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Peeved at Amazon, Target Yanks Kindle

Rob Quinn — Thu, 03 May 2012 07:12:34 CDT

In a sign of rising tension between online stores and their bricks-and-mortar counterparts, Target says it is going to stop selling Amazon's Kindle products. The company, one of the biggest offline sellers of Amazon's e-readers and tablets, has become fed up with shoppers using its stores as a showroom for...

Amazon Soars as Kindle Fire Grabs Market Share

Rob Quinn — Fri, 27 Apr 2012 02:31:45 CDT

Selling Kindle Fires turns out to have been a very profitable way for Amazon to lose money. The no-frills tablet computer—which sells for slightly less than it costs to make —has now captured more than half of the Android tablet market, with rival tablets from Samsung and Motorola a...

Amazon Now Moves to Slash E-Book Prices

Rob Quinn — Thu, 12 Apr 2012 05:32:56 CDT

Just after the Department of Justice launched its antitrust lawsuit against Apple and five major publishers , Amazon announced plans to slash e-book prices. But while the move is expected to cut the prices of major titles from $14.99 to $9.99 or less, analysts believe the benefit to consumers...

8 Famous Books Still Only on Paper

Dustin Lushing — Sat, 10 Mar 2012 09:50:45 CST

The e-book market has spiked from 0.6% in 2008 to 6.4% in 2010, or $878 million in sales, yet you still won't be able to find certain hugely popular books in the new format. The Street rounded up a list of eight classics that can be found only...

Amazon Yanks 5K E-Books in Contract Dispute

Rob Quinn — Thu, 23 Feb 2012 03:30:54 CST

Amazon is playing hardball with a book distributor that refused to give it a bigger share of the pie. The company's Kindle store yanked some 5,000 e-books after Independent Publishers Group, which represents hundreds of independent publishers, refused the online giant's demands. "They decided they didn't like the terms...

Kindle Users Borrow 300K eBooks Monthly

Matt Cantor — Thu, 12 Jan 2012 14:52:53 CST

Amazon is seeing big results from a new ebook-lending program. Its new KDP Select program, which allows independent writers and publishers to cash in on borrowed books, saw 300,000 borrowed titles last month. The program, allotted $500,000 last month, provided authors with $1.70 per borrow, with the...

Guess How Many Kindles We're Buying a Week?

Kate Schwartz — Sun, 18 Dec 2011 08:50:05 CST

Looks like there are going to be plenty of Kindles under the Christmas tree. Amazon says it has sold more than 1 million Kindle devices each week for the past three weeks. It's the first time the company has given specific sales numbers for the e-reader, notes the Christian Science...

E-Books Now Pricier Than Real Books

Kevin Spak — Thu, 15 Dec 2011 08:57:40 CST

If you're hoping Santa drops a Kindle or Nook under your tree, be forewarned: e-book bestsellers don't cost $9.99 anymore. These days, electronic tomes can cost as much or more than their print counterparts, the Wall Street Journal reports, thanks to a move from the six top publishers to...

E-gads! Airport Scanners Harming Kindles, Say Users

Mary Papenfuss — Mon, 21 Nov 2011 05:32:00 CST

Bad news for voracious readers. Some traveling e-bookworms are complaining that airport security scanners have harmed their Kindles, reports the Telegraph . Users of the affected Kindles say that the scanners seem to affect the electronic ink display on the e-readers, devices which are particular favorites of fliers. At least one...