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Amazon will be Releasing Kindle Developmeny Kit (KDK) for Applications
That’s a big news. Amazon has decided to release SDK for Kindle so that people can contribute making applications for Kindle just like AApple’s iPhone. It’ll be available in February as beta-test. There are some news that Amazon already gave access to SDK to some companies like Handmark to develop active Zagat restaurant guides for [...]
Amazon Offers 70-30 Split For Kindle eBook Authors Like AppStore With Conditions
Amazon has finally decided to offer 70% of the sales price of Kindle ebooks to the content providers. This is the similar model followed by Apple for AppStore. However, there is a catch. Amazon put some conditions to get that 70% share. The AppleInsider elaborates:
The author or publisher-supplied list price must be between $2.99 and [...]
Amazon DTP Now Open Worldwide
So long authors from non-US countries couldn’t publish their ebooks through Amazon for Kindle. Today Amazon has announced the wait is over: now you can publish your own work for kindle from anywhere in the world, and earn money. Remember, Amazon will give you only 30% of the sales. This has been criticised on many [...]
1400+ Newspapers & Magazines on Kindle From NewspaperDirect Aka PressDisplay
That’s good news though comes at a cost since you’ve to pay for the content. For a long time PressDisplay is offerering newspapers and magazines in their original paper format displayed on your PC or laptop. They have also application for iPhone/iPodTouch. However, you can’t download newspapers wirelessly on 3G network. Firsy you’ve to download [...]
Kindle DX May Go Global Anytime
Engadget got an snapshoot of amazon website – on the right corner it says: “Kindle DX Now with Global Wireless.” Not yet, really; but amazon is probably ready to ship Kindle DX globally like Kindle 2. There will be no Kindle DX (U.S. wireless) then. If you go to amazon website or it’s kindle site, [...]
Nook Has Been SoftRooted, Nookmail App coming soon
Now you can root your nook without any tear down. But still you need a linux machine to run the command. Here you can find the steps to get your nook softrooted. Follow the instructions carefully.
Be careful, if anything goes wrong you might end up with nook as just a ‘paper weight’. Also, the process [...]
Jeff Bezos on P-Book & Kindle & How I differ with Him on Issues
NewsWeek has recently published an interview with Jeff Bezos. Among many other issues, when he was asked whether P-Book will eventually go away, he said that he believed so:
I don’t know how long it will take. You know, we love stories and we love narrative; we love to get lost in an author’s world. That’s [...]
You Can Get Kindle Just Day Before Christmas with One-Day Free Shipping if You Order on December 23
Amazon has announced that if you order your kindle 2 on 23rd December, and choose one-day shipping on check-out, and you’ll get your kindle the next day – just day before Christmas. That’s so sweet! If you’re the one who couldn’t manage time to order kindle for you or as a gift for your lovely [...]
Kindle DX is Out of Stock, 4-6 Weeks Wait if You Order Now
While Holiday season is knocking on the door, eBook-lovers got disappointing news: Kindle DX is out of stock for 4-6 weeks. Those who have waited for the last moment to order a DX for themselves or as a gift for someone have missed the opportunity to get one before Christmas. It was unexpected in the [...]
Kindle For iPhone is Now Available More Than 60 Countries
Kindle for iPhone (also for iPodTouch) is now available 63 countries. Remember kindle books and kindle are available in around 100 countries; but iTune store is available for only 77 countries. So even if amazon wants to, they can provide kindle for iPhone application in all countries where kindle is available.
Here is the list of [...]
Rivalry Between Amazon and Publishers Moving Fierce: An eBook Perspective
LATimes reports that five publishers – Conde Nast Publications, Hearst Corp., Meredith Corp., News Corp. and Time Inc. are going to form a joint online storefront to fight Amazon’s power in the market in digital content. We have already listened unpleasant comments so many times from New Corp’s Rupert Murdoch regarding Amazon’s ebook business model. [...]
Ereaders are Hot Gift Items This Year
abcnews TechBytes reports that three million of eReaders have been sold this year alone. There is a video report as well with the news that you can watch on the site. The report mentions about kindle, sony reader, and nook which is yet to reach in the hands of eBook lovers.It reports:
Convenience doesn’t come cheap. [...]
No More Nooks Before Holiday, But You can Receive a Special Certificate If You Order Now
Yes, that’s true. The high demand for nook has caused B&N to fix the shipping dates of the orders based on order dates. If you order now you wouldn’t get it until the first week of the new year. That means you miss the nook if it’s in your holiday season shopping list. The last [...]
Finally, B&N Will Allow Gift Cards For eBook Purchases on Nook and Other Devices From mid-December
Here is the worddss from B&N’s Unbound: eReading Blog:
More good news on the eBook front: We’ll soon accept Barnes & Noble gift cards as payment in our eBook store.
This change — effective in mid-December — will allow customers to use physical gift cards and online gift certificates to purchase eBooks through our site, through nook, [...]
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