Quick Note: RSS feed for Kindle Daily Deal
Check out Chris Walters' Booksprung blog for a link to an RSS feed specifically for the Kindle Daily Deal. Amazon doesn't have a feed expressly for the Deal, but a reader...
ZDNet blogger predicts iPad to take over e-reader market
David Morgenstern has an editorial on ZDNet in which he predicts a grim future for e-book device manufacturers that aren’t Apple. He notes that over the last few days, not...
Amazon sells over 3 million ebooks in one week says Morris Rosenthal
Rosenthal, of Foner Books, is making this estimate based on an extrapolation from the Kindle sales rank graph. He goes on to say:
Kindle is a runaway train heading for Manhattan,...
European Commission inquires into Amazon/Hachette dispute
European Commission anti-trust officials are looking into the ongoing contract negotiations between Amazon and Hachette, Reuters reports. EU’s Competition Commissioner told reporters that they are “trying to understand what’s going on...
Amazon Publishing Announces the Launch of ‘Icons’
Amazon Publishing plans to release a series a short biographies looking at influential figures throughout history.
The series kicks off in December with "Jesus" by Jay Parini, a writer who has done novels, poetry...
Amazon Books is snatching the ‘low-hanging fruit’ bookstore owners need
The real reason that independent bookstore owners and fans are throwing so much shadow at the Amazon Bookstore in Seattle becomes clear, thanks to this article from the Guardian: they’re scared....
Amazon charging for Project Gutenberg books – It’s legal, but not ethical says PG’s...
The Washington Post has a story on this today.
Gutenberg contributor Linda M. Everhart complained in an e-mail in late October that Amazon was selling a title she'd contributed to...
Kindle Fire Now on Sale, Starting at $169
Hmm. Is Amazon reacting to the Nook HD price cuts? Looks possible, with their new Kindle Fire sale. (By the way, I love it when Amazon puts them on sale because...
Cory Doctorow's holiday book picks
Over at Boing Boing, Cory has posted his fiction picks today. A fair number of them are available as e-books, so if you don't mind the DRM you might want...
What if Amazon bought Barnes & Noble?
There’s a peculiar phenomenon by which year-old articles sometimes show up again in news aggregators and social network feeds that for some reason see the month and day part...
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A sad tale of Amazon monetization: eReaderIQ and the affiliate program
Courtesy of the Kboards, a worrying item about struggling e-book sites and their ability to monetize engagement with Amazon - or not - has...
