A new report suggests that Amazon (NSDQ: AMZN) is opening a small, Kindle-focused retail store in Seattle to test whether the concept could be expanded to other markets.
Kindle Touch Now Shipping Abroad—But Not To UK/Germany/Spain/France/Italy
The Kindle Touch WiFi is now available in some additional countries, but not the biggest international e-reading markets that already have their own Amazon (NSDQ: AMZN) sites.
Amazon Misses Estimates: Q4 Earnings Down 58 Percent
Amazon (NSDQ: AMZN) disappointed investors by reporting Q4 2011 revenues of $17.4 billion this afternoon, up 35 percent from a year ago but missing analyst estimates. Net income slid to $177 million on earnings of $0.38 per share, down 58 percent from this time last year, and shares were down 8 percent in...
Amazon: Print Book Unit Sales Up; More Content For Prime
Amazon (NSDQ: AMZN) says unit sales of print books grew by “double digits” in Q4 compared to last year. That “is impressive given the shift to Kindle,” said CFO Tom Szkutak in the investor call following this afternoon’s disappointing earnings report.
Tablets: Apple’s Lead Narrows Among Widening Field Of Android Makers
With the tablet market now overtaking PC sales, all eyes are on which platform will dominate this next generation of computing devices. A report out today from Strategy Analytics said that for Q4 it was Apple (NSDQ: AAPL), the company that effectively created the market for tablets two years...
E-books and Self-Publishing Roundup, Jan. 26, 2012
The best stories of the week from across the web on e-books and self publishing
1. NBC News enters e-book business (Deadline New York)
2. How iBooks Author compares to the competition (Mashable)
3. Amazon: Early data shows Kindle Owners' Lending Library increases sales...
The Best Quotes From Businessweek’s Amazon Piece
Bloomberg Businessweek‘s January 30 cover story, “Amazon (NSDQ: AMZN) Wants to Burn the Book Business,” includes rare interviews with Larry Kirshbaum, head of Amazon Publishing’s New York-based division and a publishing industry veteran who “has gone from one of the most well-liked people in publishing to the one of...
Amazon: Early Data Shows Kindle Owners’ Lending Library Increases Sales
Amazon’s early data from the Kindle Owners’ Lending Library, which allows Amazon (NSDQ: AMZN) prime members who are also Kindle owners to borrow one free e-book per month, “suggests the possibility of an increase in customer purchasing,” Kindle content VP Russ Grandinetti said at Digital Book World today.
E-books and Self-Publishing Roundup, Jan. 23, 2012
The best stories of the week from across the web on e-books and self publishing
1. Apple unveils iBooks Author, a Mac app for easy interactive e-book authoring (GigaOM)
2. New York Post launches new Kindle Fire App (FishbowlNY)
3. Do tablet apps and e-books spell the end of...
Pew Internet: U.S. Tablet, E-Reader Ownership Doubled Over Holiday Season
‘Twas the season for tablets and e-readers, according to a new survey released Monday by the Pew Internet and American Life Project. The number of U.S. residents who reported owning one of those devices soared from December to January as new lower-cost devices hit the market and Apple (NSDQ: AAPL) continued to face...
Why Amazon’s Plagiarism Problem Is More Than A Public Relations Issue
Plagiarized editions for sale in Amazon’s Kindle store show how the company is still adapting to the world of original content creation. At the same time, the stolen books may also present a test of the retailer’s ability to rely on a widely used legal shield that protects content sites from being accused of copyright...
Self-Published Authors Still Rarely Make the Jump to Publishing Houses
For many self-published authors, a traditional publisher is an elusive dream. It means a team of professionals taking over marketing, advertising, publicity and the mechanics of publishing one's own book on paper and electronically. It mea...
