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Amazon launches iPad-optimized Kindle store

by Steven Sande (Jan 10th, 2012)

You may remember the good old days when you could use Amazon's Kindle e-reader app for iOS to pop right into the online Kindle store to purchase ebooks. That feature went away in July of 2011 in order to comply with Apple's policies. Amazon today launched an iPad-optimized Kindle Store website ...

Daily Update for December 21, 2011

by Steven Sande (Dec 21st, 2011)

It's the TUAW Daily Update, your source for Apple news in a convenient audio format. You'll get all the top Apple stories of the day in three to five minutes for a quick review of what's happening in the Apple world. You can listen to today's Apple stories by clicking the inline player ...

Kindle for iOS updated gives iPad users access to Kindle Fire's magazine collection

by Dave Caolo (Dec 21st, 2011)

The Kindle app for iPhone and iPad (free, universal) has been updated to version 2.9, giving iPad users access to the Kindle Fire's collection of more than 400 magazines and newspapers. You can buy individual issues or subscriptions, which will be delivered to the device when available. Note that ...

Amazon introduces $6 million Select program for exclusive Kindle authors

by Erica Sadun (Dec 9th, 2011)

Yesterday, Amazon introduced Kindle Direct Publishing Select (KDP), featuring a multi-million dollar seed fund. KDP Select allows authors to earn royalties by lending out their books through Amazon's Prime Kindle Owners Lending Library. Authors who choose to participate will share in a ...

Kindle Fire vs iPad: How to decide

by Erica Sadun (Nov 23rd, 2011)

If there's any real comparison to be made between Apples and orange, it's the iPad and Kindle Fire use cases. After having spent a couple of weeks with Kindle, there's much to be said for the device. I'm quite fond of mine, frankly. But to paraphrase the late Sen. Bentsen, I know iPad, I served ...

Walter Isaacson's Steve Jobs bio among Amazon's best books of 2011

by Kelly Hodgkins (Nov 8th, 2011)

It's only been out less than a month and Walter Isaacson's biography of Steve Jobs has already made its way onto Amazon's Best Books of 2011 list. The biography is number eight in the Top 10 Editor's picks for 2011 and is number one in the best Biographies & Memoirs of 2011 category, both for ...

Amazon introduces free lending library for Prime members

by Erica Sadun (Nov 3rd, 2011)

If you own a Kindle -- the hardware device, not the software app that runs on your iPhone or iPad, and you're an Amazon Prime member, you can now borrow thousands of books to read on your device. The equation goes like this: Kindle + Prime = about 5000 titles include a hundred or so current and ...

Steve Jobs biography released early for Kindle, iBookstore (updated)

by Chris Rawson (Oct 23rd, 2011)

Walter Isaacson's biography of Steve Jobs has been released a couple hours early on the Kindle Store, and its release in the US iBookstore is expected at midnight. The US iBookstore is still showing the book as available for pre-order as of this writing, but it should be available for download ...

Buried among new Kindles, Amazon introduces its own Newsstand

by Megan Lavey-Heaton (Sep 28th, 2011)

There's no question that Amazon has Apple in its crosshairs with the introduction of the US$199 Kindle Fire. However, buried in the description of the also-announced Kindle Touch, $99 with ads or $139 without, is a new feature for the device -- a rebranding of its newspaper and magazine ...

Fortune publishes 'All About Steve' ebook featuring Jobs

by Chris Rawson (Sep 27th, 2011)

If you can't wait another two months for Walter Isaacson's official Steve Jobs biography, Fortune has you covered with All About Steve, a collection of 17 stories drawn from Fortune's articles. Available as a Kindle ebook at a list price of US$10.99, the collection features stories that "are the ...

You're the Pundit: Is Amazon's tablet a contender?

by Erica Sadun (Sep 23rd, 2011)

When it comes to forecasting the next big thing, we turn to our secret weapon: the TUAW braintrust. We put the question to you and let you have your go at it. Today's topic is the Amazon tablet. Powered by Android, with a 7-inch screen, the Kindle tablet will have a capacitive multitouch screen ...

TechCrunch reveals the Amazon Kindle Tablet

by Chris Rawson (Sep 2nd, 2011)

TechCrunch's MG Siegler got an exclusive look at Amazon's Kindle Tablet, and by the sounds of things, the iPad may finally have its first credible competitor. The first thing Amazon got right was the price: US$250 for a device with a 7-inch, full-color display. Other manufacturers have priced ...

Kindle Cloud Reader quick look

by Steven Sande (Aug 15th, 2011)

For many Mac and iPad users, Amazon's Kindle Reader app (free) was the way to browse, purchase, and read electronic books. Then Apple had a change of heart about in-app purchases, basically demanding the standard App Store 30% take for any ebooks bought from within the Kindle Reader app. Amazon ...

Amazon releases Kindle cloud reader web app, sidesteps App Store rules

by Kelly Hodgkins (Aug 10th, 2011)

Amazon has launched a new cloud-based version of its Kindle book reading application. The new Kindle Cloud reader is accessible to the iPad with iOS 4, Google Chrome and Safari on the Mac/PC. The new web-based app circumvents Apple's policy change that prevents publishers from linking to their ...

Kobo, Wall Street Journal, Amazon to stop directly selling through iOS devices

by Mel Martin (Jul 25th, 2011)

Apple is clearly enforcing its stated rules about not selling content through iOS devices unless Apple gets a cut in revenue. The latest companies to comply are e-book sellers Amazon and Kobo, and newspaper publisher The Wall Street Journal. The Journal is reporting this morning that it will ...