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Amazon Kindle: Win a Kindle from Concentrated Technology

What's a Kindle? That was my response when I received an email from my co-author J. Peter Bruzzese. However, upon reading about the device offered by Amazon for $359, I was intrigued. Kindle is a wireless reading device with a high-resolution screen. What is amazing is at first glance it seems to be an LCD or back-lit screen. Neither is the case, Kindle actually uses tiny bubbles that are filled with black and "off" white ink. The bubbles are electronically charged and can be turned and displayed on either side of the screen on command. This creates a flat, crisp display that reflects light. Once the display is set to the desired position the tiny bubbles stay put. This means that the display is actually not using any power while you are reading a page.

Amazon cuts Kindle book reader price by $40

on Tuesday cut the price of its Kindle electronic book reader to $359 from its original price of $399. On its Website, Amazon said the Kindle was in stock and could be ordered with free, two-day shipping. Amazon launched the Kindle last November and quickly sold out of the device, but the company was said to be hampered with supply chain and other manufacturing problems, and until recently had difficulty keeping the Kindle in stock. Amazon shares rose $2.27, or almost 3% Tuesday, to close at $80.62. End of Story

Simon & Schuster, Inc. to Make 5,000 Additional Books Available for Amazon Kindle

SEATTLE & NEW YORK CITY --(Business Wire)-- Amazon.com (NASDAQ: AMZN) and Simon & Schuster, Inc. today announced that Simon & Schuster will make 5,000 additional titles available for Amazon Kindle in 2008. When added to books already available on Kindle, including thousands of new releases and bestsellers, these Simon Schuster titles represent the vast majority of sales from the publisher's catalog. Committed to delivering content to readers in digital formats, Simon & Schuster's latest eBook initiative will more than double the number of Simon & Schuster titles available on Kindle today. Kindle customers will be able to discover, buy and read popular books such as Stephen R. Covey's "The 7 Habits of Highly Effective People."

Amazon Kindle Gets 5,000 New Titles

Simon & Schuster's deal with Amazon to more than double the number of Simon & Schuster titles for the Kindle e-book reader shows that mainstream publishers are taking the e-book market seriously. Amazon CEO Jeff Bezo said Kindle customers' total Amazon.com purchases increase by 2.6 times after they buy a Kindle e-book reader.

Amazon Kindle Gets 5,000 New Titles

Simon & Schuster's deal with Amazon to more than double the number of Simon & Schuster titles for the Kindle e-book reader shows that mainstream publishers are taking the e-book market seriously. Amazon CEO Jeff Bezo said Kindle customers' total Amazon.com purchases increase by 2.6 times after they buy a Kindle e-book reader.

Search on the word "Kindle" on Yahoo! or Google and you''ll get somewhere in the neig...

Search on the word "Kindle" on Yahoo! or Google and you''ll get somewhere in the neighborhood of 20-30 million Web pages showing that word. Must be pretty important, right? How many instances of the word "Kindle" do you think appear in Amazon''s most recent 10-K filing with the S.E.C.? Just for fun, I checked. It appears once. That''s right. The revolutionary, world-changing, print-slaying e-book reader that is supposedly taking the world of media by storm warrants a single mention in Amazon''s most important financial reporting document in its life as a public company: "We also design, manufacture, market and sell a wireless e-reading device, the Amazon Kindle." If even a little bit of the hype behind this thing were to be believed, wouldn''t it be worth describing in some detail to all of the investors, creditors, analysts and others wh

@ D6: Jeff Bezos: Kindle Contributes 6 Percent Of Title Sales

Walt Mossberg and Jeff Bezos are talking Kindle. No details on actual unit sales or downloads but Bezos does toss a news bone—the Kindle is now responsible for 6 percent of the sales of the titles sold by Amazon (NSDQ: AMZN) on Kindle and in print, That’s roughly 125,000 titles, which sounds like a lot (and is more than any other e-book).

Publisher To Offer 5,000 New Titles for Amazon's Kindle

Simon & Schuster's deal with Amazon to more than double the number of Simon & Schuster titles for the Kindle e-book reader shows that mainstream publishers are taking the e-book market seriously. Amazon CEO Jeff Bezo said Kindle customers' total Amazon.com purchases increase by 2.6 times after they buy a Kindle e-book reader.

Amazon's Kindle Numbers: All Fluff, Zero Substance

If many of you are wondering what a Kindle is, don't worry. You're not alone. Kindle is a wireless reading device that was developed by Amazon.com (AMZN). You can read books, newspapers and magazines on the device just as you would read them on paper. Amazon released these devices last November amidst a lot of hype.

Amazon's Kindle a huge flop?

"After six months of nothing happening on the Kindle front, Amazon CEO Jeff Bezos issued a press release calling the Kindle a 'huge success' and a 'revolutionary' device. Now, we're not new to such hype, but the clincher here is he had no numbers, no sales figures and no revenue amounts to support his claim," Prashanth Cherukuri writes for Seeking Alpha.

Reading into Kindle, Sony Reader numbers

Are electronic readers really getting that big? An Oxford University Press executive crunched some numbers, and he says combined sales of Amazon.com’s Kindle and Sony’s Reader Digital Book (what a name) will reach 1 million by the end of the year. He came to that conclusion by looking at sales numbers of electronic books as well as the e-ink screens that both readers use. And, he points out, some “good old-fashioned guess-timation.� And hey, what about reading books on cell phones? Also, Medialoper has an excellent post about reading, e-reading and why physical books made out of paper that you can actually pick up and read just about anywhere — can you imagine getting your nearly $400 Kindle wet at the beach? — “won’t be leaving this earthly plane anytime soon.

Amazon.com Says Kindle Is Back

Late last month Amazon.com apologized for delays in Kindle delivery. Their apology said they would in a few weeks be able to offer an "order today, ship today" service on the Kindle. Whether or not they've actually reached that point, Amazon.com has posted a note on their front page today saying Kindles are back in stock.

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.

More Titles Available For Amazons Kindle Despite Fears By Other Publishers

The book publishing industry is not sure what to make of the Amazon (NSDQ: AMZN) Kindle wireless reader. The device’s creator, Amazon.com CEO Jeff Bezos, addressed the industry in front of a packed crowd on Friday at the BookExpo Convention in Los Angeles, and talked about about the device, which accounts for 6 percent of his company’s book sales that are available in both paper and electronic. But two camps appear to be forming an opinion on whether the device is an opportunity or threat. Publishers are concerned about Amazon’s growing dominance as a bookseller, reports The NYTimes, because they fear Amazon will put pressure on publishers to cut prices of book titles since electronic versions sold for the Kindle are at way lower price points.

Amazon outage knocks out store, Kindle [U]...

(Update: service back late in the afternoon) Amazon has been suffering an ongoing shortage that has both affected its main business as well as hurt its Kindle e-book reader, according to user reports. The outage began earlier this afternoon and has left Amazon's main page nearly, blank, with only a "service unavailable" message at the front. Kindle users in turn note an inability to access the company's site for downloading e-books.

Simon & Schuster, Inc. to Make 5,000 Additional Books Available for Amazon Kindle

SEATTLE & NEW YORK CITY - (Business Wire) Amazon.com (NASDAQ: AMZN) and Simon & Schuster, Inc. today announced that Simon & Schuster will make 5,000 additional titles available for Amazon Kindle in 2008. When added to books already available on Kindle, including thousands of new releases and bestsellers, these Simon Schuster titles represent the vast majority of sales from the publisher

Kindle User Defends E-Book Reader, Makes Suggestions To Amazon

Two months ago, I got a Kindle. It's a fascinating device, unlike almost any other launched by a significant tech company. Here's why:

Amazon discounts Kindle e-book reader down to $359

The Amazon Kindle e-book reader on Tuesday received a 10 percent price reduction along with free two-day shipping from the online store. The hot-selling device, launched in 2007, has suffered a supply shortage back in March due to demand overwhelming the screen supplier's production capability. While Amazon has not released numbers, it is estimated more than 50,000 Kindles have been shipped in the first quarter of the year.

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