Amazon may be making some changes to its Kindle Fire in the near future, with AdAge reporting that the company is looking to sell ads to appear on the welcome screen. This could be a move on Amazon’s part to slash the price of its ereader and tablet prior to the launch of the second generation Kindle Fire. An unnamed [...]
Amazon’s Kindle Fire ereader and tablet just got its version 6.3.1 software update, adding parental controls and other handy features. But despite Amazon’s commitment to the hybrid device, it slipped from a 16.8% share of tablet sales in the holiday season to just 4% in the first quarter of this year. The sales figures come from International Data Corporation, which [...]
Amazon announced that it has bought the rights to the James Bond books for both Kindle and print. Ian Fleming wrote 14 titles chronicling the adventures of secret agent 007, and Amazon now has the North American rights to the books for 10 years. The company’s Thomas & Mercer imprint will publish the titles, which will also be sold digitally [...]
Harry Potter author J.K. Rowling is writing her first book for adults. Today we learned it will be called The Casual Vacancy, and you’ll be able to buy it and read it on September 27. The publisher has also revealed the plot of the new book. Rather than summarize it ourselves, we’ll give you the publisher’s own words. Suffice it to [...]
Amazon just updated its Kindle Fire ebook reader tablet with some new software (version 6.3) that makes reading and sharing what you read easier and more fun. This odd tablet occupies a middle ground between a traditional ebook reader and an iPad, but it’s taken on identity all its own since its first release last November. Arguably the most notable [...]
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