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TechMan: Kindle cords crumbling? Elementary, Dr. Watson!News from Pittsburgh Post Gazette:

May 20, 2012 12:16 am

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By Ced Kurtz / Pittsburgh Post-Gazette
From the files of John Watson, M.D.: The Case of the Crumbling Kindle Cord.
Sherlock Holmes loped into the parlor at 221B Baker St., where I was sitting on a rainy spring day.
“Egads, Watson. Cast your eyes on this,” he said, holding out a common white Amazon Kindle recharging cord.
“Why, it is crumbling,” I said. “The insulation is falling off in pieces, exposing the bare silver wire beneath.”
“Exactly, [...] Continue Reading…

Amazon Pitching Kindle Fire Welcome Screen Ads for $ 600000News from Wired News:

An ad-supported Kindle Fire could spur impulse buys. Photo: Jon Snyder/Wired

Whether we like it or not, advertising pays for a bunch of stuff we enjoy. Network TV, magazines and web sites that don’t have multi-billion-dollar IPOs all depend on advertising dollars to make their profit margins — or even survive. And now Amazon is pondering an advertising subsidy for its Kindle Fire tablet.
Ad Age reports that Amazon has been pitching Kindle Fire welcome-screen ads to [...] Continue Reading…

Amazon Kindle Fire Gets Grilled In Hot New Video Web Series “Can You Grill It?”News from Houston Chronicle:
Viewers Tune In To Watch Professional BBQ Pitmasters Grill Amazon’s Popular Kindle Device On YouTube
Washington, DC (PRWEB) May 16, 2012
Watch the new video at http://youtu.be/obiZkYTz8WQ
The professional pitmasters and barbecue industry moguls of Pork Barrel BBQ, Heath Hall and Brett Thompson, are blazing a trail with the hottest reviews of popular mobile electronics in their new web video series, “Can You Grill It?” (http://www.CanYouGrillIt.com). The latest video features the Amazon Kindle Fire getting [...] Continue Reading…

Kindle Fire welcome screen ads said to be $ 600K a popNews from CNET:Rumor has it that Amazon is toying with the idea of letting advertisers buy space on the welcome screen of its most popular tablet, but it comes with a high price tag.
(Credit: Amazon)
For those who have $ 600,000 lying around, there’s reportedly a new way to spend it. Amazon is said to be courting advertising agencies to buy ad placements on the Kindle Fire’s welcome screen, according to Ad Age.
The $ 600,000 would [...] Continue Reading…

Amazon Kindle Fire Gets Grilled In Hot New Video Web Series “Can You Grill It?”News from Seattle Post Intelligencer:
Viewers Tune In To Watch Professional BBQ Pitmasters Grill Amazon’s Popular Kindle Device On YouTube
Washington, DC (PRWEB) May 16, 2012
Watch the new video at http://youtu.be/obiZkYTz8WQ
The professional pitmasters and barbecue industry moguls of Pork Barrel BBQ, Heath Hall and Brett Thompson, are blazing a trail with the hottest reviews of popular mobile electronics in their new web video series, “Can You Grill It?” (http://www.CanYouGrillIt.com). The latest video features the Amazon Kindle Fire [...] Continue Reading…

Amazon aims to launch front-lit Kindle in JulyNews from Reuters:

By Nivedita Bhattacharjee
Tue May 15, 2012 5:26am EDT

(Reuters) – Amazon.com Inc will launch new versions of its Kindle e-reader and tablet, including a monochrome e-reader with front lighting, a source who has seen the prototype told Reuters.

The world’s largest Internet retailer is aiming to have the new e-reader in stores in July, said the source, who has direct knowledge of the matter but asked not to be named because Amazon (AMZN.O) has not yet made the decision public.

Amazon has been [...] Continue Reading…

Amazon aims to launch front-lit Kindle in July: sourceNews from msnbc.com:
Amazon.com Inc will launch new versions of its Kindle e-reader and tablet, including a monochrome e-reader with front lighting, a source who has seen the prototype told Reuters.
The world’s largest Internet retailer is aiming to have the new e-reader in stores in July, said the source, who has direct knowledge of the matter but asked not to be named because Amazon has not yet made the decision public.
Amazon has been ramping up production of the new Kindle, which will [...] Continue Reading…

Harry Potter Series Added To Amazon’s Kindle Owners’ Lending LibraryNews from RTT News:
5/13/2012 7:46 AM ET(RTTNews) – Amazon’s Kindle Owners’ Lending Library has more than 145,000 books, including over 100 current and former New York Times Best Sellers, that can be borrowed for free. Now, one more iconic book series has been added to that long list.
Starting June 19, Amazon Prime members can read all seven Harry Potter books (in English, French, Italian, German and Spanish) for free on their Kindle. The Harry Potter series, which is based purely [...] Continue Reading…

Kindle Fire 2 Release Date News Could Bring More Amazon Color E-Readers With ItNews from Gather.com:
by Matt Clark
Member since:August 22, 2007

With the announcement of a Kindle Fire 2 release date, will Amazon also bring an end to its original e-reader? It’s possible according to one report, which speculates that the company will introduce a completely new line of color e-readers with the Fire sequel’s release.A recent report at Tom’s Guide discusses the fact that color and multi-touch screens could be taking over the Kindle line. Those who own any [...] Continue Reading…

Roaming authors’ back listings to keep Kindle prices downNews from al.com:

The war over digital book prices has many fronts. Publishing companies accuse Amazon, the dominant player and inventor of the Kindle, of artificially pricing books so low in the device’s early days that it put book stores on life support. But Kindle owners, including myself, are increasingly furious about price creep that has seen prices of popular American writers rise in two years from $ 9.99 to as high as $ 14.99.
I’m not sure what the readers [...] Continue Reading…