The Amazon Boxing Day sales went live today, and we were delighted to see the Kindle Paperwhite take another spin in the discount dance. Usually £109.99, this boxing day deal sees it discounted down to just £89.99.
With the basic entry level Kindle, priced at £56.99, the far superior Kindle Paperwhite is just £33 more. This is excellent value considering you get almost double the PPI resolution, making for much clearer text on the screen.
Better yet, this is the cheapest of the Kindle range with a built-in light. The light shines onto the screen from the edge, rather than through it into your face, so it’s much easier on the eye than reading a tablet at night.
Kindling for your reading habits
This excellent Kindle deal is available for both the black and white models of the Paperwhite.
While scouring the net to make sure this is the best offer around, we found some handy alternatives from those price matchers over at John Lewis and Tesco, but only in black.
John Lewis is only 4p cheaper, but you get the tempting two year warranty. Tesco has tried to outdo both by selling the Paperwhite for £89. Act fast as we imagine once Amazon puts the price back up, the others will promptly follow suit. Take your pic below.
What Special Offers mean for Amazon Kindles?
If you’ve clicked through and are wondering what the ‘with or without Special Offers’ means on Amazon’s listing, they’re essentially a screensaver-based ads, that you can pay £10 extra to remove. They disappear instantly though, with no need to wait for them to time-out (unlike those annoying ads on mobile games).
For a more complete description, and to see why we don’t think they’re worth paying extra to remove, have a look at the Best Kindle deals page, where we go into more detail.
The Amazon Boxing Day sales went live today, and we were delighted to see the Kindle Paperwhite take another spin in the discount dance. Usually £109.99, this boxing day deal sees it discounted down to just £89.99.
With the basic entry level Kindle, priced at £56.99, the far superior Kindle Paperwhite is just £33 more. This is excellent value considering you get almost double the PPI resolution, making for much clearer text on the screen.
Better yet, this is the cheapest of the Kindle range with a built-in light. The light shines onto the screen from the edge, rather than through it into your face, so it’s much easier on the eye than reading a tablet at night.
Kindling for your reading habits
This excellent Kindle deal is available for both the black and white models of the Paperwhite.
While scouring the net to make sure this is the best offer around, we found some handy alternatives from those price matchers over at John Lewis and Tesco, but only in black.
John Lewis is only 4p cheaper, but you get the tempting two year warranty. Tesco has tried to outdo both by selling the Paperwhite for £89. Act fast as we imagine once Amazon puts the price back up, the others will promptly follow suit. Take your pic below.
What Special Offers mean for Amazon Kindles?
If you’ve clicked through and are wondering what the ‘with or without Special Offers’ means on Amazon’s listing, they’re essentially a screensaver-based ads, that you can pay £10 extra to remove. They disappear instantly though, with no need to wait for them to time-out (unlike those annoying ads on mobile games).
For a more complete description, and to see why we don’t think they’re worth paying extra to remove, have a look at the Best Kindle deals page, where we go into more detail.
BENGALURU: The sales of Amazon’s Kindle e-readers rose 80% to Rs 113.28 crore in the year to March in India, according to documents filed by the USbased online retail giant’s main local unit Amazon Seller Services.
"It’s the features available on the Kindle, in addition to the increasing availability of Indian language titles to Kindle Unlimited that has resulted in an increase in sales," said an executive on the Kindle India team on condition of anonymity. "Users can adjust the font size, add notes and highlight paragraphs (besides) automatic saving of the furthest page read. We will introduce more features in 2017."
Amazon recently launched digital books in five Indian languages — Tamil, Marathi, Malayalam, Hindi, Gujarati – that can be read on the Kindle and is in the process of adding more. Ebooks have outstripped physical book sales in India on Amazon. "We have seen Kindle users in India download 10 times the number of books, in comparison to ordering physical copies on Amazon," the person said.
Amazon didn’t respond to queries. The company has added hundreds of Indian language titles to Kindle Unlimited, the subscription service that offers access to over one million ebooks. In October, Amazon announced the acquisition of publishing house Westland, the subsidiary of the Tata group’s retail arm Trent for Rs 40 crore.
Its bestselling authors include Amish Tripathi, Rujuta Diwekar and Devdutt Pattanaik among others. According to analysts, the company expects Kindle sales in India to grow at a compound annual growth rate of at least 50% for the huge movement from physical books to ebooks in the Indian market," said Ajay Shah, media and entertainment, transaction advisory services partner at EY.
"There is a chance that Amazon’s Kindle might look at more acquisitions of Indian publishing houses if they get access to exclusive titles. The major competition they would have in this space would be consumption of ebooks on smartphones through publishing startups but Kindle’s features have their own advantage and Amazon can make the kind of investments required to keep growing."
Also, Flipkart exited the ebook sales in 2015. The Indian market is poised for growth at a time when US ebook sales have taken a hit, down 11% to $ 2.8 billion from 2015, according to the Association of American Publishers, even as revenue from the overall book trade — of print, electronic, audiobooks — rose almost 3% to $ 15.8 billion.
Amazon does not disclose specific revenue for the Kindle or other hardware devices such as the voice-controlled personal assistant Echo. Amazon’s Chennai R&D centre is one of the biggest is the Kindle and other devices.
BENGALURU: The sales of Amazon’s Kindle e-readers rose 80% to Rs 113.28 crore in the year to March in India, according to documents filed by the USbased online retail giant’s main local unit Amazon Seller Services.
"It’s the features available on the Kindle, in addition to the increasing availability of Indian language titles to Kindle Unlimited that has resulted in an increase in sales," said an executive on the Kindle India team on condition of anonymity. "Users can adjust the font size, add notes and highlight paragraphs (besides) automatic saving of the furthest page read. We will introduce more features in 2017."
Amazon recently launched digital books in five Indian languages — Tamil, Marathi, Malayalam, Hindi, Gujarati – that can be read on the Kindle and is in the process of adding more. Ebooks have outstripped physical book sales in India on Amazon. "We have seen Kindle users in India download 10 times the number of books, in comparison to ordering physical copies on Amazon," the person said.
Amazon didn’t respond to queries. The company has added hundreds of Indian language titles to Kindle Unlimited, the subscription service that offers access to over one million ebooks. In October, Amazon announced the acquisition of publishing house Westland, the subsidiary of the Tata group’s retail arm Trent for Rs 40 crore.
Its bestselling authors include Amish Tripathi, Rujuta Diwekar and Devdutt Pattanaik among others. According to analysts, the company expects Kindle sales in India to grow at a compound annual growth rate of at least 50% for the huge movement from physical books to ebooks in the Indian market," said Ajay Shah, media and entertainment, transaction advisory services partner at EY.
"There is a chance that Amazon’s Kindle might look at more acquisitions of Indian publishing houses if they get access to exclusive titles. The major competition they would have in this space would be consumption of ebooks on smartphones through publishing startups but Kindle’s features have their own advantage and Amazon can make the kind of investments required to keep growing."
Also, Flipkart exited the ebook sales in 2015. The Indian market is poised for growth at a time when US ebook sales have taken a hit, down 11% to $ 2.8 billion from 2015, according to the Association of American Publishers, even as revenue from the overall book trade — of print, electronic, audiobooks — rose almost 3% to $ 15.8 billion.
Amazon does not disclose specific revenue for the Kindle or other hardware devices such as the voice-controlled personal assistant Echo. Amazon’s Chennai R&D centre is one of the biggest is the Kindle and other devices.
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Up to 80% off Select Kindle Books
If you’ve been dying to read some NYT Best Sellers (or, like me, just got a Kindle for Christmas and want to stockpile books on the cheap), Amazon is having another huge Kindle sale, in case you missed yesterday’s while opening gifts. Grab the Dark Matter, Why Not Me? > > > > and more titles you’ve wanted to read but didn’t want to buy at full price for under $ 5.
If you ever have to deal with power shortages and brief outages, Amazon’s offering all-time low prices on a pair of APC UPS backup power supplies, plus an 8-outlet surge protector, today only.
If you use a desktop computer, these will of course keep your machine running without any interruption in the event of a power outage, which means you won’t lose any unsaved work. But even if you only use laptops and mobile devices at home, they could still run lamps, your router and modem, or even the TV until the power comes back on.
The $ 100 BR1300G gives you 1,300 volt-amps and 780 watts, while the $ 47 ups APC BE550G is better suited for networking gear like your router and modem. Just note that like all Gold Box deals, these prices are only available today, or until sold out.
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The Das Keyboard 4C is one of the best tenkeyless mechanicals money can buy, while the the blackwidow Chroma Stealth includes every feature a gamer could possibly want.
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It’s the season to be jolly for readers of all ages the Amazon Kindle is offering huge discounts on selected ebooks with prices slashed by up to 80 percent. ( YouTube/TechRadar )
Readers will surely enjoy Amazon’s latest deals for selected ebooks. Kindle just offered great discounts on selected items, slashing its prices by as much as 80 percent.
On its site, Amazon Kindle announced its deals for the day where the buyers may get the electronic version of their favorite book at greatly reduced prices. For instance, Paul Coelho’s international bestseller The Alchemist may now be purchased for only $ 3.99.
The Intelligent Investor ebook, the investment classic by Benjamin Graham, is now priced at only $ 3.99. Published in 1949, Graham’s book is considered a classic and is one of the best sources for value investment, the technique taught by its author during his teaching days at the Columbia Business School.
Amazon Kindle also offers a discount on the ebook version of the hugely popular The 21 Irrefutable Laws of Leadership. The book was authored by leadership guru John Maxwell and published back in 1998 and is now discounted at $ 3.99. It is one of several books authored by Maxwell on the subject and features the real stories of popular leaders such as Abraham Lincoln, Princess Diana, Lee Iacocca and Elizabeth Dole.
Readers with a preference for fantasy novels would surely love the latest Amazon Kindle deal. The Cast in Flight (Chronicles of Elantra) ebook may now be purchased online for only $ 2.99.
Today’s Gold Box Deals by Amazon offer huge discounts on some ebooks with some prices even dropping below the dollar. However, these are time sensitive deals and is usually changed by Amazon the following day. On the other hand, the longer running deal called Digital Deals Week also offers discounts on ebooks and other downloadable digital products. Products currently on sale include the remastered “Star Wars: Episode VI – Return of the Jedi,” “Jonathan Strange & M Norrell” and the “DOOM” online game code.
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aThe third-generation Kindle Paperwhite was released in June 2015 so while it’s not the newest or most advanced Kindle around, that’s not to say it isn’t the best.
Succeeded by the significantly more expensive and square Kindle Oasis, the latest Paperwhite also competes with the lighter and more feature-rich Kindle Voyage, but still warrants its place in the eBook market.
Here is why Amazon’s 2015 model of the Kindle Paperwhite is our Kindle of choice, even moving into 2017, despite the pricier alternatives out there.
What’s new in the Kindle Paperwhite 2015?
169 x 117 x 9.1 mm
205g (Wi-Fi) / 217g (3G)
The Kindle Paperwhite’s design hasn t changed a great deal over the years. In fact, the 2015 model looks pretty much identical to the 2013 model and therefore the 2012 model, aside from a couple of subtle cosmetic changes to the Amazon and Kindle logos.
The Paperwhite is built around a plastic body, but it doesn’t feel cheap. It’s a solid device with a tactile back casing that it is not only lovely to hold, but greasy fingerprints aren’t an issue either. It is a little fonder of suncream and foundation, but it’s nothing a quick wipe doesn’t sort.
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The contoured detailing around the Micro-USB and power button also makes way over2013 model, the of the wide bezels on the front of the device. The large bezel on most devices is normally something that would result in criticism, but with an eBook reader, it’s a welcomed feature, offering something for your thumb to grip when holding it.
Whether Wi-Fi only or 3G and Wi-Fi model, both the third-gen Kindle Paperwhite options feel in the heavier than the smartphone in the hand, despite their larger size. Neither model’s 205g/217g weight could be considered heavy, even if the Kindle Voyage is a little lighter.
Kindle Paperwhite (2015) review: Display
6-inch E Ink display
16-level greyscale
1440 x 1080 resolution
Front light, touchscreen
The Kindle Paperwhite’s design might not have changed much, but its display has. The third-generation model finally sees an increase in resolution with a 6-inch E Ink display bearing the 300ppi density, compared to 212ppi found on both the 2013 and 2012 models. Words are crisp and sharp, while the touchscreen is very responsive.
The 2015 Paperwhite sticks with the Letter E Ink display found on the 2013 model is high-contrast black & white results, but it adds a new font called Bookerly, which is designed for reading on digital screens, as well as the new typesetting engine. These additions, along with the higher resolution all contribute to replicating the reading equivalent that’s the enjoyable of the online paper.
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An illuminated display has always been one of the Paperwhite’s standout features, allowing users to read in both light and dark conditions without the need for an external light. It isn t the most advanced technology available – with Amazon itself trumping it with the Kindle Voyage and its adaptive front light – but the Paperwhite’s screen is more than adequate.
Kindle Paperwhite (2015) review: Features
4GB storage (thousands of books)
the Kindle Store has over 4m books
Kindle app for phone also available
Ad removal is £10 per device
has always been the way with the Kindle, there are plenty of clever features beyond just reading. Some are great, others you may never use, but the beauty of them is that they can be ignored if you’re not interested, allowing you to flick through an eBook as you would if you had a paperback.
For those who would like to take advantage of having the digital device over the paperback, one of our favourites is X-Ray. Accessed with a tap at the top of the screen, this feature presents information on characters, notable clips, terms and common themes.
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Kindle Page Flip is also great, again accessed with a tap at the top of the screen, followed by selecting Go To. This feature enables you to quickly skip to another chapter or part of the book from the pop-up window.
The tap at the top will also display how much more of the chapter you have left to read in minutes at the bottom, as well as offer access to Settings for turning the screen brightness down and the Kindle Store at the top.
The Kindle”s best attribute isn’t any of the above features though: it is how easy Amazon makes it to buy and download content. The Kindle Store has over four million books, newspapers and magazines to choose from, along with over one million Kindle-exclusive titles, all of which are delivered directly to your Kindle device as soon as you press buy.
Accessing certain settings and working out which books you have or haven’t read in your library could be made simpler though.
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The Amazon Kindle app, available on most platforms, it also means you can pick up where you left off on your smartphone or tablet if you forget your Kindle one morning. It’s like a multi-device bookmark.
One point worth noting is about the “special offers”: these are ads that Amazon serves, which can be removed for the sum of £10. We don’t find them overly disruptive, but if you do it’s not a huge fee. Amazon Prime subscription members can also purchase the Kindle for £5 less than list price, but the ads rule still applies for these members.
Kindle Paperwhite (2015) review: Connectivity and battery
‘Six week’ battery life (21 hours approx)
Four hour recharge cycle
There are two models of the third-generation Paperwhite as we mentioned previously. The Wi-Fi model requires the network connection to download content, while the Wi-Fi and 3G model will allow you to download new content on the go.
Given the £60 price jump between the two, most people will probably be more than satisfied with the Wi-Fi only model, especially given it is possible to connect to your smartphone’s hotspot if you are really desperate for that next book.
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Amazon claims the Paperwhite”s battery will last six weeks on a single charge, based on reading for 30-minutes per day, all connections turned off and display illumination set to half. That’s a whopping 21 hours.
The E Ink display itself consumes very little power, with power only really needed for page refreshes. Keeping your Paperwhite connected and turning up the display illumination will naturally decrease that battery life. Even so, we’ve found our 3G review model to last for a couple of weeks at a time, rather than mere days.
Verdict
The third-generation Kindle Paperwhite does exactly what we wanted: it increased the resolution of its display is crisper reading experience.
Add the great screen illumination and fast touch response and this Kindle – despite not being the most advanced of Amazon’s offerings – adds up to the perfect balance between the fantastic reading experience and a great price.
It’s simply the best, whether you’re considering upgrading from a 2012/13 model or simply looking to (affordably) dive into eBooks for the first time.
Amazon’s deals, sales, special offers on Kindle e-readers, Fire tablets, Fire TV streaming media players, Echo devices, Dash Buttons and more. These deals end soon so you better get them now or forever regret it until the day you die – JK but if you want because of both end-of-sales and lack of inventory go get it now!
Amazon Fire Tablet, 7″ Display, Wi-Fi, 8 GB – Includes Special Offers, Black
For $ 39.99, you save $ 10.00(20%)
Beautiful 7″ IPS display and 1.3 GHz quad-core processor. Available in four colors.
Now with the Alexa cloud-based voice service – just press and ask
Amazon Underground, where thousands of apps, games and even in-app items are 100% free
Enjoy millions of movies, TV shows, songs, Kindle e-books, apps and games
8 or 16 GB of internal storage and a microSD slot for up to 200 GB of expandable storage
Prime members get unlimited access to a huge selection of songs, books, videos and more
Up to 7 hours of battery life
All-New Echo Dot – White
Is $ 39.99, you save $ 10.00(20%)
Echo Dot (2nd Generation) is the hands-free, voice-controlled device that uses Alexa to play music, control smart home devices, provide information, read the news, set alarms, and more
Connects to speakers or headphones through Bluetooth or 3.5 mm stereo cable to play music from Amazon Music, Spotify, Pandora, iHeartRadio, and TuneIn
Controls lights, fans, switches, thermostats, garage doors, sprinklers, and more with compatible connected devices from WeMo, Philips Hue, Samsung, SmartThings, Nest, ecobee, and others
Hears you from across the room with 7 far-field microphones for hands-free control, even in noisy environments or while playing music
Includes a built-in speaker so it can work on its own as a smart alarm clock in the bedroom, an assistant in the kitchen, or anywhere you might want a voice-controlled computer
Always getting smarter and adding new features, plus thousands of skills like Uber, Domino’s, and more
Amazon Echo is not required to use Echo Dot
All-New Fire HD 8 Tablet, 8″ HD Display, Wi-Fi, 16 GB – Includes Special Offers, Black
For $ 69.99, you save $ 20.00(22%)
All-New Fire HD 8, now with up to 12 hours of battery life, 2X the storage, and 50% more RAM for faster performance
Stunning 8″ HD display, 1.3 GHz quad-core processor, and Dolby Audio. Available in four colors.
Now with the Alexa cloud-based voice service – just press and ask
Amazon Underground, where thousands of apps, games and even in-app items are 100% free
Enjoy millions of movies, TV shows, songs, Kindle e-books, apps and games
Prime members get unlimited access to a huge selection of songs, books, videos and more
16 or 32 GB of internal storage and a microSD slot for up to 200 GB of expandable storage
Fire Kids Edition Tablet, 7″ Display, Wi-Fi, 16 GB, Pink Kid-Proof Case
For $ 89.99, you save $ 10.00(10%)
Up to $ 109 in savings on Fire, 1 year of Amazon FreeTime Unlimited and the Kid-Proof Case, plus a 2-year worry-free guarantee
Not a toy, the full-featured Fire tablet with a 7″ IPS display and front and rear cameras.
8 or 16 GB of internal storage. Add a microSD card for up to 200 GB of additional storage.
2-year worry-free guarantee: if they break it, return it and we’ll replace it for free. In the questions asked.
Unlimited, free access to 10,000 kid-friendly books, movies, TV shows, educational apps, and games with 1 year of Amazon FreeTime Unlimited included
Best-in-class parental controls allow you to manage usage limits, content access, and educational goals
Fire HD 10 Tablet, 10.1″ HD Display, Wi-Fi, 16 GB – Includes Special Offers, Silver Aluminum
For $ 199.99, you save $ 30.00(13%)
Kindle Paperwhite E-reader – Black, 6″ High-Resolution Display (300 ppi) with Built-in Light, Wi-Fi – Includes Special Offers
For $ 99.99, you save $ 20.00(17%)
Our largest display on our thinnest tablet yet. Available in black, white, and introducing silver aluminum.
Silver aluminum option features an all-metal backing is the premium tablet experience
Beautiful widescreen 10.1″ HD display with over a million pixels (149 ppi / 1280 x 800)
Fast quad-core processor up to 1.5 GHz. Rear-facing 5 MP camera and front-facing HD camera.
Now with Alexa, the cloud-based voice service that provides quick access to the entertainment you want, including music, games, audiobooks, and more. Ask questions, shop, find news, weather, and more – just press the home button and ask.
Amazon Underground, the one-of-a-kind app store experience where thousands of apps, games and even in-app items are 100% free – including extra lives, unlocked levels, unlimited add-on packs and more
Enjoy millions of movies, TV shows, songs, Kindle e-books, apps and games — including Netflix, Facebook, HBO, Pandora and more
16, 32, or 64 GB of internal storage. Free unlimited cloud storage for all Amazon content and photos taken with Fire devices. Add a microSD card for up to 200 GB of additional storage.
Up to 8 hours of reading, surfing the web, watching video, and listening to music
Prime members get unlimited access to over a thousand books and magazines, more than a million songs, and thousands of movies and TV episodes at no additional cost.
Amazon Tap – Alexa-Enabled Portable Bluetooth Speaker
For $ 89.99, you save $ 40.00(31%)
Just tap and ask for music from Amazon Music, Spotify, Pandora, iHeartRadio, and TuneIn
Uses the Alexa Voice Service when connected to Wi-Fi or a mobile hotspot to play music, read the news, provide weather reports, and even order a pizza
Streams all your music via Bluetooth from your phone or tablet
Delivers crisp sound powered by Dolby, with dual stereo speakers that provide 360 ° omni-directional audio
Provides up to 9 hours of playback
Always getting smarter and adding new features and skills
Tender for the independent authors will give a prize of R$ 20 thousand, in addition to the publication of the work in printed format by the New Border. Result comes out in January.
The Amazon.with.br and Editora Nova Fronteira announced this Wednesday, 21/12, the finalists for the Award Kindle of Literature. In total, there were 10 finalists chosen from a total of more than 2 thousand books (1,700 authors) enrolled between September 1 and November 30 by means of the tool of self-publishing on Amazon, the KDP.
To qualify for the award, the books should be novels unpublished and not yet published, written in Portuguese, in addition to exclusive for the Kindle and enrolled in KDP Select.
the winner of The award will be announced in January 2017 and will have the opportunity to close a partnership with the New Frontier to the publication of the printed version of the book and receive a prize of 20 thousand dollars in cash.
Check out the finalists below: Soul for Raquel Favaro; the Edge of the River, Rodrigo Vrech; Future Archaic, Jose Ricardo da Costa Aguiar Alves; Glitter, Bruno Ribeiro; Field, Gisele Mirabai; My Shadow is up There, Leon Idris Azevedo; Night, of Youtube the Saints; Man of Two Cities, Felipe Cherubin; The Hidden Side of Fear, Barbara Nonato and The Last Steps of the Hanged man, Edson Soares.
The Kindle has won the account for the largest festival of gospel in Latin America, the Sound of Life. The musical event will be held at the Olympic Park in Rio de Janeiro, and should bring together the public of 420 thousand people between 13 and 15 July 2017. Will be 40 shows, totaling 72 hours of the event.
The campaign developed by the Kindle aims to generate a return in sales, and focuses the largest part of the investment in digital strategies focused on performance. All in all, will be invested R$ 1 million in online media, such as Google, Youtube and Spotify. The agency was also responsible for the drafting of the event website and manages the social media of the festival. The campaign will also be transmitted via the exchange of Radio and TV.
The Kindle has won the account for the largest festival of gospel in Latin America, the Sound of Life. The musical event will be held at the Olympic Park in Rio de Janeiro, and should bring together the public of 420 thousand people between 13 and 15 July 2017. Will be 40 shows, totaling 72 hours of the event.
The campaign developed by the Kindle aims to generate a return in sales, and focuses the largest part of the investment in digital strategies focused on performance. All in all, will be invested R$ 1 million in online media, such as Google, Youtube and Spotify. The agency was also responsible for the drafting of the event website and manages the social media of the festival. The campaign will also be transmitted via the exchange of Radio and TV.
Tender for the independent authors will give a prize of R$ 20 thousand, in addition to the publication of the work in printed format by the New Border. Result comes out in January.
The Amazon.with.br and Editora Nova Fronteira announced this Wednesday, 21/12, the finalists for the Award Kindle of Literature. In total, there were 10 finalists chosen from a total of more than 2 thousand books (1,700 authors) enrolled between September 1 and November 30 by means of the tool of self-publishing on Amazon, the KDP.
To qualify for the award, the books should be novels unpublished and not yet published, written in Portuguese, in addition to exclusive for the Kindle and enrolled in KDP Select.
the winner of The award will be announced in January 2017 and will have the opportunity to close a partnership with the New Frontier to the publication of the printed version of the book and receive a prize of 20 thousand dollars in cash.
Check out the finalists below: Soul for Raquel Favaro; the Edge of the River, Rodrigo Vrech; Future Archaic, Jose Ricardo da Costa Aguiar Alves; Glitter, Bruno Ribeiro; Field, Gisele Mirabai; My Shadow is up There, Leon Idris Azevedo; Night, of Youtube the Saints; Man of Two Cities, Felipe Cherubin; The Hidden Side of Fear, Barbara Nonato and The Last Steps of the Hanged man, Edson Soares.
The novel prize winner will be published in printed version by the New Border, and its author will receive a cash prize in the amount of R$ 20 thousand (photo: playback)
Amazon.with.br and New Frontier announce the finalists for the Award Kindle of Literature. The 10 finalists are: Soul, de Raquel Favaro; Edge of Ri, Rodrigo Vrech; the Future Archaic, Jose Ricardo da Costa Aguiar Alves; Glitter, Bruno Ribeiro; Field, Gisele Mirabai; My Shadow is up There, by Leon Idris Azevedo; the Night, Norberto Santos; The Man of Two Cities, Felipe Cherubin; The Hidden Side of Fear, Barbara Nonato; and The Last Steps of the Hanged man, Edson Soares. For more information about the titles inscribed on the award, please visit the page awards.
In the period between 1st September and 31st November, more than 1,700 authors of 460 brazilian cities have submitted more than 2 thousand books using KDP, a tool for self-publishing to the Amazon to participate in the award. The books eligible for the award should be novels unpublished and not yet published, written in Portuguese, in addition to exclusive for the Kindle and enrolled in KDP Select. All of the works submitted were carefully reviewed by a panel of judges qualified and chosen by the New Border.
"We are very pleased to see the number of books submitted for the prize, but, more than that, we were surprised with the engagement of readers with the stories published," explains Ricardo Garrido, General Manager of Content Acquisition for Amazon’s Kindle.with.br. "More than 30 titles inscribed ranked among the top 100 bestsellers in the Amazon.with.br during the award. It is a great satisfaction to see that we are building a bridge between these authors and their readers."
"it Is a great joy to the New Frontier have been the publishing house chosen by Amazon.with.br for the revelation of the great talents of the literature on contemporary brazilian. The winner of the award, with Carlos Heitor Cony and Geraldo Carneiro, with the jury, will have his novel published by us and will be part of the catalog of the publisher, to the side of great writers such as Guimarães Rosa, Nelson Rodrigues, Ariano Suassuna, Carlos Heitor Cony, Rubem Fonseca, and many others," said Daniele Cajueiro, Editorial Director of the New Border.
The winner, which will be released in January of 2017, you will have the opportunity of close partnership with the New Frontier to the publication of the printed version of the book and will receive a prize of R$ 20 thousand in cash. In addition, the project will be eligible to win an audio version-the book, by Audible, Inc., a subsidiary of Amazon, which is present in more than 180 countries.
THE KDP is a tool that is uncomplicated and free of charge for authors and publishers to publish their digital books to readers Kindle on the entire world. All novels entered into the award will be made available in the Kindle Store, in addition to being available for free to customers enrolled in the program, Kindle Unlimited. All books digital Kindle can be read in the e-readers of the family Kindle, as well as by the reading application Kindle for computers, smartphones and tablets with iOS and Android.
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Amazon Kindle
I wouldn’t have thought of myself as a Kindle kind of person—swearing as I did by Cicero’s edict that a room without books is like a body without a soul. I nevertheless got myself the Kindle, figuring out that the great Roman statesman would have considered it … and so the soul, albeit the digital one.
Apart from the obvious bonuses of the Kindle — storage, accessibility and the dictionary among others — I found the Kindle works for me in three spectacular ways. For one, I have all my favourite works of literature at my fingertips. Let me explain — I keep returning to Hamlet , T. S. Eliot’s The Love Song of J Alfred Prufrock and The Waste Land , Coleridge’s The Rime of the Ancient Mariner and Kubla Khan and Joseph Heller’s Catch-22 . I have three or four physical copies of them around me — on the bedside table, at my desk, among my books. With the Kindle, however, whenever I feel the need to spend time with the melancholy Dane or Doc Daneeka or in the pleasure dome in Xanadu, instead of hunting among my books or in the desk or shelves, all I need to do is tap the Kindle and voila! I am transfixed like the wedding guest at the sight of the painted ship upon the painted ocean. The second plus is I don’t have to finish reading a terrible book. The physical book, no matter how bad it is, I finish reading simply because it is there and once I put my pretty Alice in Wonderland bookmark, I feel wicked taking it out if I haven’t finished the book. None of that matters in the Kindle. If the book is plodding along through milestones of bad grammar, falling into airplane-size plot holes and peopled with hideously-flat characters, I stop reading and there is no bookmark to retrieve either.
The Kindle also steps in for missing pages. I am rereading Agatha Christie’s Poirot books in chronological order and my copy of the first book, The Mysterious Affair at Styles , which I inherited from an aunt, is in rather bad shape. The page describing Hastings' meeting with Poirot in Styles St Mary is missing. So, while I read the physical book, I read about the momentous meeting on the Kindle, making the best of two worlds, which I feel describes reading on the Kindle as well. I am sure Cicero would approve.
MINI ANTHIKAD CHHIBBER
Mobile phone
I like reading articles and occasional long-form narrative pieces, and use the Facebook and Twitter apps on my phone for it. For reading books, I prefer reading on the Kindle or go the old-fashioned way and read a physical book, complete with imaginative book covers, the occasional illustrations and the smell of paper.
I chanced upon a survey conducted by Nielsen in Wall Street Journal that surveyed 2,000 people and discovered 54 per cent of e-book buyers said they used smartphones to read their books at least some of the time. I decided to give it a try, downloaded from Google Books, began shopping and bought a copy of The Great Derangement , to take on climate change by Amitav Ghosh.
On the upside, I found it very convenient initially. I no longer needed to carry huge books or the Kindle and could catch up on reading on the phone on my daily commute. I could finish the book very quickly, and the fact that I was carrying my books on my person all the time was very helpful. The interface was not spectacular though, and every time my eyes would be stressed from staring at the screen for a long time, I could switch the light mode and get an orange tint on screen that reduces the strain. The sync feature also helps to read books across devices.
However, there were downsides too. One of the major issues being the size of the phone, as compared to the Kindle or tablet. Switching fonts was also really tough, and the night mode was still not the impressive. The lack of attractive book covers makes one less inclined to pick up a new book or try out a new author. Of course, like with any device, I miss the physical sensation of finishing a huge book and flipping pages, which the flick on the screen cannot replace.
NIKHIL VARMA
Audiobook
as a lifelong lover of the anticipation aroused by the fresh pages and the nostalgia associated with weathered ones, I eyed the e-reader bandwagon with some suspicion. Being an advocate for the convenience of modern technology, this left me in the strange situation of shying away from my own philosophy that tech-fuelled change is usually good. However, it soon became apparent that my reading habits were taking the hit, and after developing an interest in podcasts as an entertainment source during commutes, I sampled the logical extension, the audiobook. Making use of the one-month free trial Amazon offers on Audible, I promptly made use of my credits to download Bram Stoker’s Dracula and Ernest Cline’s Ready Player One . The idea was that the performance of the full ensemble cast with the likes of Alan Cumming would enliven Stoker’s elegant prose somewhat. The experiment worked, I was able to power through Jonathan Harker’s uneasy time at the Count”s castle with ease during the train journey, but it was afterwards that the grand plan hit the roadblock. Herein lies the weakness of the audiobook. While it is an excellent companion on a long journey or a regular commute, it is hard to immerse yourself in the listening act in other situations, like lounging at home. While it is acceptable to lie in bed for hours reading the physical copy, my attempt at doing the same with the audiobook which resulted in an uncanny resemblance of the Count”s own night-time state of rest.
The audio format did solve my problem to some extent, but it has turned out to be a specific solution that works only in the particular context. Perhaps, the Mini suggested, the answer is to use both in the situations that suit them best.
Coeur d’alene library now offers kindles for checkout
Matt Vergara , KREM10:09 AM. PST December 19, 2016
Amazon Kindle, (Photo: ThinkStock, Custom)
COEUR D’ALENE, Idaho – These days, many people do much of their reading electronically.
The Coeur d’alene Library is adapting to recent trends and trying something new; readers can now check out Kindles.
Library staff said they want to follow the model of larger libraries across the country. They also said that transitioning to Kindles will help them meet high demands.
the Best-selling books are always popular, so the addition of Kindles as well as help the library offer more copies to those who want them.
The Kindles will come with the pouch and charger, as well as five pre-loaded e-books. Essentially, readers will get five best-selling books with one rental. The Kindles are not equipped with browsers, so they are strictly for reading purposes.
Staff said the devices are part of the overall growth of how people receive information.
"It gives us more tools for people to share the books and material we have. We understand that technology is going to have to change and the libraries are going to need to find ways to fit into that niche," said library employee David Townsend.
The Kindles can be found on the library’s catalog the "High-Demand Fiction (Coeur d’alene) Kindle eReader."
Though the library said they are trying to adapt to changing technologies, printed books will always be preferred over electronic books.
Amazon released a new Kindle e-reader in Japan a few months ago and it was designed to give manga readers the best experience possible. The Kindle Sleeve Reader features 32 GB of internal memory and a new Ultra-Fast Skimming engine that dramatically enhances the page turn speed when reading manga and e-books.
Hardware
The Amazon Kindle Paperwhite Sleeve Edition has an e-ink Carta display screen with a resolution of 1430×1080 resolution and 300 PPI. This device has a sunken screen, whereas the Oasis and Voyage both have flush screens and bezels. Underneath the hood is a 1GHZ processor and 512MB of RAM. There is 32GB of internal storage, which will hold over 700 volumes. Basically you could fit every issue of Naruto, Asari-chan, and Kochikame on the new Manga Reader.
I think it is important to note that the Sleeve Reader is not the new e-reader, it is simply the Kindle Paperwhite 3 with specialized firmware and 32GB of internal storage. It is available in two different colors, black and white. It costs around $ 180 US dollars when we purchased it while on a trip to Japan.
Software
The Kindle Sleeve Reader has a new enhancement called Ultra-Fast Skimming. It will give users 33% faster single page turns, delivering a fast-paced, immersive reading experience that mango lovers are looking for. Also, by simply tapping and holding, readers can now rapidly skim through the manga at seven pages per second to find a specific place in the story, spending less time searching and more time reading.
I found that the page skimming engine is utterly amazing! I have never seen the Kindle turn pages in the sleeve or an ebook so quickly. When Peter and I filmed the video review for this e-reader we put it head to head with the North American version of the Paperwhite 3, and there was no contest. The Sleeve Model turned pages in an e-book faster and was more robust.
Amazon has disclosed that they will be pushing out a firmware update sometime in the new year and bringing this new ultra-fast rendering engine to other Kindle models. They failed to mention specific e-readers, but at least there is hope that their current lineup will be supported.
There are a couple of new options that are exclusively available on this device. One is called "Virtual Panel" and this feature is very much akin to Comixologies Guided View technology. It isolates panels, so you do not need to pinch and zoom each page if the text or images are too small. Each panel is blown up and fills up the entire six inch screen and whenever you turn the page, there is a small map displayed on the bottom right hand corner. This is designed to help orientate users on where they are in the specific manga page.
One of the big differences with the Japanese Manga Reader is that there is on GoodReads functionality. There is simply the blank space next to the shopping button, I suppose GoodReads is not yet available in Japan and rather than locate it, they decided just to not even include it.
Wrap Up
The Kindle Sleeve Model has left me speechless. I have never seen an e-reader with such amazing page turn speed in both e-books and manga files. Being able to rapidly turn pages in such a quick fashion that has never been done before, even the A2 mode on some European e-Readers fails to match the speed of the Kindle.
I think it’s important to note that the firmware on the Sleeve Model is not just application to the content you buy from the Japanese version of the Kindle Store. We tested various open source and royalty free content from Amazon from the US store and page turns continued to be lightning quick.
I would love for Amazon to start offering the 32GB version of the Kindle Paperwhite in the North American market or at least offer it as an upgradable option. You can buy the 4GB version for cheap or pay a little bit more for additional storage.
PROS
Page Turn Speed is lightning quick Panel View is a welcome new change 32GB of storage
CONS
Costs $ 180 dollars US Only available in Japan
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