Amazon added a new artificial intelligence policy to its content guidelines for authors who distribute their work through its Kindle Direct Publishing platform, reacting to a wave of new books… Read More
Amazon has quietly updated its Kindle Scribe product page with a glimmer of hope for anyone disappointed by some of the device’s initial shortcomings. Under the category of “Coming Soon,”… Read More
Amazon unveiled enhanced versions of its Kindle and Kindle Kids e-readers on Tuesday, the first time the tech giant has upgraded its flagship e-reader in nearly three years. The upgraded… Read More
Amazon has added the Kindle Vella episodic reading platform to the Kindle app for Android devices and Fire tablets, addressing one of the top requests from Kindle Vella authors seeking… Read More
Amazon’s Kindle Vella spotlights the growing market for episodic stories, designed for mobile devices, unfolding as larger narratives over time. It’s the latest example of Amazon moving into a new… Read More
The serialized story is a mainstay of the literary world, a tried-and-true formula for creating a tantalizing tale, from opening hook to closing cliffhanger. But it’s the rare author who… Read More
Amazon is enlisting its cutting-edge Lab126 hardware group, best known for creating its Kindle e-readers, Fire tablets and Echo smart speakers, to help build out its own COVID-19 testing capabilities.… Read More
Amazon will ship a new version of its high-end Kindle Oasis next month, the latest in a series of refreshes for the company’s line of e-readers. The new Oasis boasts… Read More
Even as Amazon’s hardware ambitions expand, the tech giant hasn’t forgotten about one of its original gadgets. The Seattle company is refreshing its flagship Kindle e-reader, opening pre-orders today for… Read More
Amazon has tasked Nader Kabbani with leading its new pharmacy initiative and overseeing the team from online pharmacy PillPack, according to a report from CNBC that cited internal documents. Kabbani… Read More
Amazon today unveiled an updated version of its most popular Kindle e-reader, a sign that the tech giant continues to invest in one of its original device lines even as… Read More
Liquavista, a screen tech company Amazon acquired five years ago, has shut down. News of Liquavista’s closure was first reported by Nate Hoffelder’s The Digital Reader site and confirmed by… Read More
Amazon has been awarded $75,000 in an arbitration case against an e-book marketer that allegedly inflated reader numbers artificially in an effort to increase profits and sales rankings. On Thursday,… Read More
Convenience. Portability. Access. All are reasons that consumers have embraced digital content. The ability we have to rapidly find an unimaginable variety of reading, viewing and listening material, and easily… Read More
Halfway through 2018, there are plenty of great books which already deserve a spot in your beach bag. Editors with Amazon Books have helped narrow the list with their selection… Read More
Amazon wants to make money when people use its devices, Jeff Bezos says, not when people buy them. In other words, he cares less about which Kindle you’ve got, and… Read More
It’s a busy time of year in the consumer electronics world. For starters, the top-of-the-line iPhone X (as in the Roman numeral for “10”) ships on Friday, with long lines… Read More
Amazon is launching redesigned versions of its Kindle apps for iOS and Android this morning, with an updated look, a more accessible search feature, and a new navigation bar that… Read More
Amazon has unveiled its first waterproof Kindle Oasis e-reader, which takes its place on the top end of the Kindle spectrum with a list price starting at $249.99. The upgraded… Read More
FOLLOW-UP: Here’s everything Amazon announced today Amazon this morning unveiled an array of new Echo devices, including a smaller and lower-cost version of the flagship Echo smart speaker, a special-purpose… Read More
Is Amazon’s Kindle team working on virtual and augmented reality features? That’s what The Digital Reader news site speculates based on an opening on Amazon’s jobs site. The Amazon Kindle Framework… Read More
The European Commission has decided that terms offered up by Amazon sufficiently address concerns raised in a 2015 antitrust investigation over contracts between the Seattle retailer and e-book publishers. The European… Read More
Updated on Friday morning with more information from Amazon. Amazon’s Kindle Write On author community, billed as a “story lab” for authors to test ideas and get feedback from readers,… Read More
Amazon CEO Jeff Bezos said earlier this year that the company’s goal is to make the benefits of its $99/year Amazon Prime program so numerous and valuable that it’s irresponsible not to be a… Read More
Amazon unveiled a new version of its Fire HD 8 tablet this morning, with more memory and additional storage, and dropped the price to $89.99 — a 40 percent decrease from the $149.99… Read More
Amazon is rolling out a new service, called Singles Classics, that allows anyone with the Kindle app to purchase famous essays and articles from decades past. The articles, written by authors… Read More
One of the most natural habits when reading a physical book is to save your place with a thumb or finger and flip through the rest of the pages to reference a… Read More
Amazon this morning updated its entry level Kindle e-reader for the first time since 2014 — trimming its size, cutting down on its weight, giving it a more rounded design,… Read More
Amazon was rated higher than all other computer and tablet makers for customer experience related to the Kindle for the second year in a row, according to results from the… Read More
Amazon is making it easier for visually impaired users to benefit from the improvements of digital books by bringing VoiceView to the Kindle Paperwhite, the tech giant announced today. VoiceView has… Read More
