Kindle

  • Amazon launches web-based Kindle app for iPad

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    Amazon has released a new web-based, touch-capable ebook reader allowing its Kindle customers to buy and access books on any device. The new Kindle Cloud Reader is compatible with Mac and iPad versions of the Safari browser and Google’s Chrome.

  • Guardian launches new ebook range for Kindle and iBooks

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    British newspaper The Guardian has announced a new ebook range for the Kindle and iBooks. The Guardian Shorts range will feature “detailed guides to topical news stories, public policy, sports and cultural events” and has launched with an account of the paper’s role in uncovering phone hacking by the News of the World. Although some…

  • Kindle app for iOS drops store link

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    Amazon’s Kindle app for Apple’s iPad and iPhone is the latest to drop its ‘buy’ button as retailers find themselves faced with complying with Apple’s new rules or evicted from the AppStore. As previously reported, Apple has ceased approving apps which use a link to the retailer’s website to complete purchases unless the app also…

  • UK’s Guardian comes to Kindle, iPad & Android editions to follow

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    British newspapers The Guardian and Observer are now available to users of Amazon’s Kindle ereader. The Kindle editions will offer the content from each day’s editions plus all the editorial sections and supplements according to a blogpost on guardian.co.uk.

  • Kindle with adverts now available in 3G

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    Amazon.com has announced that the 3G version of its Kindle ebook reader is now available in an ad-supported version priced $164. Last month the retailer announced the release of a WiFi Kindle at a reduced price, subsidised by the inclusion of adverts and special offers.

  • Amazon: ‘UK Kindle titles outsell hardbacks’

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    Retailer giant Amazon has claimed UK Kindle titles outsell hardbacks “at a rate of more than 2 to 1” as it issued its latest update on the growth of its ebook platform.