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Harry Potter Hitting Kindle Owners’ Lending Library On June 19
Harry Potter is one of the few book franchises that has stayed off electronic forms offered through Amazon or Barnes & Noble up until March. “Wizardry is on the way,” said a tagline on Amazon.com. Starting June 19th, all seven Harry Potter books will be added to the Kindle Owners’ Lending Library. Amazon Prime will members will be able to borrow the books for free.
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Target To Stop Selling The Kindle
Target Corporation has decided to stop selling the Amazon Kindle. In a statement, Target Corporation said that they will be “phasing out Kindles and Amazon- and Kindle-branded products in the spring of 2012.” They have cited the continuous process of evaluating products for customers. Amazon.com is one of Target’s biggest competitors. Target said that they will continue to sell guests a full assortment of e-readers like the Nook.
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Amazon.com Announces Kindles Are Coming To Retail Stores On November 15th
Amazon.com, Inc. (NASDAQ:AMZN) has sent out a press release announcing that the family of Kindle e-book readers will be available in over 16,000 retail stores this holiday season. This means that you can pick up a Kindle, Kindle Touch, Kindle Touch 3G, and Kindle Fire from your local Target, Walmart, Best Buy, or Radio Shack stores starting a week from today. Check out the press release below:
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Amazon.com Planning To Get Into Digital Book Lending Market
Amazon.com, Inc. (NASDAQ:AMZN) is preparing the launch of a digital-book lending service that will be available to Kindle and Kindle Fire owners that subscribe to Amazon Prime. This program will be limited initially with over 5,000 titles in the library. Currently none of the six largest publishers in the U.S. is participating in this service.
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“The Help” Becomes First Single Title To Sell A Million Copies On The Kindle
Janet Evanovich and Kathryn Stockett are two more authors that have joined a group of several authors that have sold over a million copies of their books on the Kindle. Kathryn Stockett’s first novel “The Help” has sold over one million copies of the e-book.
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Consumer Reports Gives The Nook A Better Rating Than The Kindle
The Barnes & Noble Nook Simple Touch Reader has been given a better rating than the Amazon.com Kindle by Consumer Reports. While I have not always been on the same page as Consumer Reports, I know how seriously people take their ratings.
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Amazon.com Reports That They Are Selling More Kindle Books Than Print Books
Amazon.com, Inc. (NASDAQ:AMZN) has published a press release today that reveals that their customers are buying more Kindle books than print books (hardcover & paperback) from them. Amazon.com started selling books in July 1995. The original Kindle was released in November 2007.
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Amazon’s Most Popular Kindle Is The One That Has Ads Built In
The most popular selling Amazon.com Kindle device is the one that has advertising and special offers built in that retails for $114. The $25 in savings that people get from the Kindle 6″ WiFi with E Ink Pearl technology makes a difference to people on whether they want a Kindle. This holiday season, I would not be surprised if Amazon.com drops the ad-supported Kindle to below $99. [BusinessInsider]
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Amazon.com Announces Library Lending For Kindle Books
Amazon.com, Inc. (NASDAQ:AMZN) announced a new feature today called Kindle Library Lending. This feature allows Kindle customers to borrow books from over 11,000 libraries in the U.S. The Kindle Lending Library will be made available for all of the Kindle generations.
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NYT Kindle Subscribers Will Not Have To Pay Extra For Access To Website
Amazon.com, Inc. (NASDAQ:AMZN) has announced that The New York Times Company (NYSE:NYT) subscribers on the Kindle will be able to read news articles for no additional charge free. The New York Times recently said that they are limiting the number of articles to 20 per month before the user is required to pay. The Kindle subscription cost for the NYT is $19.99 per month. [TechCrunch]