Amazon have been forced to revise their systems which allowed them to removed purchased and downloaded copies of George Orwell’s 1984 and Animal Farm from customer’s Kindle devices. The big brother styled swoop of Amazon’s arm happened last Friday and has led to a considerable on line debate and backlash against the giant internet retailer.…
Amazon Look To Christmas 2009 For Kindle UK
Amazon is putting the final pieces in place to allow a launch of the Kindle ebook reading device on the UK market. Amazon is understood to be in ‘advanced’ negotiations with a UK mobile operator according to this article in Mobile Today Magazine. This deal if completed will provide connectivity allowing users to download on…
Bezos On The Future of Amazon’s Kindle
Amazon’s CEO, Jeff Bezos has been speaking about plans to expand the Kindle reader across other ebook formats. Bezos spoke recently at Wired magazine’s ‘Disruptive technology’ conference held in New York and also to the New York Times newspaper. Recently Amazon released the larger DX device, which supports Adobe PDF, unlike its smaller Kindle sibling.…
Atom’s Spoof Kindle 9XXXD Promotional Trailer
Atom is an internet funny video site. They have taken a pop at Amazon and their efforts to promote the Kindle DX with its larger size by looking into the future of the spoof Kindle 9XXXD! Take a look for yourselves. Funny Videos | Funny Cartoons | More Video Clips Atom Films The Independent Publishing…
Amazon Launch Kindle DX
Amazon have announced details of its Kindle DX featuring a larger 9.7 inch screen, more memory and wireless facilities. It will be available later this summer. See here. And launch photograths here from engadget.com. And review features from engadget.com The Independent Publishing Magazine | TIPM Media
Amazon Statement on Kindle 2’s Speech Feature
Amazon has released the following statement regarding the recently released Kindle 2 and its speech feature. Issues had been raised about whether the ‘voice read-back’ feature on the device infringed on publisher’s copyrights. Amazon in their statement maintain that they do not believe there is any issue of illegality, but are nevertheless going to allow…
Kindle 2 Launched By Amazon – The way forward for the e-reader? (Updated)
It seems the gathered publishing fraternity who turned up at the unveiling of Amazon’s new Kindle (Version 2) in the Morgan Library and Museum in New York city on Monday were more intrigued and quizzical, than necessarily bowled over by the new electronic edition to the Amazon family. Even host, Jeff Bezos, Amazon CEO, and…