Kindle Library Lending will let you take books out on your e-reader or Kindle...
By Vlad Savov posted Apr 20th 2011 9:29AM We love books. We just don’t love carrying more than one of them around. It’s great to hear, then, that Amazon has figured out a new Kindle Library Lending...
View ArticleAmazon tablet rumors flare on leaked supplier parts list
By Joseph Volpe  posted Jul 27th 2011 1:37PM Last time on Days of our Rumored Amazon Tablets’ Lives: Bezos teased us with a “stay tuned” cliffhanger, but shook his head at the notion of a color E...
View ArticleMicrosoft closes the book on MS Reader app
By Amar Toor  posted Aug 16th 2011 8:33AM We’re wishing a heartfelt farewell to Microsoft Reader today, because the folks at Redmond have decided to pull the plug on their e-book application, more...
View ArticleAmazon’s @author lets you tweet, pester your favorite writers via Kindle
By Sean Buckley  posted Sep 1st 2011 9:40AM If the Amazon Kindle’s passage-sharing Twitter integration wasn’t social enough for you, the outfit just unleashed a new option: @author. The new...
View ArticleMichael S. Hart, e-book inventor and Project Gutenberg founder, dies at 64
By Amar Toor  posted Sep 8th 2011 4:53AM   There’s some sad news coming out of Illinois today, where Michael S. Hart, the e-book inventor who founded Project Gutenberg, has died at the age of...
View ArticleAmazon to launch Netflix-style service for digital books?
By Amar Toor  posted Sep 12th 2011 3:33AM Details are still sketchy here, but the Wall Street Journal is reporting that Amazon‘s looking to launch a Netflix-like subscription service for digital...
View ArticleAmazon puts the kibosh on Kindle Touch 3G’s experimental browsing free ride
By Joseph Volpe  posted Oct 4th 2011 5:20AM Back in the early ’90s, a certain Mr. Vandross and Ms. Jackson serenaded us with a little ditty on the benefits of free goods. Well, it might be time...
View ArticleKindle 3 gets software upgrade, ready to soar into the cloud
By Mat Smith  posted Oct 16th 2011 8:31AM Amazon has pushed out a new update for the Kindle 3, now operating under the alias of the Kindle Keyboard. This gives the well-buttoned e-reader access to...
View ArticleAmazon’s new e-book format brings HTML5 support to your Kindle library
By Amar Toor  posted Oct 24th 2011 8:38AM “Great looking books.” That’s what Amazon is promising to deliver with Kindle Format 8 (KF8) — a new, HTML5-based file format for Kindle books....
View ArticleE-book publishers are now being investigated in the US, not just Europe
By Sharif Sakr  posted Dec 8th 2011 4:06AM Just two days after the European Commission announced that it was investigating Apple and major international publishers for possible e-book price...
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