Kindle (platform)

Kindle for PC 1.24 Adds New Study Features

13 June, 2018 // 3 Comments

Amazon just started pushing out a new update. I am still waiting for it to install, but I am told that the update will make the app more useful for studying. The previous update added new font [Read More ...]

Amazon Kindle Android App Gains Audible Sort, Book Returns

1 May, 2018 // 1 Comment

The Kindle app for Android got an update last week about the same time as the iOS app. Weirdly enough, the apps did not get the same features in the respective updates, and it's not clear why. The [Read More ...]

Amazon Kindle App for iOS Gains New Magazine Format Courtesy of KFX eBook Format

23 April, 2018 // 1 Comment

Amazon has wrapped a number of file formats around the magazines it has sold on the Kindle platform over the past ten plus years. The original magazine format was based on the old Mobipocket format, [Read More ...]

Amazon KFX Format Updated With Support for MathML

19 April, 2018 // 3 Comments

Yesterday's changelog for the Kindle for PC update mentioned that you could use the app to zoom in on math equations, and now we know why. Amazon released a new version of the (technical) Kindle [Read More ...]

Prime Reading Launches in China

19 April, 2018 // 1 Comment

Amazon China announced on Tuesday that it will launch Prime Reading in China.Amazon Prime members in China can now enjoy unlimited access to more than 500 Kindle titles, including several [Read More ...]

Kindle for PC 1.23.1 Adds New Font Options, Multi-Column Option

18 April, 2018 // 5 Comments

Amazon has released a new update for its Kindle app for Windows and macOS. Kindle for PC version 1.23.1 adds a number of new features, include a half-dozen new font options and a new multi-column [Read More ...]

You Can Now Strip DRM from Amazon’s Kindle KFX Format

16 April, 2018 // 4 Comments

When Amazon launched the newest version of its Kindle ebook format in 2015, the improved typography and hyphenation came at a price. Each KFX ebook was delivered as a collection of files with no [Read More ...]

Kindle Unlimited Per-Page Rate Dips in March 2018 as the Funding Pool Increases

15 April, 2018 // 3 Comments

While the Kindle Unlimited funding pool grew by 5% in March 2018, the per-page royalty did not. Amazon announced on Friday that the funding pool increased to $21 million in March, up from $20 million [Read More ...]

Kindle Create Now Available in Dutch, French, German, Italian, Portuguese, and Spanish

5 April, 2018 // 1 Comment

Around this time last year Amazon released one more tool that let you make ebooks that could be sold in the Kindle Store. That app was Kindle Create, and Amazon announced on Thursday that the new [Read More ...]

Amazon’s New “Great on Kindle” Program Offers 50% Royalty to Non-Fiction Titles

3 April, 2018 // 1 Comment

For a period of about 5 hours in January, Amazon mistakenly offered a 50% royalty rate. No one knew what it meant at the time, but now we do. Amazon has a new promo program called Great on Kindle. [Read More ...]

Kindle App for iOS Gains Support for Infinite Scrolling, Split View on iPad, and More

19 March, 2018 // 4 Comments

image via 9to5Mac The latest update for the Kindle iOS app is going to make David Rothman of Teleread very happy. Amazon released a new version of the Kindle app today. New features include Arabic [Read More ...]

How Do I Borrow a Book From the Kindle Owner’s Lending Library?

2 February, 2018 // 0 Comments

The Kindle Owner's Lending Library is one of the lesser known benefits of Amazon Prime where Kindle-owning Prime members can borrow a free ebook each month from a catalog of over 1.7 million titles. [Read More ...]

JK Rowling’s “Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them” is Coming Out as a Kindle in Motion eBook

30 January, 2018 // 0 Comments

Amazon's Kindle in Motion ebook format is about to get its second Harry Potter ebook. On Thursday Amazon is going to re-release Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them: Illustrated edition as a [Read More ...]

Amazon’s KDP Briefly Offered a 50% Royalty Rate, and No One Knows What It Means

18 January, 2018 // 4 Comments

For a period of around 5 hours on the night of 9 January, Amazon's Kindle Direct Publishing portal offered users a new royalty option of 50%. The option vanished as quietly as it appeared, but not [Read More ...]

Kindle Unlimited Funding Pool Grew in December 2017 as the Per-Page Rate Passed Half a Cent

15 January, 2018 // 2 Comments

Amazon's second major ebook market, Kindle Unlimited, continued to grow in December 2017, reaching $19.8 million (plus bonuses). That was an increase of $100,000 from November 2017. At the same [Read More ...]

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