The Kindle Fire is a holiday record breaker.
Amazon sent out a press release titled, “2011 is the Best Holiday Ever for Kindle” and looking at the numbers, it seems like a justified statement.
The company reports that there were over a million Kindle devices sold each week, with the Kindle Fire as the hottest item, the Kindle Touch following it up, and the plain old Kindle bringing up the rear…
The Kindle Fire tablet from Amazon.com will leapfrog most competitive offerings to quickly become number two in the market behind Apple’s iPad, according to a survey conducted by ChangeWave Research.
Continue reading… “Amazon’s Kindle Fire second choice after iPad”
An Amazon Smartphone may be launched in 4Q12.
Amazon, the Seattle-based online retail giant may be planning to launch a smartphone next year, Citigroup said in a research note published on Thursday
Continue reading… “Amazon may launch smartphone in 2012”
Many consumers are waiting for the release of Amazon’s Kindle Fire, and as they wait there is evidence that tablets may be reshaping online viewing habits.
Continue reading… “Tablets reshaping online video viewing habits”
Amazon will publish 122 books this fall in an array of genres, in both physical and e-book form.
Readers have been taught by Amazon.com that they do not need bookstores. Now Amazon is encouraging writers to cast aside their publishers.
Continue reading… “Amazon signs up writers, pushes out publishers”
Kindle Fire
According to Apple CEO Tim Cook, the iPad is on top of the world now, accounting for 75% of all tablet sales in the U.S.
But not for long.
Continue reading… “Amazon is selling 50,000 Kindle Fires per day”
Futurist Thomas Frey: As I’m writing this column, there are currently 466,302 mobile apps available for the iPhone and 512,542 mobile apps available to download on an Android phone.
Continue reading… “Introducing the Perpetual Self-Updating Book”
Safe for another year or so.
One of the cornerstones of Amazon’s business has been avoiding sales taxes; because their transactions are online, you don’t have to pay Uncle Sam with every purchase. And now, thanks to some maneuvering around a proposed California law, you’ll remain off the hook for another year…
Continue reading… “Amazon staves off the tax man for another year”
Women dominate ereader ownership.
Women have been slow to adopt tablets but they do dominate eReader ownership, according to recent data by Nielsen.
Continue reading… “61% of eReader owners are women”
Amazon grows again.
Amazon is constantly growing and expanding its catalog of videos available for on-demand streaming. The service just reached the 100k mark with 9,000 of those available under the Prime streaming plan. The bulk of the library is set aside for à la carte renting and buying with TV titles starting at $.99 cent and movies for $3.99. With deep living room penetration, all Amazon needs to do is flip the switch, offer a reasonably-priced subscription plan open to all titles, and effectively shut down Netflix…
Continue reading… “Amazon Instant Video reaches 100,000 on-demand titles”
Students can now rent e-textbooks for periods from 30 to 360 days.
E-book textbook rentals have just been introduced by Amazon just in time for the fall semester. This will allow students to save up to 80 percent on some titles. E-textbook rentals can be viewed not just on Amazon’s e-reader (and rumored Amazon tablet) but also on any device that can download the Kindle app including PCs, iOS devices, and Android phones and tablets. The rental option isn’t available for general interest e-books, just e-book versions of textbooks.
Continue reading… “Students can now rent e-textbooks on Kindle”
