Kindle (platform)

Kindle Unlimited Funding Pool Grew in July 2018 While the Per-Page Rate Fell

15 August, 2018 // 1 Comment

Amazon announced on Wednesday that the Kindle Unlimited funding pool grew to $23.1 million in July (plus bonuses), up from $22.6 million in June 2018. At the same time the per-page rate royalty [Read More ...]

Kindle for Android Updated With Support for Split-Screen Mode

30 July, 2018 // 3 Comments

Amazon rolled out a new update to its Kindle Android app today. They're finally adding split-screen support, and they announced a new feature. First, anyone with a device running Android 7.0 [Read More ...]

Kindle Unlimited Reporting is Down

29 July, 2018 // 1 Comment

If you are an author with zero page views in Kindle Unlimited, you can put down the absinthe - -it's not just you. Dozens of authors on KBoards and in FB groups such as SPF community [Read More ...]

Amazon (Officially) Launches Support for Arabic-Language eBooks on Kindle

26 June, 2018 // 0 Comments

Amazon officially launched support for Arabic-language ebooks today. Said ebooks could be read on the Kindle since early this month, and were available in the Kindle Store since last November. [Read More ...]

Kindle for PC 1.24 Adds New Study Features

13 June, 2018 // 4 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 ...]

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