Amazon Debuts Kindle For PC Software

Kindle e-books are now available from 11,000 libraries across the US, Amazon has announced. The online bookseller announced the creation of its Kindle Library Lending scheme back in April. Members of participating libraries will...

Amazon has announced that it is planning to introduce a new feature to its Kindle e-book reader, set to allow users to lend their e-books to friends. According to Amazon, users will be able to lend an ebook for a loan period of...

On-line book seller Amazon has surprised critics of its Kindle reader by announcing that sales of e-books outnumbered those of their hardback counterparts in the last quarter. The company announced yesterday that it had sold...

As the emerging market for e-readers is seeing new additions everyday, Amazon Kindle 2 is fighting hard to protect its market share from the likes of Barnes & Noble Nook. The e-tailing giant has also claimed in a press...

In a bid to prevent Barnes & Noble's soon to be launched Nook e-book reader from encroaching upon its turf, Amazon has announced that the Kindle e-book reader will be given an upgrade.The upgrade, which will give it a battery...

Online retail bellwether Amazon on Thursday announced that it is planning to unleash an iteration of its hugely popular Kindle e-book application for the PC, and more specifically for Windows 7. Microsoft’s chief executive...

In an apparent bid to outperform the emerging rivals which include the likes of Sony as well as Barnes and Nobles, Amazon is launching an International Edition of its hugely popular Kindle e-book reader device to lure bookworms...

Amazon has revealed that it will actually charge users of the international version of its popular Kindle ebook reader "significantly" more than originally thought compared to what their US customers pay for electronic books.An...

So the Kindle is finally coming to the UK and the rest of the world on the 19th of October according to a statement issued this morning by Amazon, the world's largest online retailer. The Wireless international version is...

The world's largest online retailer, Amazon, will fork out $150,000 to settle a lawsuit that originated from the decision to delete Orwell's 1984 from its Kindle ebook reader back in July because, erm, it didn't have the rights...

Online retailing giant Amazon has extended its apologies for deleting copies of George Orwell novels from its Kindle users’ libraries, and agreed to compensate by either redelivering the copies, or offering a gift cheque of...

In a move that has enraged many Kindle users, Amazon has remotely deleted copies of George Orwell's Animal Farm and 1984 without their approval or knowledge. There is an obvious and sweet irony in the fact that the world's...

A user of the popular Kindle e-book reader from Amazon.com has taken a legal action against the company, claiming that device’s casing, which was sold individually, cracks the display screen and subsequently makes the...

In a move that could help Amazon to capitalise on its popular Kindle e-book reader, the online retailer is planning to integrate adverts in the e-books for the device, and paperbacks sold via its on-demand book publishing...

It seems that Amazon’s Kindle e-book reader may be up for some serious competition in a near future with the UK based company Interead launching a sophisticated range of e-book readers in attractive colours. The new...