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Bye-bye, Kindle. Hello, Apple Books on iPad mini!
Apple Books vs. Kindle: What’s the best way to read e-books and listen to audiobooks? Is the Kindle was still the best place to purchase books?
Better than the printed page: Reading on an iPad
Apple’s Web site makes the iPad sound like a gift of God for graphics, but the company hardly mentions…
Apple to challenge Amazon with all-new ‘Books’ app
Apple Inc. is ready to take on Amazon.com Inc. in the digital book market again…
Waterstones takes Amazon’s Kindle off shelves, blames ‘pitiful’ sales
Waterstones is taking Amazon’s Kindle off its shelves as sales continue to be pitiful…
‘Deeply disappointed’ Amazon fights FTC over in-app purchases made by children
Amazon.com Inc is fighting U.S. regulators’ demands…
Apple iPhones could become most popular e-reader
Up to 50% of iPhone users read e-books on tiny screens, according to new research…
Amazon ups Prime membership fee to $99 per year
Amazon’s Prime service, which offers free streaming video and book borrowing to Apple iOS devices…
Amazon misses, slips back into the red with $7 million Q2 loss
Amazon.com, the world’s largest e-retailer that often straddles…
Amazon buys Liquavista from Samsung, launches ‘Amazon Coins’ digital currency
Amazon.com Inc said on Monday it had acquired Liquavista NV from Samsung…
Apple’s iOS continues to dominate with nearly 60% Web usage share vs. Android’s 26%
Apple’s iOS continued to dominate with nearly 60% Web usage share versus Android’s 26% share…
Is Google’s Android on the ropes?
Android has some 70% unit share of the mobile handset market…
Apple’s iPad dominates tablets with 81% Web usage share; Amazon Kindle Fire distant 2nd with 7.7%
The share of North American tablet traffic coming from users…
Amazon to introduce ‘Amazon Coins’ virtual currency for purchases on Kindle
Amazon.com Inc., the world’s largest online retailer, plans to introduce virtual currency…
IDC: Apple dominates worldwide tablet market with 43.6% unit share
Worldwide tablet shipments outpaced predictions reaching a record total of 52.5 million units…
Apple’s market dominating iPad is killing e-readers
After spectacular growth in the last few years, the ebook reader market…
Apple iPad crushing Amazon Kindle in early holiday purchases made via tablet?
Kindles accounted for only 2.4% of purchases made via tablet…
Amazon claims biggest Kindle sales day ever, refuses to disclose actual unit sales data
In a press release issued on Tuesday, Amazon boasted that Cyber Monday 2012…
Study: iPads improve speed and ease of reading for people with moderate vision loss
People who have eye diseases that damage their central vision can regain the ability…
Amazon said in talks to buy Texas Instruments mobile chip arm
Amazon.Com Inc is in advanced talks to buy the supplier of chips for its Kindle…
Amazon inks deal to purchase streaming movies from cable network Epix
Amazon.com Inc’s deal to purchase streaming movies from cable network Epix…
Like Target before them, Walmart stops selling all Amazon Kindles
Wal-Mart Stores Inc will no longer sell Amazon.com Inc’s Kindle products…
Amazon will let Kindle Fire HD users pay to opt out of ads
Amazon.com, in an apparent switch in its pricing policy, said over the weekend…
Amazon confirms all new Kindle Fire models stuck with ads, no opt-out allowed
All of the new Kindle Fire tablets include ad…
Amazon’s Kindle Fire HD: Ads on the lock screen, incompatible with all other Android phone and tablet apps and content
There’s no doubt that Amazon’s original Kindle Fire tablet…
Amazon takes aim at Apple iPad with larger 8.9-inch Kindle Fire HD
Amazon.com Inc unveiled a larger, high-speed Kindle Fire tablet on Thursday for $499…
Amazon developing ad-supported Kindle tablet, sources say
Amazon.com Inc. is planning an advertising-supported tablet computer…
State Department cancels $16.5 million Amazon Kindle Touch contract
The U.S Department of State has withdrawn plans to place a $16.5 million order…
Barnes & Noble reports weak sales, hurt by disappointing Nook sales
Barnes & Noble Inc reported lower-than-expected quarterly revenue…
Apple maintains top mobile PC share in Q112 on 162% iPad growth YOY
Apple shipped nearly 17.2 million mobile PCs in Q1’12, accounting for 118% Y/Y shipment growth…
Hearst exec: Apple’s iPad leads digital magazine sales; users don’t want interactive content
Hearst, the publishing conglomerate that includes several of the world’s largest magazine brands…
Target to stop selling Amazon’s Kindle, outfit stores with special Apple iPad displays
Target Corp said on Wednesday that it will stop selling Amazon.com Inc’s Kindle devices…
RUMOR: Foxconn lands Amazon orders for 10-inch Kindle Fire due in Q212
Foxconn Electronics (Hon Hai Precision Industry) has obtained ODM orders…
Amazon shares drop as revenues disappoint
You’ve got to be like Apple — smash through the numbers people are afraid even to whisper…
Amazon Q411 net income plummets 58%; says Kindle device sales nearly tripled during holiday quarter
Amazon (AMZN) today announced financial results for its fourth quarter ended December 31, 2011…
Pew Research: Tablet and eBook reader ownership nearly doubled over Christmas
The share of adults in the United States who own tablet computers nearly doubled…
Amazon Kindles ‘go unused’ after Christmas
More than a fifth of those who received a Kindle said they have not used it…
Barnes & Noble discounts Nook tablets and e-readers with magazine, newspaper subscription
Barnes & Noble is ramping up its competitive duel with Amazon.com…
Amazon claims over 4 million Kindles sold in December
Amazon celebrated another milestone for its hardware Thursday by claiming…
Amazon touts Kindle e-reader sales with few details
Amazon provided some rare numerical data about its Kindle and Kindle Fire sales…
An estimate of Kindle Fire returns based on one-star reviews posted by disappointed customers
Unlike Apple, which reports unit sales to the SEC every three months, Amazon has never told investors how many Kindles…
Hearst Magazines prez: Apple’s iPad ‘a pretty efficient distribution for us to be honest’
Hearst Magazines expects to reach one million digital subscriptions by the end of next year…