Amazon recently launched a new line of Kindle devices. The price of the 7-inch Kindle Fire has dropped to $159. The company has created a new reader known as “Wendell.” The $5 Wendell will come to your house if he is free and tell you what is happening on the Facebook app, the Angry Birds game, or the Shades Of Grey e-book. Check out the video below:
Amazon may be working on a double-sided Kindle product that would use e-ink and an LCD display in one device according to a new patent that was awarded to the company. Amazon was awarded a patent where e-ink and LCD would work together — one side would be for reading and the LCD side would be optimized for watching videos. The patent filing said that the device would utilize the front and rear-facing cameras to determine which side to display the content.
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.
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.
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, 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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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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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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