E-Books

Throughout its 17-year history, Amazon has helped change the way that books are sold, the format in which they’re read and how they are published. Now it could change how they’re written. In addition to the Kindle Fire HD and the Kindle Paperwhite, Amazon introduced a subscription book format at a press conference in Los Continue Reading →

Amazon decided not to discuss it at Thursday’s press event, but all three of Amazon’s new Kindle Fires — the new 7-inch tablet, 7-inch HD tablet and 8.9-inch Kindle Fire HD — will come with “Special Offers” a.k.a. advertisements on their lock screens, The Verge reports. Previously reserved only for select Kindle eReader models and Continue Reading →

[wpaudio url=”https://media.shellypalmer.com/wp-content/images/usrn/120907_SHELLYPALMER_GEN_BED.mp3″ text=”Click to play … ” dl=”0″] Amazon has announced a slew of new Kindles and there’s one for every need. First there’s the cheapest Kindle ever, the updated basic model, which has improved text, new fonts and at 69 bucks is ten dollars cheaper than its predecessor. Next, there’s the Kindle Paperwhite, which Continue Reading →

Nope, no Apple TV device from Jeff Bezos today. Instead the Amazon CEO spent most of his time going after one of Apple’s core products instead: His new line of Kindle Fires is aimed directly Apple’s iPad, even though he never mentioned the company or its tablet a single time. But beyond the specs and Continue Reading →

At today’s Amazon Kindle event in LA, the ecommerce giant has made a number of announcements, including the new Kindle Paperwhite, an updated Kindle Fire and a brand new Kindle Fire HD. Here’s everything you need to know, now that the event has just come to a close: Kindle Paperwhite — Previously rumored to launch Continue Reading →

At a press event on Thursday, Amazon is widely expected to launch both an updated Kindle Fire tablet as well as a new e-ink reader. Those may only prepare the stage for an Amazon smartphone, however. Sources tell The Verge that Amazon will show off a smartphone of its own that follows the same strategy Continue Reading →

This week may belong to Amazon and whatever information the mega-retailer decides to drop on our heads tomorrow at its press conference in Santa Monica, but Barnes & Noble’s apparently won’t be letting the Kindle maker hog the spotlight for too long. We’ve been tipped off from a reliable source that there is, in fact, Continue Reading →

Amazon is holding a press event in Los Angeles on Thursday, in which it’s likely to announce new versions of its Kindle tablets. You know, now that the Kindle Fire is all sold out. There have even been some leaks about what that product will look like, and the fact that it could be ad-supported. Continue Reading →

There have been rumours for quite some time now, that Amazon could soon release a sequel to its popular tablet: The Kindle Fire. Priced at just $199 and a screen length of 7 inches, Amazon managed to create a new brand of tablets, which provoked Google into realizing the importance and the potential that this Continue Reading →

Amazon is holding an event in Los Angeles next Thursday. Now pictures have emerged on the web of what may be the subject of that announcement. After an earlier leak brought us pictures of what appears to be an updated version of the Kindle Fire (just as the device sold out on Amazon), now The Continue Reading →