The link below is to an article reporting on the launch of ‘Waterfall Press’ by Amazon, a Christian imprint.
For more visit:
http://www.businesswire.com/news/home/20140123005651/en/Amazon-Publishing-Launches-Christian-Imprint-Waterfall-Press
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Amazon introduces interest-free payment plan for Kindle Fire HDX tablets
If you’re looking to buy a Kindle Fire HDX, but don’t want to plunk down the full $229 or $379 all at once, Amazon(s amzn) now offers a payment plan that lets you pay the tablet off in four interest-free payments over the course of nine months. Introduced on Amazon’s homepage over the weekend and spotted by AllThingsD, the offer appears to be for the holidays only, available through December 24.
The payment plans are good for either the $229 7-inch Kindle Fire HDX or the $379 Kindle Fire HDX 8.9. All you have to do is accept the offer on Amazon, add the Kindle to your cart, and at checkout you’ll be charged 25 percent of the tablet’s price, along with any applicable tax and shipping charges in full. After that, you’ll automatically be billed for the balance in three equal payments every 90 days. You can…
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Why Publishers Hate Amazon
The links below are to a series of articles that examine why publishers hate Amazon.
For more visit:
– http://www.teleread.com/amazon/why-big-publishing-hates-amazon-and-wants-you-to-hate-amazon-too/
– http://www.teleread.com/amazon/why-big-publishing-hates-amazon-part-2/
– http://www.teleread.com/amazon/why-big-publishing-hates-amazon-part-3/
Amazon StoryFront
The link below is to an article that takes a look at Amazon StoryFront, Amazon’s new short fiction imprint.
For more visit:
http://www.teleread.com/amazon/amazon-launches-imprint-storyfront-for-short-fiction/
Jeff Bezos’ big 60 Minutes reveal: Delivery drones and (get this) private cloud
Most of the Twitter response to Amazon(s amzn) CEO Jeff Bezos’ star turn on 60 Minutes focused on Amazon’s plans to offer drone delivery of small packages in the not-too-far-off-but-unspecified future.
Bezos showed off the small helicopter like devices, actually octocopters, to the always credulous Charlie Rose and no doubt they are cool — although you have to wonder what could possibly go wrong. This meaty tidbit reaffirms what Gigaom’s Signe Brewster reported earlier, that consumer drones are coming and nothing screams “consumer” like Amazon’s retail services.
Still, the biggest surprise for me came when Bezos, unprompted, referred to the planned cloud that Amazon Web Services is building for the CIA as a private cloud. He didn’t even stumble on the word. Funny, since at AWS Re:invent last month, top AWS execs Andy Jassy and Adam Selipsky went to great pains to not characterize that installment as a private cloud. That’s…
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Amazon Good for Readers
The link below is to an article that takes a look at Amazon as being good for readers and books/ebooks – yes, a positive article.
For more visit:
http://www.sbs.com.au/news/article/2013/11/21/comment-how-i-learned-stop-worrying-and-love-amazon-0
Ebook Publishing
The link below is to an article that considers ebook publishing – is this the real reason why book publishers are failing to keep pace with Amazon?
For more visit:
http://www.theguardian.com/books/booksblog/2013/nov/21/ebooks-publishers-care-attention
Amazon’s Ebook Return Policy
The link below is to an article that comments on Amazon’s ebook return policy.
For more visit:
http://aprillhamilton.blogspot.com.au/2013/04/amazons-ebook-returns-policy-is-good.html
Amazon Launches Kindle Store in Australia
The link below is to another article reporting on the opening of a Kindle Store in Australia.
For more visit:
http://blog.bookbaby.com/2013/11/kindle-australia/
Amazon’s Fire OS 3.1 hits Kindle tablets: Goodreads and Second Screen included
When Amazon(s amzn) launched its latest Kindle Fire tablets with Fire OS software in September, the company promised an update by mid-November that will bring new features to the devices. It’s mid-November and the software is here. On Monday, Amazon announced version 3.1 of the Fire OS for all current generation Kindle tablets. The updated software will wirelessly roll out in the coming weeks but device owners can apply the update manually by downloading it from Amazon’s support site today.
Since all of the features in Fire OS 3.1 were already announced, there aren’t any surprises. Still, the software will help make the overall Kindle Fire tablet experience a better one.
For example, there’s deep in-content integration with Goodreads, making it easy to capture and share quotes with others on the social reading service. You can also see what Goodreads friends are reading or share a book…
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