Is Amazon hiring devs to build a robust web browser for Kindle?
Posted on 10. Mar, 2010 by JD in News, kindle
Are you a software dev with a Bachelors Degree in Computer Science, familiarity with current Web standards, and experience with browser engines, Linux on embedded devices, and Java? If so, do we have the job for you. Lab126, the group at Amazon responsible for the Kindle, wants you to help "conceive, design, and bring to [...]
Self-publishing success: JA Konrath sells 30K Kindle Ebooks In 11 Months
Posted on 09. Mar, 2010 by JD in News, kindle
Via A Newbie's Guide to Self-Publishing
I uploaded my first self-published ebook for Amazon Kindle back on April 8, 2009.
As of this morning, March 4 at 9;23am, I've sold 29,224 ebooks.
I'm currently selling $1.99 ebooks at the rate of 170 per day. That means I'm earning around $120 per day just sitting on my butt. If [...]
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Posted on 05. Mar, 2010 by JD in Discounts, News
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When It Comes to Content, Amazon’s Kindle Won’t Be Undersold
Posted on 01. Mar, 2010 by JD in News, kindle
via bits.blogs.nytimes.com
By NICK BILTON On Jan. 27, Steven P. Jobs was still standing on a stage in San Francisco, presenting Apple’s new iPad, when the phones started ringing. Senior managers from Amazon.com were calling newspaper, magazine and book publishers trying to glean any information possible about the deals Apple was offering them to supply content [...]
Amazon’s Desperate Phone Calls To Publishers – Gizmodo Australia
Posted on 27. Feb, 2010 by JD in News, iPad, kindle
BBC News (blog)
Amazon's Desperate Phone Calls To Publishers Gizmodo AustraliaThe deal Amazon's been trying to ink with publishers for the couple months would guarantee that books on the Kindle would be the same price as on any other … The New Republic: The Kindle, America's DeclineNPR For Amazon Kindle, Content Is KingCoolTechZone.com (blog) Newspapers [...]
Amazon.com Most Trusted Brand in U.S.
Posted on 23. Feb, 2010 by JD in News
via ReadWriteWeb by Mike Melanson on 22/02/10
Buying and selling stuff on the Internet surely has come a long way. Just a decade ago, most of us would never be caught dead shopping for real, live goods on the Internet. Who knows what you’ll get, right? Order a pair of size nine shoes and get a [...]
HP to undercut iPad price, iPad to undercut Amazon e-books prices, Courier to rule them all?
Posted on 18. Feb, 2010 by JD in News, kindle
HP to undercut iPad price, iPad to undercut Amazon e-books prices, Courier to rule them all? originally appeared on Engadget on Thu, 18 Feb 2010 02:05:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.
PODCAST: The iPad analysed and Amazon’s ebook war | Technology | guardian.co.uk
Posted on 18. Feb, 2010 by JD in News, audio, iPad
via guardian.co.uk
Get the audio here
There’s an iPad flavour to most of this week’s progamme as we deconstruct the most anticipated launch of 2010. Was the launch of Apple’s iPad a whole lot of hot air or the next evolution in gadgetry? The debate begins as author and technology commentator Nick Carr joins us to debate [...]
Authors’ Amazon Awareness
Posted on 07. Feb, 2010 by JD in News, kindle
Geoffrey.landis writes “Many book lovers were surprised this week when Amazon.com removed books from the publisher Macmillan from the shelves (later restored), including such popular imprints as St. Martin’s, Henry Holt, and the science fiction publisher Tor. But readers shouldn’t have been surprised, according to the Author’s Guild. The Author’s Guild lists a history of earlier instances where Amazon stopped listing a publisher’s books in order to pressure them to accept terms, dating back to early in 2008, when Amazon removed the ‘buy’ buttons for works from the British publisher Bloomsbury, representing such authors as William Boyd, Khaled Hosseini, and J.K. Rowling. In response, the Author’s Guild has set up a service called Who Moved My Buy Button to alert authors when their books are removed from Amazon’s lists.”
Amazon’s actions have generated ill-will on the parts of many authors, who — being authors — are only too happy to explain their viewpoints at length. Two such examples are Tobias Buckell’s breakdown of why Amazon isn’t the righteous defender of low-prices they claim to be and Charlie Stross’s round-up of the situation.
Read more of this story at Slashdot.
Amazon and Macmillan Agree: You Should Pay More for eBooks
Posted on 07. Feb, 2010 by JD in News, kindle
Macmillan printed books and eBooks began to return to Amazon last night following a dispute over Amazon’s $9.99 eBook pricing scheme. Under the agreement, publishers can now raise prices to up to $14.99.
Macmillan, which was later joined by fellow publisher Hachette, requested the price increases over fears that Amazon would undercut its hardcover sales.
Amazon reacted by pulling all Macmillan books, but later conceded to the publisher’s demands. Under the agreed agency model, Amazon will receive 30% commission on sales.
Will you pay up to $14.99 for eBooks? Let us know in the comments.
[via The NYTimes]
