Category Archives: ebook Readers

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Amazon launches KDP Kids, a tool to help authors self-publish illustrated books

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A whole lot of people think they have a book in them. And even more think they could write a children’s book. Amazon made that a little easier Wednesday with a new tool, KDP Kids, that aids in the creation of illustrated ebooks.

“No one should have to be a computer programmer to create a beautiful, illustrated Kindle book for kids,” Russ Grandinetti, SVP of Kindle, said in a statement. (Of course, you will still need to have the illustrations at hand and in digital format. Amazon’s not doing your artwork for you, at least not yet.)

KDP Kids largely consists of a free software program, Kindle Kids’ Book Creator, that is downloadable to Mac or PC and lets authors “import artwork from popular formats, including jpg, pdf, tiff, and png,” add text to the pages and preview how it will look across Kindle devices (clearly, illustrated books…

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Kindle Paperwhite 2 Update

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Kindle Unlimited: The Key Questions

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How The Big 5 Publishers Hobbled The Amazon Unlimited Launch

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Kindle Unlimited

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The links below are to articles that look at Amazon’s new Kindle Unlimited service.

For more visit:
– http://kindleworld.blogspot.com.au/2014/07/amazons-new-kindle-unlimited.html
– http://goodereader.com/blog/e-book-news/amazon-enters-ebook-subscription-market-with-kindle-unlimited
– http://goodereader.com/blog/e-book-news/kindle-unlimited-goes-live-with-ebook-audiobook-titles
– http://goodereader.com/blog/digital-publishing/is-kindle-unlimited-good-for-indie-authors
– http://www.mediabistro.com/galleycat/amazon-reveals-kindle-unlimited-ebook-subscription-service_b88175
– http://ilmk.wordpress.com/2014/07/18/its-official-kindle-unlimited-is-here-with-639621-titles/
– http://www.infodocket.com/2014/07/16/get-ready-here-comes-we-think-amazons-all-you-can-read-subscription-e-book-subscription-service/
– http://www.teleread.com/amazon/kindle-unlimited-now-live/
– http://www.teleread.com/amazon/amazon-start-kindle-unlimited-service-similar-scribdoyster/
– http://the-digital-reader.com/2014/07/18/amazon-launches-kindle-unlimited-will-take-international-september-october/

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Amazon officially launches Kindle Unlimited, ebook and audiobook subscription service for $9.99/month

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Laura Hazard Owen's avatarGigaom

Amazon(s AMZN) has officially launched Kindle Unlimited, the $9.99/month ebook and audiobook subscription service we told you about on Wednesday.

The details are, pretty much, what already leaked. The service is only available in the U.S. for now. About 640,000 titles are available, most from Amazon’s own publishing imprints or by self-published authors who’d previously enrolled their books in KDP Select. There are books from traditional publishers as well — no big-5 publishers — but Abrams, Algonquin, Workman, Open Road and Bloomsbury, among others. Two thousand audiobooks from Audible are included, and a membership to Kindle Unlimited comes with a free three-month Audible subscription.

“You can keep up to ten books at a time and there are no due dates,” according to Amazon’s help pages. “Read your Kindle Unlimited books on any Kindle device or free Kindle reading apps.”

One splashy series of note that is available: The first…

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Reasons to Love Your Ebook Reader

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The link below is to an article that looks at reasons why it is OK to love your ebook reader.

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http://www.huffingtonpost.com/kendra-alvey/7-reasons-its-okay-to-love-your-ereader_b_5592417.html

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Whispernet

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The link below is to an article that looks at Amazon’s ‘Whispernet.’

For more visit:
http://goodereader.com/blog/electronic-readers/how-amazon-whispernet-for-kindle-3g-really-works

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Ebook Readers and Children

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The link below is to an article that takes a look at how ebook readers are affecting children.

For more visit:
http://www.teleread.com/ereaders/ereaders-affecting-children/

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The End of Ebook Readers?

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The link below is to an article that looks at the probable end for ebook readers. In my view, the emergence of tablets is the real future for digital readers – not that I currently have a tablet.

For more visit:
http://mashable.com/2014/06/27/e-readers-next-ipods/