For as long as Amazon has sold ebooks on the Kindle, they have also sold subscriptions to blogs and other periodicals.The blogs usually cost $0.00 to $1.99 per month, and...Continue reading
Category: Kindle (platform)
Kindle Create Updated With New Image Editing Support
Amazon sent out an email today detailing a few features recently added to Kindle Create. The app still can’t make a Kindle ebook that you can read on your Kindle...Continue reading
Kindle Unlimited Per-Page Rate Reaches Half a Cent in November 2018 while the Funding Pool Grew
Amazon informed authors on Friday that the Kindle Unlimited funding pool grew to $23.6 million (plus bonuses) in November 2018 , up from $23.5 million the previous month. At the...Continue reading
Fictionaries are Custom Dictionaries for the Kindle (as well as Many Other Reading Apps)
Many readers like the way the Kindle’s X-Ray feature adds extra details to the books they read, but it only works with ebooks bought in the Kindle Store. Those of...Continue reading
Kindle Unlimited Per-Page Rate Held Steady While the Funding Pool Grew in October 2018
Amazon announced on Thursday that the Kindle Unlimited funding pool grew to $23.5 million (plus bonuses) in October 2018 , up from $23.4 million in September 2018. At the same time...Continue reading
Amazon Launches a New Reports Site for Authors – KDP Reports
Word is circulating through KBoards and Facebook today that Amazon is testing a new site where authors can track their sales data. It’s called KDP Reports, and looks something like...Continue reading
Amazon is Inexplicably Destroying Indie Author Careers By Randomly Removing eBooks From the Kindle Store
When I reported two weeks ago that due to a bug ebooks were being automatically removed from sale in the Kindle Store, I used a “don’t panic” graphic. I figured...Continue reading
A Mysterious Amazon Bug is Inexplicably Removing Kindle eBooks From Sale
Amazon’s Kindle platform is fraught with bugs and inexplicable behavior. When it’s not blocking ARC reviews, it’s ignoring the final version of an ebook and instead sending out a draft...Continue reading
Kindle Unlimited Funding Pool Grew in August 2018 While the Per-Page Rate Didn’t Change
Amazon announced on Friday that the Kindle Unlimited funding pool grew to $23.3 million in August (plus bonuses), up from $23.1 million in July 2018. At the same time the per-page...Continue reading
Amazon is Merging Createspace Into KDP Print
I called it. Amazon has just taken the step that I am sure many saw coming. A new notice has been posted to Createspace user dashboards, informing them that CS...Continue reading
Kindle Unlimited Funding Pool Grew in July 2018 While the Per-Page Rate Fell
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...Continue reading
Kindle for Android Updated With Support for Split-Screen Mode
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 Nougat...Continue reading
Kindle Unlimited Reporting is Down
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...Continue reading
Amazon (Officially) Launches Support for Arabic-Language eBooks on Kindle
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....Continue reading
Kindle for PC 1.24 Adds New Study Features
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...Continue reading