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NewsPew: U.S. tablet and eBook reader ownership jumps
Recent data released by the Pew Internet and American Life Project found that eBook reader and tablet ownership increased dramatically over the holidays driven by cheaper offerings from Amazon and Read more...
Amazon says it sells millions of Kindles
Amazon came out with its annual post-holiday sales press release last week, and as you might imagine, it's all great news for them. For starters, Amazon stated it was the best holiday ever for the Read more...
Amazon introduces eBook lending library
Last week Amazon announced it was launching an eBook lending program for its Amazon Prime subscribers. The program is called the Kindle Owner's Lending Library. Under the program, subscribers who own Read more...
Amazon news: Public library integration for Kindle and eBook rental rumor
Amazon announced last week it was launching a program with 11,000 public libraries where Kindle owners can borrow electronic books--just as they can physical books--to read on the Kindle. In Read more...
Pew study finds eBook reader sales double in six months
A Pew Internet & American Life study has found that eBook reader ownership in the United States has doubled between November 2010 and May 2011 from 6 to 12 percent--a number I find astonishing, Read more...
Kindle introduces lending
Last week Kindle quietly introduced eBook lending on the Amazon website. It's up to the publisher whether to allow lending, and the maximum lending period is 14 days. You can share the book Read more...
Leatherbound offers eBook price comparison services
Leatherbound is a website that provides a central place for comparing eBook prices across three major eBook sellers: Amazon, Apple (NASDAQ: AAPL) and Nook. This enables you to find the cheapest one. Read more...
eBooks should be cheaper than paper ones
Dan Gillmor had an interesting post on Salon recently where he explained the crazy world of eBook prices. Seems that because of a bizarre negotiations last year between publishers and Amazon, we now Read more...
"Eek! Print is Dead!"
When Amazon announced earlier this week that it had sold more ebooks for the Kindle than it had hardbacks, some media sources took a sky-is falling approach. "Electronic books appear to have reached Read more...
New Sitecore release to leverage the cloud
Sitecore announced this week that the next version of its content management system, CMS 6.3, will support the cloud. It also said it will partner with three major cloud providers: Amazon, Rackspace Read more...
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