $300 Million in Barnes & Noble and the Nook

Posted on April 30, 2012 by Joe Gillis

In what will most likely amount to very little when competing with the dominance of the iPad and Kindle, Microsoft and Barnes & Noble today announced the formation of a new partnership. Said partnership will combine B&N’s Nook and College … Continue reading →

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U.S. Justice Department Sues Apple and Other Publishers Over eBook Prices

Posted on April 11, 2012 by Joe Gillis

If you’ve wondered why eBook prices always seemed so high even though you were just buying a digital copy of a book, now we might have at least part of the answer. In a move that surprised almost nobody who … Continue reading →

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Amazon Launches Web-Based Kindle Cloud Reader

Posted on August 10, 2011 by Joe Gillis

With all the ways available to be entertained and pass the time, people still like to read. In fact Amazon is betting you’ll want at least one more way to read eBooks you’ve purchased from them and have today debuted … Continue reading →

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Amazon To Launch ‘Kindle Lending Library’ Service

Posted on April 21, 2011 by Chris Ullrich

Late yesterday, Amazon announced that Kindle customers will soon be able to borrow eBooks from more than 11,000 U.S. libraries. Amazon’s Kindle Library Lending project will enable users to check out eBooks from local libraries and then read them on … Continue reading →

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Amazon Kindle Best Selling Product of All Time on Amazon.com

Posted on December 28, 2010 by Chris Ullrich

Watch out iPad, the Amazon Kindle is gunning for you and is trying to take away your shiny luster. How? By being a big success that’s how. To that point Amazon announced yesterday that its third-generation Kindle eBook reader is … Continue reading →

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Amazon Brings Kindle to Android

Posted on May 19, 2010 by Joe Gillis

It looks like Amazon isn’t going to simply wait around while Apple’s iPad and iPhone kill their eBook market. Instead, they are expanding beyond Apple and RIM and into the Android market by bringing their Kindle reader to the platform. … Continue reading →

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Amazon Releases Kindle App for the Mac

Posted on March 18, 2010 by Chris Ullrich

Late yesterday and without so much as a well timed press release, mega-giant seller of all things on the Internet (aka Amazon.com) released the first Kindle application for the Mac. The free application works on Intel Macs running Mac OS … Continue reading →

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