Kindle

Amazon launches ‘MayDay’: a Skype-like tech support for Kindle

Amazon may have launched new Kindle versions but it seems the most exciting part of the launch is cool new feature called MayDay. The…

Kindle users could be entitled to e-book refunds

On Saturday 13 October, Amazon sent emails to owners of Kindle ereaders that they could possibly receive refunds of between US$0.30 and US$1.32 for…

Kindle ebook downloads now outnumber printed book sales in the UK

The day has come. The masses who have switched from paper to an E Ink display are starting to influence Amazon’s sales so significantly…

FC Barcelona, Worldreader to send one million e-books to African children

Footballing giant FC Barcelona is teaming up with non-profit company Worldreader in a campaign aimed at getting people to send one-million e-books to school…

Could a free Kindle be the final death knell for print newspapers?

It’s easy to imagine that some day, in the not too distant future, paper distribution of news will become obsolete. It seems that in…

It’s Nook versus Kindle with the newly-released Simple Touch

The Barnes & Noble Nook is seemingly set to enter into an almighty throw down with the Amazon Kindle. It has now been discovered…

Win a Kindle e-Reader with Gearburn and Wantitall!

The Kindle is undoubtedly the world’s leading eBook reader. Slick, intuitive and lightweight, the Kindle feels like a real book in your hand. The…

Textbooks now for rent on Kindle

Amazon.com has begun letting students rent textbooks on Kindle electronic readers. Kindle Textbook Rentals lets students pay based on how long they want to…

Is the traditional bookstore doomed?

It is a known fact that traditional booksellers are struggling from the onslaught of eBooks and web 2.0 technology. The current woes of large…

Real book page numbers for Kindle

On Monday Amazon released a preview version of a Kindle software update, Kindle 3.1, which matches the exact page numbers as the paper version….

Self-publishing in the digital world

One of the biggest factors that demotivates would-be novelists is the harsh reality that only a tiny fraction of all manuscripts submitted to publishers…

Memeburn’s tech winners of 2010: Apple, Microsoft, Zynga, WikiLeaks

At times the technology stories of 2010 read like the pages of gossip magazines. Ex-HP CEO Mark Hurd’s sex scandal — slander or truth?…

10 geek gifts for the whole family this festive season

Are you, or someone you love, filling your “Dear Santa” letters with 3Gs, MB’s, and USB’s? Hoping that Santa’s little helpers know their way…

Kindle eBooks now operate through web browsers

Amazon will make its Kindle electronic books available for reading on Web browsers beginning early next year, with people’s digital collections saved in the…

Kindle books outselling paper books by 2 to 1, reports Amazon

Amazon customers are buying Kindle digital versions of the top 10 best-selling books more than twice as often as print copies, the online retail…

The rise of eBooks and the myth of affordability

Major drum roll from the guys at Amazon.com for their announcement that “Amazon.com customers now purchase more Kindle books (eBooks) than hardcover books.” The…

Q&A with Eve Gray: The Kindle, iPad, WWII and the future of publishing

It is (too) easy to categorise reactionary attitudes like Nadine Gordimer opining that deadtree books are better than screens as a generation thing. It’s…

SA self-published author makes it onto Kindle

Self-publishing your book successfully in South Africa is one thing, self-publishing your book as an e-book on the Amazon Kindle is what some would…

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