Wednesday, November 6, 2013

Amazon will work with independent booksellers for Kindles - Yahoo News Brazil

Amazon announced on Wednesday plans to work with independent booksellers and other retailers in sales of its Kindle tablets, offering traders a portion of revenues from e-books.

Source program called Amazon allows retailers to profit from sales of Kindles and offers the option to receive 10% of the price of books to Kindle and offers the option to receive 10% of the price of books sold on Kindle devices sold in store the first two years after a customer buying a handset.

“We believe that retailers, online and offline, small or large, should aspire to offer customers what they want and many consumers want to read both printed and digital books,” said Russ Grandinetti, vice president of Amazon Kindle.

“For many years, successfully bookstores sold books from Amazon, Source Amazon now extends this opportunity to digital. Source With Amazon, customers do not have to choose between e-books and your favorite bookstore in the neighborhood – they can have both. “

The program relies on other launched with British retailer Waterstones in 2012.

action approximates traditional marketers and Amazon, which has been accused of taking many shops in the market.

Amazon said that the first request by retailers would be free of worries because buy back the stock for six months.

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Amazon will work with independent booksellers for Kindles - State of Minas

Amazon announced on Wednesday plans to work with independent booksellers and other retailers in sales of its Kindle tablets, offering traders a portion of revenues from e-books.

Source program called Amazon allows retailers to profit from sales of Kindles and offers the option to receive 10% of the price of books to Kindle and offers the option to receive 10% of the price of books sold on Kindle devices sold in store the first two years after a customer buying a handset.

“We believe that retailers, online and offline, small or large, should aspire to offer customers what they want and many consumers want to read both printed and digital books,” said Russ Grandinetti, vice president of Amazon Kindle.

“For many years, successfully bookstores sold books from Amazon, Source Amazon now extends this opportunity to digital. Source With Amazon, customers do not have to choose between e-books and your favorite bookstore in the neighborhood – they can have both. “

The program relies on other launched with British retailer Waterstones in 2012.

action approximates traditional marketers and Amazon, which has been accused of taking many shops in the market.

Amazon said that the first request by retailers would be free of worries because buy back the stock for six months.

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HDX Kindle Fire surpasses the iPad Air - Tribuna da Bahia

Although the iPad Air has fared well in most analyzes of critics in the United States, the newest tablet from Apple was overcome by HDX Kindle Fire in the item screen. According to analysis of DisplayMate Technologies, who analyzed the two models and 10 Nexus tablet, Google, Amazon’s tablet was named “the tablet with the best screen ever tested.”

The third generation tablet from Amazon, in its version of 8.9 inches, features improved brightness, contrast and color accuracy than iPad and Nexus Air 10. Furthermore, according to the analysis, the screen of the Kindle Fire has higher energy efficiency than its competitors. The analysis, however, also points out that the screens of iPad and Nexus Air bos 7 show results in brightness, contrast and color accuracy.

Among the analyzed tablets, the Kindle Fire HD also showed the density of 339 pixels per inch, the highest among the three tablets. In this analysis, the Nexus 10 was second with 300 pixels per inch, while the iPad Air had the lowest density, with 264 pixels per inch. However, the three results are considered excellent by the staff of DisplayMate.

In the overall analysis, despite showing good results, the Nexus tablet 10 lagged behind competitors in several categories. The reason, according to DisplayMate team, is the time of product launch, which should be replaced by a new version soon. The Kindle Fire and iPad HDX Air, by reaching the market more recently, has brought more advanced screen technologies.

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Sunday, November 3, 2013

Amazon Prime members can now get new Kindle books for free - CNET

With its new Kindle First program, the retail giant has come up with another way to lure people to Prime.

Lance Whitney November 1, 2013 7:18 AM PDT
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Amazon Prime subscribers can get a free Kindle book each month ahead of the title’s official release date.

known as Kindle First, the new program offers Announced Friday to select number of titles que cost $ 1.99 for regular buyers but are free to Prime members. Here’s how it works, According to Amazon:

Each month, editors at Amazon Publishing Certain choose books from among Kindle’s most popular categories. Those books are available one month ahead of Their official release. Along with each title are a note of recommendation and a behind-the-scenes view of the book and its author. Just choose the title you want to download, and it’s added to your Kindle library.

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At the Kindle First page, you can sign up to receive an email each month que details the new titles up for grabs. With all the other Kindle titles, the book you select can be read on any device equipped with Amazon’s free Kindle app.

The first books up for selection are “Things We Set on Fire” by Deborah Reed, “No Place for a Dame” by Connie Brockway; “Silent Echo” by JR Rain, and “We Will Survive: True Stories of Encouragement , Inspiration, and the Power of Song “by singer Gloria Gaynor. These books will not be published until December but are available through the Kindle First of Friday.

“Prime just keeps getting better for our members, and any customer will find something interesting in our Kindle First picks,” Russ Grandinetti, VP of Kindle Content, said in a statement. “We also love que these amazing books by Amazon Publishing authors will get the chance to reach a much wider audience.”

Amazon has been on a tear to Attract more people to Prime. The retailer recently upped the minimum purchase price que Qualifies for free shipping to $ 35 from $ 25. Prime members enjoy free two-day shipping on any order. The $ 79-per-year Prime subscription Also throws in the streaming of more than 40,000 movies and TV shows and free Kindle book borrowing.

The company recently revealed

que it added “millions” of new members to Prime last quarter.

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Saturday, November 2, 2013

Amazon launches Kindle for literary magazine - veja.com

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Amazon wants to bet on content and its latest initiative in the segment is the literary magazine One Day , released by the company on Wednesday. The publication, available for Kindle, is weekly and your annuity will be $ 20. For the debut campaign, however, Amazon will offer magazine subscriptions for a promotional price of $ 10.

The idea of ??the company is to show the work of young authors. Amazon also plans to seek talent outside the United States and translated into English texts of foreign writers. The first edition of One Day brings the tale Sheila , Rebecca Adams Wring and Wrought , a poem by Zach Strait.

Each issue will include an editor’s note introducing the author and poet as well as extra content such as lists of books, interviews with writers and illustrations.

One Day is the latest initiative from Amazon in the segment of content production. The company recently launched a TV through your service also Amazon Prime videos. Your CEO, Jeff Bezos, bought traditional American newspaper The Washington Post for $ 250 million in August.

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Amazon introduces Kindle First service, focused on readers rushed - Tecmundo

Amazon Kindle First introduces service, focused on readers rushed (Image Source: Press Release / Amazon)

Who is fan of some literary series knows how cruel can be waiting for the launch of a new chapter. Apparently, Amazon also knows a lot of it and expect to profit from this feeling through the Kindle First, service whose focus are avid readers who can not wait for the release of new books.

innovation allows access complete works a month before they officially arrive in stores on payment of $ 1.99 per title chosen – those who are already subscribed to Amazon Prime plan does not need to invest any additional amount to enter the program. The company promises to renew your bond offering constantly as a way to capture the attention of your customers.

Until now, the selection of books available is not exactly attractive due to lack of work or known authors. However, the news is a breakthrough to the digital medium, usually relegated to the background by the publishers, who believe that their sales of physical copies are harmed by the existence of eBooks – belief that makes many of them available only in some works digital readouts months later after their paper versions have been released.

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Friday, November 1, 2013

Amazon introduces Kindle First service, focused on readers rushed - Tecmundo

Amazon Kindle First introduces service, focused on readers rushed (Image Source: Press Release / Amazon)

Who is fan of some literary series knows how cruel can be waiting for the launch of a new chapter. Apparently, Amazon also knows a lot of it and expect to profit from this feeling through the Kindle First, service whose focus are avid readers who can not wait for the release of new books.

innovation allows access complete works a month before they officially arrive in stores on payment of $ 1.99 per title chosen – those who are already subscribed to Amazon Prime plan does not need to invest any additional amount to enter the program. The company promises to renew your bond offering constantly as a way to capture the attention of your customers.

Until now, the selection of books available is not exactly attractive due to lack of work or known authors. However, the news is a breakthrough to the digital medium, usually relegated to the background by the publishers, who believe that their sales of physical copies are harmed by the existence of eBooks – belief that makes many of them available only in some works digital readouts months later after their paper versions have been released.

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