I know folks were throwing tea parties to protest the bank bailouts in the U.S., but I wasn’t aware that Amazon Kindle owners have been throwing their own tea party to let Amazon know that it should stick with its promise and don’t go over $9.99 with Kindle books. “9.99 boycott” is the tag that [...]

A few weeks ago, we had the Authors Guild challenge Amazon to remove the text-to-speech feature that a lot of us have come to love. Amazon finally buckled and made Text-to-Speech an optional feature, controlled mainly by the publishers. A lot of Kindle fans argued at the time that Read-to-Me in no way replaces an [...]

You may have thought that Amazon was going to have it all easy when it introduced Kindle 2.0. Amazon made some good improvements over the first Kindle and solidified its position as the number one e-book player in the industry. But things are just starting to heat up. Sony is definitely not going to concede [...]

Amazon has been a really interesting company to watch. It is a pioneer in the Internet retail industry, but there have been so many ups and downs in Amazon’s history that make Amazon a great company to study for all students of business. I remember when I read Amazon’s case study in business school. It [...]

Sony’s latest partnership with Google has brought much needed coverage for its PRS 700 e-book reader. Sony PRS 700 is a decent e-book reader. But in comparison to Amazon Kindle 2.0, it falls short in major areas. And it’s not cheap enough to make folks want to buy it over Amazon Kindle. I have been [...]

I have been meaning to write a series on how you can publish your own content on Amazon Kindle. In truth, you don’t have to be a rocket scientist to figure out how to publish your own content on Kindle. Many folks are already doing it, and you can find a lot of junk content [...]

When I launched K.indled a couple of years ago, I was aware of all the services that can be used to syndicate this blog. But I didn’t want to use Feedburner as I didn’t see the need to. But the truth is, K.indled posts show up much better on Feedburner and the service is very [...]

A few months ago, I wrote a post about how Amazon Kindle would level the playing field and allow more people to get their work published and reach a wider set of audience. At the same time, I concluded that we need to take the good with the bad. After all, if you allow everyone [...]

You know what sets top marketers apart from us mere mortals? Their uncanny ability to figure out what makes people tick. They constantly come up with strategies that turn prospects to customers and customers to loyal advocates. One of the best marketing strategies out there is to give a lot of value away and make [...]

From the day Kindle 2.0 was introduced, we have heard how Amazon has grand plans for its Kindle shop. It seems the so-called “Kindle store” won’t be for Amazon Kindle only. Amazon is a book retailer, and I can understand if it targets mobile devices such as the iPhone to sell more books and reach [...]

I know. How do you even define “used” eBooks? eBooks don’t deteriorate as you use them. They don’t age. They don’t disintegrate after you have read them a million times. Your eBook is going to look new while your Kindle ages. So eBooks last longer than paperback books. But you can’t sell them. I have [...]

In the past few days, I have read all kinds of articles about how iPhone 2.0 crushes the Kindle, and how Kindle 2.0 is no better than the first Kindle. I love the iPhone. I think Apple has done a lot of good things to make the iPhone the best gadget in the world. At [...]

Here is how Amazon Kindle 2.0 stacks up against its predecessor. Further review will be posted shortly.

Amazon will most likely introduce the new Kindle this coming  monday. Everyone  I have talk to has been extremely optimistic about this new device. Sure. I have heard some complaints too (like why have an internal battery). But one thing that most people are concerned about is Kindle 2.0′s price. All indications point to the [...]

Amazon has just updated their Kindle splash page to account for the new titles that it has added to the Kindle platform in the past few weeks. The official number of titles available for the Kindle stays on 225,000. Not a huge deal, but one has to wonder about the time we are going to [...]