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Information Today
May 9, 2013
Nancy K. Herther |
Amazon Finally Begins Work to Make Kindles ADA-Compliant On May 1, 2013, ebook giant Amazon announced new accessibility features for the Kindle reading app, making it easier than ever for blind and visually impaired customers to navigate their Kindle libraries, read and interact with their books.   |
Information Today
September 29, 2011
Dan Tonkery |
Amazon Launches Library Ebook Lending Support for Kindle and an All-New Kindle Family Support for ebook lending is a major departure for Amazon and is an important milestone for libraries. Previously, Amazon only sold ebooks and did not support ebook lending for libraries even though there has been significant demand from libraries. |
CIO
May 26, 2009
Elizabeth Montalbano |
Amazon to Release Kindle for Newspapers Media companies plan to offer Amazon's Kindle DX at a reduced price to readers of the Post, the Times, and the Boston Globe who live in areas where home-delivery is not available and who sign up for a long-term subscription to the Kindle edition. |
InternetNews
May 6, 2009
Christopher Saunders |
Amazon Enlarges E-Book Play With Kindle DX Kindle's big brother aims for the textbook and newspaper market. |
Information Today
April 12, 2012
Nancy K. Herther |
Ebook Tsunami -- From Antitrust to Burgeoning Sales The ebook tsunami is still in play; new issues, problems, and possibilities occur almost daily. We can do little more than watch, wonder, and improvise as the forces of innovation and commercialism work through this time of change in publishing. |
InternetNews
March 19, 2009
Michelle Megna |
Google Aids Sony in Fight Against Amazon Kindle Google opens its digital library to Sony's e-reader, but the digital book battle with Amazon is just beginning as both companies chase the sweet spot - the commercial book market. |
The Motley Fool
July 1, 2010
Rick Aristotle Munarriz |
It's Raining Kindles! Amazon finally slashes prices on its larger e-readers. |
PC Magazine
February 1, 2008
Dan Costa |
E-Book Readers Can Do Better The printed book is best for presenting lengthy text, so why try to reinvent a technology that has been around for thousands of years? Do something new instead. |
Popular Mechanics
February 9, 2009
Seth Porges |
How to Download Free Books onto the Amazon Kindle The Internet is filled with Web sites eager to dispense virtual versions of books that have lapsed into the public domain. |
The Motley Fool
August 31, 2009
Eric Jhonsa |
Amazon Has an Early Lead, but the Game's Not Over Sony's latest electronic reader is real competition for the Kindle. |
InternetNews
June 1, 2009
Michelle Megna |
Google Takes on Amazon's Kindle in E-Book Battle In a clash of the Internet tech titans, Google prepares to challenge Amazon in the exploding e-book market. |
InternetNews
July 21, 2009 |
Barnes & Noble's Reply to Kindle to Debut in 2010 Will Barnes & Noble's partnership with Plastic Logic provide a viable Kindle contender? |
PC Magazine
August 23, 2010
Dan Costa |
Amazon Kindle (3G + Wi-Fi) The latest edition's improvements aren't revolutionary, but the Amazon Kindle remains the best dedicated ebook reader on the market. |
The Motley Fool
April 17, 2011
Arunava De |
A Cheaper Kindle to Whet Your E-Book Appetite With the availability of a cheaper variant, Kindle can gain more market share. |
InternetNews
August 5, 2009 |
Sony Chases Amazon, Debuts Two New E-Readers Sony today unveiled two new e-readers and is cutting prices of its e-books in a bid to maintain a competitive edge in the burgeoning digital book market. |
The Motley Fool
June 30, 2008
Rick Aristotle Munarriz |
Kindle Goes to College Amazon's e-book reader makes inroads at Princeton. |
Information Today
September 10, 2012
Paula J. Hane |
Amazon Fires Up the Tablet and Ebook Markets Amazon.com founder and CEO Jeff Bezos gave a 90-minute presentation about its latest Kindle products that are aimed directly at challenging Apple's iPad. |
The Motley Fool
July 29, 2010
Manikandan Raman |
Amazon Wages E-Reader Price War Are lower and lower prices the only way for Amazon to regain e-reader market share? |
InternetNews
October 20, 2009 |
The Most Important Tech Product Is the Kindle, Not the iPhone The Amazon e-book reader is revolutionizing an industry that hasn't changed since its inception. You can't say that for the iPhone. |
InternetNews
July 29, 2010 |
Amazon Debuts New, Low Price Wi-Fi Kindle With the iPad on its heels, Amazon cuts the price of its newest e-book reader and adds Wi-Fi support. |
Information Today
March 2009
Marji McClure |
Turning a New Page in Ebooks Amazon brought renewed attention to ebooks, especially in the consumer market, with its 2007 launch of the Amazon Kindle and, most recently, the February release of the Amazon Kindle 2. |
Information Today
August 22, 2011
Nancy K. Herther |
Books & Media Move to the Clouds; Apple, Amazon, and Walmart Fight for Market Share We can expect to see more posturing, product announcements, legal wrangling and, hopefully, consumers will see better ebook/app products at competitive prices. |
InternetNews
January 6, 2010 |
Amazon Pushes Global Rollout of Kindle DX Amazon upgrading largest version of popular e-reading device with global wireless connectivity. |
Popular Mechanics
November 19, 2007
Anthony Verducci |
Amazon Kindle Unboxed: Photo Slide Show Photos of Amazon's new wireless digital reader. |
InternetNews
April 28, 2009
Michelle Megna |
Amazon Buys iPhone E-Reader App Maker In a bid to extend e-reader reach beyond Kindle, Amazon scoops up firm behind the most popular eBook reader application for Apple's iPhone. |
InternetNews
February 9, 2009
Judy Mottl |
Amazon Hopes to Kindle E-Reading Fervor The e-reader gets a sleek overhaul and a handful of new features. But some observers say the moves won't help Kindle become a mainstream phenomenon. |
Information Today
April 28, 2011
Theresa Cramer |
Kindle Library Lending Announcement Raises Questions Kindle-using library patrons will now be able to get ebooks in their preferred format, and that's about the whole of it. |
The Motley Fool
September 1, 2010
Rick Aristotle Munarriz |
Amazon's Next Mistake? Staples starts selling the Kindle, as the e-reader price war continues. |
PC Magazine
June 11, 2009
Dan Costa |
Amazon Kindle DX Amazon's latest e-book reader is a super-size, super-expensive version of the Kindle 2. |
Information Today
June 2, 2011
Paula J. Hane |
Sources for Free Ebooks and Ereader Software The majority of the free ebooks available are older, out-of-copyright, pre-1923 books. Some sites, such as Amazon, offer newer free ebooks on limited time promotional offers. Barnes & Noble offers a limited number of Free Nook Books. The Sony Reader Store also offers some free ebooks. |
The Motley Fool
March 23, 2010
Eric Jhonsa |
To Beat Apple, Amazon Needs to Let Publishers Win The Kindle's business model needs a major overhaul. |
The Motley Fool
July 18, 2011
Rick Aristotle Munarriz |
Amazon Goes Back to School Amazon's Kindle is rolling out textbook rentals in e-book form, hoping to cash in on the lucrative student market. |
IEEE Spectrum
April 2009
Harry Teasley |
eBook Shoot-out: The Amazon Kindle 2 Leapfrogs Sony's Reader Small design changes can take a product from just okay to great |
Information Today
June 17, 2013
George H. Pike |
Apple Ebook Price-Fixing Trial Underway The lawsuit, filed by the U.S. Department of Justice, alleges that Apple conspired with several publishers to set ebook pricing as a means to counter Amazon's domination of the ebook market through its online ebook service and Kindle e-reader. |
The Motley Fool
February 4, 2010
Rick Aristotle Munarriz |
Amazon Wants the Last Laugh on Apple Amazon is acquiring Touchco, a maker of flexible touchscreens. Will a touchscreen maker help its gadgetry fortunes? |
InternetNews
January 28, 2009
Judy Mottl |
Is Amazon Prepping a Kindle Redux? Amazon is staying mum, but word has it that a new version of the e-book reader is coming Feb. 9. |
BusinessWeek
June 10, 2009
Stephen H. Wildstrom |
Amazon's New Kindle DX Means Business The company's powerful new e-reader brings the paperless office a big step closer. |
InternetNews
June 17, 2009
Alex Goldman |
Bezos: Amazon Had to Learn Hardware for Kindle Amazon's CEO said that not only is the company changing others' businesses, it's also ready to change its own. |
The Motley Fool
May 18, 2010
Anders Bylund |
Amazon's Kindle: Coming Soon to an Android Near You The e-tailer just announced a Kindle application for the Google Android software environment, placing Amazon's Kindle store and book-reading features in reach of millions of smartphone owners. |
InternetNews
March 2, 2009
Judy Mottl |
Amazon Backtracks on Kindle Voice Feature Amazon is rethinking its stance on the text-to-speech function in its new Kindle 2 e-book reader, saying authors and publishers critical of the feature will soon be able to block it from their works. |
BusinessWeek
September 24, 2009 |
More Applications Than First Imagined Companies like Google and Amazon have released products that can aid the disabled, but have also been mainstreamed. |
Information Today
August 27, 2012 |
LexisNexis eBooks Available on Amazon Kindle Store Additionally, LexisNexis eBooks on Kindle or through Kindle reading apps are also accessible through the recently launched LexisNexis Digital Library solution. |
Information Today
November 26, 2012 |
Market Analyst Announces Launch of eBook Reports Market Analyst, a value-added distributor of market research reports and business information, announced that it now offers market research reports in ebook formats from its web store. |
T.H.E. Journal
September 1, 2010
Sara Stroud |
Merging IT With AT Assistive tech joins the mainstream When Apple's iPad hit shelves earlier this year, educators and educational software developers were already thinking about what it could mean for students with learning and communication impairments. |
The Motley Fool
July 9, 2009
Rick Aristotle Munarriz |
The Kindle Price Cuts Keep Coming Electronic books keep getting cheaper. |
InternetNews
June 17, 2009
Michelle Megna |
Amazon Gives Away More Kindle Source The e-tail giant makes the popular e-reader code available, but does it mean we'll see Kindle-killers on the horizon? |
Searcher
December 2011
Charles Hamaker |
FEATURE: Ebooks on Fire: Controversies Surrounding Ebooks in Libraries While it might not matter to the occasional or recreational reader, the ebook presents a host of challenges for the role of the book as transmitter, carrier, and shaper of our written word cultural heritage. |
The Motley Fool
September 13, 2010
Anders Bylund |
Amazon Takes a Stab at Apple Amazon has partnered with Best Buy to sell Kindles in a physical store near you, and the latest commercial takes a pointed stab at the Apple iPad. The game is afoot. |
Information Today
December 16, 2010
Nancy Herther |
Google's eBookstore Takes Ebooks to the Next Level On Monday, Dec. 6, 2010, after months of anticipation, Google officially launched Google eBookstore (previously called Google Editions), marking an important milestone for the ebook industry. |
Information Today
November 2, 2009
Nancy Herther |
Internet Archive Dishes up BookServer as Digital Books Market Heats Up BookServer is intended to be easy-to-use, while respecting authors' and publishers' interests |
