Amazon has been including free Kindle books in its Kindle bestseller list for quite some time. We never understood the point behind including free e-books on a list that was supposed to be about “sold” e-books. Besides, it is not fair to put paid and free e-books on the same list as free products can [...]

The e-book industry has gotten a whole lot more interesting with Apple and Google entering the market. Who would have thought just a few years ago that e-readers could become so popular? The e-reader market still has some room to grow. Kindle, Nook, and iPad are all powerful devices, but we will have to wait [...]

If you are sick and tired of e-book readers, you are going to have to get used to the idea of seeing e-readers every place you go. Not only more people are adopting e-book readers and going digital for their reading needs, e-reader companies are bringing their devices to popular stores such as BestBuy and [...]

Amazon Kindle is one fun gadget to play with if you are an e-book junkie and do not want to carry books with you for travel. But it is not a perfect device. So many Kindle owners have had issues with their devices. Many have had to deal with broken Kindle screens. Others have had [...]

Amazon has been quite secretive about its sales numbers since the very start of the Kindle project. They can’t keep those numbers under a wrap forever. According to DisplaySearch, shipments of e-paper increased by 417% in 2009 (from previous year) and Kindle seems to be one of the big reasons behind it. After all, Amazon [...]

Apple is great at hyping up its devices. Sometimes the hype is justified and sometimes it is not. It seems Apple has done more than enough with the iPad to make its hype justified. The device has already received rave reviews from multiple sources. USA Today has already declared the first generation iPad a winner, [...]

If you have been having second thoughts about the iPad and have been waiting till now to make your mind, you may have to wait a few more days to get your hands on an iPad. The demand for Apple iPad has been so high that even Apple has failed to keep up with it [...]

The media has been so obsessed with Apple iPad and HP Slate that some exciting e-readers have managed to stay under the radar. While Apple iPad and HP Slate have today’s top e-readers beat in the features department, devices such as Kobo eReader are putting pressure on Amazon and other e-reader manufacturers to lower their [...]

The iPad is not even out yet, but many e-reader makers are feeling uneasy about the iPad effect already. We all know that Apple does not make the very best gadgets in each market that it enters in. The iPhone is not the best phone on the market if you just look at its features. [...]

It’s official. Amazon is bringing Kindle to a device near you. Whether you own a Mac, an iPhone, or an iPad, Amazon aims to give you access to your Kindle books on them. Considering the buzz that Apple iPad and HP Slate have generated in the past few months, it was only a matter of [...]

It’s official. Amazon is bringing its popular Kindle app to iPad. There were talks about the company avoiding the platform or Apple putting some restrictions on the app. Apple and Amazon seem to have decided to play ball. With the iPad coming out soon, app companies are in a rat race to get their apps [...]

We knew Amazon was working on Kindle for Mac a while ago. The wait is finally over and the company has announced its Kindle software for Mac platform. Kindle of PC and Kindle for Blackberry have given us a taste of what Kindle software is all about. Kindle for Mac provides you with similar features [...]

So how do you beat Apple iPad and your other competitors in their own game? Apparently, the answer for Amazon seems to be a new browser at this point. Amazon is still milking Kindle 2 for as long as it can, but most experts acknowledge that third generation Kindle’s release date  is not too far [...]

Every Kindle fan has been wondering how Amazon is going to respond to Apple iPad. The iPad is not an e-book reader and does not take advantage of E-Ink screen technology. But the device has the marketing power of Apple behind it. The fact that there will be thousands of apps available for the device [...]

Amazon has made a practice of cutting Kindle prices to generate more interest in the device. No matter how much discount consumers get from Amazon, many still complain about Kindle being too expensive. That’s going to be a harder case to argue if Amazon does manage to lower Kindle’s price to $150. Freescale Semiconductor, whose [...]