Kindle

News broke this morning that Amazon (NASDAQ: AMZN) might be bringing its popular Kindle Fire to China, the world's largest country. When Amazon reported earnings earlier this week, investors punished shares, sending them down sharply. As gross margins fell, earnings fell short of expectations, and...

Just pay the difference and you're good to go. The Digital Reader and TechCrunch have discovered an interesting tidbit today: Amazon (NASDAQ: AMZN) now allows consumers who buy the latest Kindle devices with “Special Offers” to later remove those offers by paying $30. The process sounds rather...

Will the Kindle Fire be the first tablet since the HP TouchPad to take a loss on every unit sold? Piper Jaffray analyst Gene Munster seems to think so, telling AllThingsD that Amazon is “likely losing about $50 per Kindle Fire.” He says this without providing any data to support this assumption....

Please note - that title is facetious, I just wanted to get on the bandwagon for hyperbole that comes out with the "(insert object here) killer".  (olease no hate mail from Apple fanboys)  :)  That said the price point for the new Amazon Kindle Fire is great and the product is immediately...

The new Kindle e-readers will be surefire hits. But what about the Kindle Fire? At a press event unlike any in the history of the company, Amazon (NASDAQ: AMZN) took the wraps off its long-awaited tablet, confirmed the low price of $199, announced a November 15 ship date, and promoted a host of...

The much-speculated Google (NASDAQ: GOOG) Android-based Amazon (NASDAQ: AMZN) tablet computer could be here soon, if supply chain leaks from Taiwan are any indication. According to the Digitimes online magazine, sources say Amazon recently settled its supply chain to produce 7- and 10-inch tablets...

I can recall fond memories of Christmas past unwrapping the latest CD by Coldplay or the Dave Matthews Band. And I can remember that great feeling I would get while opening a brand-new, pristine book and leafing through the pages on a snowy Christmas morning in front of a lit tree. But with the...

Once upon a time, when consumers paid for entertainment, they only paid once. Believe it or not, we could actually go to the movies, hand over the admission fee, and enjoy a couple hours of commercial-free entertainment. Crazy concept, wouldn't you say? Advertisers would. They jump at the chance...

Amazon.com (NASDAQ: AMZN) is introducing a new Kindle e-reader that carries advertisements on the bottom of the device's screen. Amazon is set to announce Tuesday that the new Kindle with Special Offers will cost $114. The price is $25 less than the currently lowest-priced Kindle, but its the...

This afternoon on CNBC, Cramer said that you can't own Netflix (NASDAQ: NFLX) or Amazon.com (NASDAQ: AMZN) now. Everyone “wants to write a negative article about Netflix or Amazon,” he said. “Don't stand in front of the freight train hitting high-multiple stocks.” When asked if the Kindle (which is...

Amazon.com (NASDAQ: AMZN) today introduced the beta version of “Kindle for the Web,” making it even easier for customers to discover new books and authors by sampling Kindle books directly through web browsers with no installation or downloading required. More information about Kindle for the Web...

Amazon.com, Inc. (NASDAQ: AMZN) today announced that Kindle for Android, the free application that lets users read Kindle books on their Android-powered devices, now includes a number of new features. With the newest update, Kindle for Android now enables customers to search the full text of Kindle...

Amazon's (NASDAQ: AMZN) announcement last week that their new-generation Kindle had more orders in the first month than their previous Kindle launches is not particularly surprising, given trends in the book publishing industry overall. E-books are proving to be both a blessing and a curse for the...