Amazon is Recording Everything You Do On Your Kindle – Here’s How to Request the Data
I am sure you know that Amazon tracks what you do on the Kindle and in the Kindle app - after all, Amazon can't store your...Continue reading
Category: Amazon
This retailer possesses a reputation to fit its name. It’s the single largest bookseller in the US, and is responsible for driving most ebook sales as well, while at the same time it is developing a wide variety of tech products, including Fire tablets, the Fire TV, Alexa digital assistant, and more.
Kindle Unlimited Per-Page Rate Fell in December 2019
Amazon announced on Wednesday that the Kindle Unlimited funding pool increased by one hundred thousand dollars in December 2019, to $26.3 million, from $261. million in...Continue reading
Audible Settles with Publishers in Audible Caption Lawsuit
Remember that lawsuit from last August over Audible's new captioning feature, the feature that everyone is publishing was soooo absolutely certain was infringing on copyright? Well,...Continue reading
The Kindle is On Sale Again – at Black Friday Prices ($85 for the Paperwhite)
Amazon is having another sale today on their Kindles. Kindle prices have been reduced to Black Friday levels, making this sale the best deal you can...Continue reading
Amazon Launches Audible Suno App in India
Amazon launched a new audiobook app in India about a month ago. The Audible Suno app, which is available exclusively in India, features more than 60...Continue reading
Library Extension Turns Amazon.com Into a Branch of Your Local Library
A reader has tipped me to a Chrome extension which lets users browse Amazon.com and see if a book or ebook is available at their local...Continue reading
Amazon is Talking About Opening Retail Stores in Germany – What, Again?
Over the past few years Amazon has repeatedly been queried by the press about opening retail stores in Germany. (I see I have written about this...Continue reading
Amazon Demands Authors Do the Impossible – Control the Prices of Print Books Sold by Third-Party Sellers
As I am sure you know, Amazon requires competitive prices for ebooks sold through its site. The ToS for KDP specify that authors can't price their...Continue reading
Authors Can Now Advertise Their eBooks on Amazon Sites in Italy, Spain, and France
Have you checked your Amazon.com KDP dashboard lately? I just did, and I noticed that Amazon has added a notice informing users that we now have...Continue reading
Amazon is Merging Book Reviews From Its International Sites Into Amazon.com
For the longest time Amazon has kept the book reviews on its various websites in separate silos, but now the retailer is copying review from one...Continue reading
Fedex Service is So Terrible That Amazon Has Restricted Third-Party Sellers From Using It
if you have been following me on Twitter, you may have recently heard me complaining about Fedex leaving multiple deliveries out in the rain. In the...Continue reading
Kindle Kids Edition Gains Support for Audiobooks in Latest Update
Amazon has released a firmware update for the new Kindle Kids Edition that shipped in October 2019. The new firmware version is 5.13.0.9, and it comes...Continue reading
Kindle Unlimited Per-Page Rate Jumped in November 2019
Amazon announced on Friday that the Kindle Unlimited funding pool increased by one hundred thousand dollars in November 2019, to $26.1 million, from $26 million in...Continue reading
Kindle Firmware Update 5.12.3 Adds Library Badges
Amazon is rolling out another update for its Kindle ereaders, one that includes an announced feature and a few hidden hints about upcoming features. Kindle update...Continue reading
All Kindles are On Sale for Black Friday, Including the 2019 Kindle Oasis
Amazon has had most of its Kindles and all of its Kindle Fire models on sale all week, and now they are adding the Kindle Oasis...Continue reading