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Amazon Kindle Ebook Reader Review

Amazon's Kindle ebook reader redefines the category of products it belongs to, opening up a more obscure field of portable electronics to mainstream consumers. The ability to hold hundreds of books, access an online Amazon bookstore through a cellular network so you can purchase and download well known, bestseller ebooks directly and let you subscribe to newspapers, magazines and blogs makes this an extremely rich offering for hours of entertainment. For more details, check out my Amazon Kindle Ebook Reader review.

Review of the Amazon Kindle e-book reader.

Over the years, there have been other electronic book readers, but none has been highly successful. The Kindle is the first device of this type developed by Amazon.com, a company whose primary focus is on books. Can a company that understands how to sell books deliver a technologically superior and universally-accepted e-book reader? We took a good look at the Kindle to find out.

Citigroup Analyst Switches Gears, Hypes Amazon's Kindle As 'iPod Of The Book World'

Citigroup’s Mark Mahaney has upped his original estimate of Amazon (NSDQ: AMZN) Kindle sales, forecasting 380,000 units sold in 2008. That’s double the 190,000 he forecast earlier for Kindle’s debut year. Now, via Reuters, Mahaney is telling clients the electronic book could be one of the hottest gifts of the holiday season—along with the iPhone—and compares it to the first year of iPod sales: “Turns out the Kindle is becoming the iPod of the book world.� He’s also upped his revenue estimate for Kindle and related items to $1 billion by 2010, up from $400-750 million. This no doubt will drive the fashionably dismissive bunch nut. Ditto for the “how-dare-you� set when it comes to comparing the clunky Kindle to the oh-so-sleek iPhone.

Despite flaws, Kindle a $100m success for Amazon

Amazon's Kindle has enjoyed apparently robust popularity since it debuted last fall; the first run of the eBook reader sold out, even at the initial $399 price point, and Amazon had only limited inventory for some time. The company later cut the unit's price to a marginally more acceptable $359, a move that must have spurred some additional sales. But how many units was Amazon actually moving? Newly-reported data suggests that Kindle sales over the past nine months may have exceeded Amazon's expectations, and made the company a killing in the process.

Amazon's Kindle Has Small Market

Jeff Bezos, Amazon's founder and chief executive, said for the first time that the Kindle is having an impact on book sales. "Of the 125,000 books available both as a physical book and on Kindle, Kindle books already account for over 6 percent of units sold," Bezos said in a statement coinciding with a recent book publishing trade show in Los Angeles.

Amazon's Kindle Has Small Market

Jeff Bezos, Amazon's founder and chief executive, said for the first time that the Kindle is having an impact on book sales. "Of the 125,000 books available both as a physical book and on Kindle, Kindle books already account for over 6 percent of units sold," Bezos said in a statement coinciding with a recent book publishing trade show in Los Angeles.

Amazon's Screen Reader Has Kindled a Small Market

Jeff Bezos, Amazon's founder and chief executive, said for the first time that the Kindle is having an impact on book sales. "Of the 125,000 books available both as a physical book and on Kindle, Kindle books already account for over 6 percent of units sold," Bezos said in a statement coinciding with a recent book publishing trade show in Los Angeles.

MovieGoods Premiers 'Checkout By Amazon'

PRNewswire/ -- MovieGoods, Inc. announced today it has launched Checkout by Amazon, a payment and checkout solution from Amazon Payments on its website Moviegoods.com (http://Moviegoods.com). Tens of millions of Amazon customers can now complete purchases on Moviegoods.com using their Amazon.com (http://www.amazon.com) username and password, which means they do not need to re-enter their billing or shipping information. Additionally, MovieGoods customers will feel more confident when they purchase with Checkout by Amazon on Moviegoods.com because they are protected by the same Amazon A-to-z Guarantee that protects shoppers on Amazon.com.

MovieGoods Premiers 'Checkout By Amazon'

LAS VEGAS, Aug. 4 /PRNewswire/ -- MovieGoods, Inc. announced today it has launched Checkout by Amazon, a payment and checkout solution from Amazon Payments on its website Moviegoods.com (http://Moviegoods.com). Tens of millions of Amazon customers can now complete purchases on Moviegoods.com using their Amazon.com (http://www.amazon.com) username and password, which means they do not need to re-enter their billing or shipping information. Additionally, MovieGoods customers will feel more confident when they purchase with Checkout by Amazon on Moviegoods.com because they are protected by the same Amazon A-to-z Guarantee that protects shoppers on Amazon.com.

MovieGoods Premiers 'Checkout By Amazon'

LAS VEGAS, Aug. 4 /PRNewswire/ -- MovieGoods, Inc. announced today it has launched Checkout by Amazon, a payment and checkout solution from Amazon Payments on its website Moviegoods.com (http://Moviegoods.com). Tens of millions of Amazon customers can now complete purchases on Moviegoods.com using their Amazon.com (http://www.amazon.com) username and password, which means they do not need to re-enter their billing or shipping information. Additionally, MovieGoods customers will feel more confident when they purchase with Checkout by Amazon on Moviegoods.com because they are protected by the same Amazon A-to-z Guarantee that protects shoppers on Amazon.com.

Amazon Releases Checkout by Amazon

Amazon announced the release of the ecommerce checkout solution, Checkout by Amazon. This solution provides customers with the same secure and trusted checkout experience available on Amazon.com. It offers features including Amazon's 1-Click and tools for businesses to manage shipping charges, sales tax, promotions, and post-sale activities including refunds, cancellations, and charge-backs. Customers can also use the information from their Amazon.com account and other websites powered by Amazon.com to complete purchases on a website without having to re-enter their shipping address or payment information.

Amazon Preps Kindle 2.0 for October Launch, say Reports

We might be seeing two new versions of Amazon.com's e-reader, the Kindle, just in time for the holiday season. The new devices are reportedly aimed at younger readers, which may mean a lower price point, the current Kindle sell for $359.00. A source has told TechCrunch that Amazon will update its current version of the Kindle with a smaller unit that has the same size screen and improved interface. The source suggested that this newer version is a significant jump in design, and is akin to three or four different generations of Apple's iPod in just one update.

Elizabeth, What about Amazon using book sales as its loss leader? You know, where a ...

IN RESPONSE TO THE BOOKLOCKER / AMAZON ANTITRUST CASE: What self-publishing services like BookLocker need to come to terms with ... is that Amazon is a business and like any business ... must make a profit. Amazon has been accepting an influx of self-published books that don''t offer any profit. Amazon''s BookSurge (for the record) also participates in this influx ... the only difference being that BookSurge makes a profit for Amazon. Many self-publishing services offer an extremely minimal wholesale discount that (after the wholesale distribution source like Ingram takes its cut) leaves the reseller (like Amazon) with little to zero profit margin. Why would any retailer carry stock that they cannot make a profit on? BookLocker is among those self-publishing services that do not provide a reasonable wholesale discount on its books.

Amazon Kindle getting slick refresh in October; larger version 2009

Amazon are prepping two new versions of its Kindle ebook reader device, one which will replace the current model with a sleeker form-factor and the other offering a larger display. According to the rumors, which are reportedly from an Amazon insider, the first model will have the same display size as the original Kindle but slim down the casing and improve the UI.

Kindle could spark $740 million revenue blaze by 2010 for Amazon

Amazon’s Kindle electronic book device could contribute between $400 million and $740 million in revenue, or 1%-2% of overall sales, by 2010, according to estimates in a Citigroup Global Markets Inc. report. Amazon isn’t breaking out specific numbers for Kindle, the company says.

Amazon's Kindle Goes to College

b_kindle.jpg Kindle, Amazon's e-book reader, is reportedly heading to a college near you, as the book vendor is working on a redesign to accommodate academics' needs.

Amazon to launch special edition of Kindle for students

Amazon to launch special edition of Kindle for studentsOnline retailing giant Amazon has stated that they are all set to launch a new edition of their Kindle eBook reader which would be aimed at students.Experts believe that the new edition would feature a larger screen to make it more suitable for electronic versions of text [...]

Sony Opens Up Its E-Book Reader

With the move, Sony is partly letting go of its e-book business model, under which it sold the $300 device and the books that could be read on it. It's also a challenge to Amazon, which last year put out its own e-book reader and tied it to its online store. But Amazon makes it relatively easy to submit books to sell through the store.

Amazon's 'electronic book' Kindle seen as potentially the next iPod

SAN FRANCISCO (MarketWatch) -- Shares of Amazon.com got a strong boost Monday after an analyst for Citigroup doubled his sales projection for the company's new electronic book reading device, known as the Kindle.

Amazon.com Buys AbeBooks

Seattle-based online retailer Amazon.com said this morning that it has reached an agreement to acquire Abebooks, an online marketplace for used and out-of-print books. Financial terms of the deal were not disclosed. Amazon said that Abebooks will continue to function as a stand-alone operation in Victoria, British Columbia. Abebooks lists used, rare, and out-of print books from independent booksellers, and is used by book readers to find difficult-to-locate titles. Amazon said it expects the acquisition to close before the end of the fourth quarter of this year. Amazon also said that it will continue to maintain all of the Abebooks websites, including the firm's Canadian website, which focuses on review of Canadian-authored books and interview with Canadian writers.

Review Addendum: Using Amazon Kindle on Vacation

Although Wilson tested the Kindle in bed, on the toilet, I had the chance to use it on vacation and found myself reading a great deal more than I usually do. Unlike regular books, which cause me to fall asleep pretty readily after less than 50 pages, I'd finish about 300 pages in a stretch, with no eyestrain in dark rooms or in the sun. I suppose it felt a lot more like reading on a computer or handheld. Bezos set out to build something better to read than a book, and by vacationing standards, I think he's easily met that goal on his first try. That's my quirky experience, at least, being the type of person who hates stockpiling physical media of any sort. Of course, I found lots of other things I liked and disliked about specific to using a Kindle on vacation.

" The case stems from Amazon's decision to make print-on-demand publishers use its ...

Elizabeth, What about Amazon using book sales as its loss leader? You know, where a company intentionally loses money on one or a multitude of products to lure in customers to sell others where they do make a profit? Perhaps Amazon should quit discounting books so heavily, if they are losing money--they have a choice, despite their decision not to leave POD publishers any. Why don't they stop discounting altogether if they're losing so much that we should feel sorry for them? And why can't they own up to being a book retailer and accept 40% off list like other bookstores, online or not? Why is it that Amazon's BookSurge, in two years of Amazon ownership, could not compete on a level playing field with the rest of the POD print providers?

Everyone Loves Amazon Elastic Block Store (EBS)

The big news of the week has been Amazon's launch of its Elastic Block Store (EBS) offering. Amazon EBS works alongside Amazon's Elastic Compute Cloud (EC2) service to improve the ability to allocate storage volumes in cloud computing. Reaction across the Web has generally been quite positive, with most feeling that the move further solidifies Amazon's status as a leader in cloud computing. (Anyone remember when Amazon was just an internet book seller?)

Next Amazon Kindle due fall, to echo iPod route?

Amazon's next edition of the Kindle could arrive as early as this fall, says a purported insider. Speaking to CrunchGear, the tipster contradicts Amazon founder Jeff Bezos' claims that there would be no update soon and instead says Amazon will take an approach like that taken by Apple with the iPod mini: the new core model will be smaller but with the same functionality as the earlier version and will ship in multiple colors, with goals being equally to reduce the price as well as to appeal to a younger audience.

Amazon Kindle is 'iPod moment' for ebooks, says analyst

A leading business analyst has predicted that Amazon's bestselling electronic book reader, the Kindle, is going to do for ebooks what Apple's iPod did for music.

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