Since the iPad came out, Amazon has been struggling to maintain its marketplace presence when it comes to ereaders. That struggle is reflective in Amazon lowering the price of its Kindle. It’s trying to maintain its domination because Apple, with its awesome iBook app, is cutting into the ereader pie. And when it comes to comparing the Kindle to the new iPad, there is no comparison.

Consumer Reports even admitted that “the Kindle is pretty lame for everything but reading books”. And there’s … [visit site to read more]

Amazon.com has been harassing us for several months to close down our Amazon Kindle News site and our Twitter account (amazonkindleweb). They’ve now stepped up their threats, giving us exactly two weeks to give up this domain name (amazonkindlenews.com) and transfer it (along with any other domain names we own with “amazon” or “kindle” in it) to them. If we don’t close down within two weeks and initiate the transfers then they will “take action” against us, including closing down our associates … [visit site to read more]

Amazon.com is going after Kindle Website owners if it has the name “amazon” or “kindle” in the domain name. Amazon is sending letters to Websites warning them that they are infringing on trademarks and trying to force them to relinquish domain names, cancel Twitter accounts, etc.. AmazonKindleNews.com is on Amazon.com’s target list right now. Our Website doesn’t operate at a profit, but that isn’t stopping Amazon from telling us we must move the site and transfer the domain name to them.

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(Amazon Kindle News) We love spec commercials as it shows off the creativity of people beyond the normal ad agencies hired to create commercials. We have below for you a spec commercial made by Alex de Campi that is quite creative and really captures the essence of what the Kindle is. A spec commercial is a commercial that wasn’t commissioned by a company, but was still created to show off a concept in the creator’s mind. Sometimes a spec commercial can lead to actual paid work and sometimes it … [visit site to read more]

(Amazon Kindle News) The holidays were good to both Amazon.com and its Kindle. According to Amazon.com, the Kindle has become the most gifted item in Amazon’s history. In a surprise, Amazon.com also announced that sales of Kindle books on Christmas day outpaced sales of actual books for the first time ever.

“We are grateful to our customers for making Kindle the most gifted item ever in our history,” said Jeff Bezos, founder and CEO of Amazon.com. “On behalf of Amazon.com employees around … [visit site to read more]

(Amazon Kindle News) Here are your Kindle News Briefs for January 1, 2010

Kindle Blackberry App Coming Soon
Blackberry owners will be pleased to learn that a new app is coming their way that will allow them, with their Blackberry, to download Kindle books, read Kindle books, and synchronize their Kindle and Blackberry so that bookmarked pages, etc. carry over between devices.

Top 12 Kindle Books are All Free
Amazon.com publishes a regularly updated list … [visit site to read more]

(Amazon Kindle News) Here are some Amazon Kindle News briefs for November 5, 2009…

Kindle DX Needs Improving
College students at the University of Washington that were given a free Kindle DX a month ago say the Kindle DX needs some improvements before they can use it on a regular basis to replace textbooks.  According to an article on TechFlash titled “Kindle on Campus: Reality Check” one of the biggest complaints is the inability to write notes on the Kindle DX or … [visit site to read more]

(Amazon Kindle News) The American Booksellers Association has sent a letter to the Department of Justice complaining about heavily discounted prices that Amazon.com, Target, and Walmart put on hardcover books. The group also complained about the selling of Kindle copies of major releases at under $10. We’ve included the full letter below and have highlighted the part about the Amazon Kindle:

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October 22, 2009

The Honorable Christine Varney
Assistant Attorney General
Antitrust … [visit site to read more]

(Amazon Kindle News) Amazon.com has introduced a new application for PC users that allow them to read Kindle books on their PC. Called “Kindle for PC,” the free application allows users to download and read more than 360,000 Kindle books carried by Amazon.com. The application goes beyond just allowing Kindle books to be read on a PC. It also features Whispersync, which will save and synchronize bookmarks and remember the last page … [visit site to read more]

(Amazon Kindle News) Here are the latest Kindle News Briefs, highlighting some current Kindle news.

RIP Hardcovers
Fauzia Burke, a writer for The Huffington Post, recently wrote an article for the publication titled RIP Hardcovers which questioned whether hardcover books will soon be a thing of the past thanks to technology like the Kindle. She says, “As a Kindle user I am noticing more and more that I am no longer buying hardcover books. I recently realized that I may … [visit site to read more]