Dick Smith to sell Kindle Voyage
Amazon has announced its Kindle Voyage ereader is available to order in Australia through Dick Smith.The Voyage, which was released in the US and the UK in September last year, is currently available...
Myers made Europe head of Amazon Publishing
Former Waterstones managing director Dominic Myers has become the head of Amazon Publishing in Europe, reports the Bookseller. Myers has a brief to launch new European offices, and will be...
Amazon launches KDP Kids publishing program
Amazon has launched a new publishing program called KDP Kids to help children’s book authors create illustrated and chapter ebooks, reports Digital Book World. The program uses free Kindle Kids’ Book Creator software to allow authors to ‘import artwork...
Study finds Kindle readers have difficulty remembering plot
A new study has found that Kindle readers have greater difficulty recalling the plot of a story than paperback readers, reports the Guardian. In the study, researchers gave 50 adult readers the...
Amazon installs ‘Kindle Kiosks’ in US airports and shopping malls
Online retailer Amazon has installed a number of ‘Kindle Kiosks’ in airports and shopping malls in the US, reports Geekwire. The vending machines sell a range of Kindle ereaders, as...
Amazon launches Kindle store in Australia
Amazon has launched a Kindle store in Australia and is now selling locally published ebooks. The Kindle store went live this morning at www.amazon.com.au, a domain name that the retailer...
Booksellers respond negatively to Amazon Source launch
A number of booksellers in the US and UK have responded negatively to the newly launched Amazon Source program, which allows retailers to stock Kindle devices and to receive revenue...
Amazon launches Kindle reseller program for booksellers
In the US, Amazon has launched a new program that allows booksellers and other retailers to sell Kindle devices and receive revenue for Kindle ebook purchases, reports Publishers Weekly. Retailers...
Amazon launches MatchBook bundling program
Amazon has launched its print and ebook bundling program Kindle Matchbook, reports Publishers Weekly. The program, which was first announced in September, offers discounted ebook editions of the print books...
Pages & Pages’ Kindle amnesty update
In April this year, Pages & Pages Booksellers in Mosman, Sydney, introduced a ‘Kindle amnesty’, asking customers to trade in Amazon Kindles for the store’s BeBook ereaders and raising consumer awareness of...
New Kindle Paperwhite to integrate with Goodreads
The next upgrade of Amazon’s Kindle Paperwhite ereader will allow users to access book-recommendation platform Goodreads on the device, reports Publishers Weekly. The sixth generation Kindle Paperwhite, which will ship...
New US fan fiction platform Outlier Digital to launch
In the US, a film and television production company will launch a new fan fiction platform called Outlier Digital, reports Digital Book World. Like Amazon’s Kindle Worlds, which was launched in May, the...
Will Amazon’s Kindles go on sale in China next month?
Amazon is set to launch its Kindle ereaders in China from 7 June after years of speculation, reports TechCrunch. According to news reports from China, the Kindle Paperwhite and the...
Amazon launches Kindle Worlds for fanfiction publishing
Amazon has launched a publishing model called Kindle World, which allows authors to write fanfiction stories inspired by book series via a licensing partnership with Warner Bros, said Amazon in a statement. Warner Bros....
In brief
Debate sparked by NZ suggestion that Kindles replace library services In New Zealand, Marlborough District local councillor David Oddie has sparked debate by suggesting it would be cheaper to buy...
Pages & Pages announces ‘Kindle amnesty’
Pages & Pages Booksellers in Mosman, Sydney, has announced that it will introduce a ‘Kindle amnesty’ on the third Saturday of every month, asking customers to trade in Amazon Kindles...
Pages & Pages announces ‘Kindle amnesty’
Pages & Pages Booksellers in Mosman, Sydney, has announced that it will introduce a ‘Kindle amnesty’ on the third Saturday of every month, asking customers to trade in Amazon Kindles for BeBook ereaders and...
The ebook experience: pricing and marketing
Last year, Ruth Jelley interviewed several Australian fiction publishers—one large multinational, one medium-sized independent and one small independent—about their digital publishing programs. In this edited extract from her master’s thesis,...
News outlets, blogs add ‘Send to Kindle’ buttons
The Washington Post, Time magazine and blogs such as Boing Boing have added Amazon’s new ‘Send to Kindle’ button to their websites, reports the Bookseller. The button, which can also...
Amazon to offer advertising space on Kindles in the US
In a bid to ramp up its competition with online rivals Google and Facebook, Amazon is offering a range of new advertising spots on its websites and its Kindle devices...