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Amazon today said it reached an agreement to acquire the remaining shares in LoveFilm International Limited, a European DVD-by-mail subscription service very similar to Netflix.
“The deal is a winner for the members who love LoveFilm because of its val…
Amazon is throwing a minor temper tantrum in response to a new tax bill recently passed by Illinois Governor Pat Quinn, and it could leave affiliate members in the state high and dry if it gets signed into law. A sharply worded e-mail sent out to Illi…
With a complete lack of fanfare, Amazon has thrown the switch allowing users to loan Kindle books as promised. The feature works much the same as the loaning implementation on the Nook. Users can loan a book to one user for two weeks. Loans are apparen…
It had to happen eventually, the irony is just too delicious. The intrepid Android hacking community had managed to get the Amazon Kindle app running on a rooted Nook Color. Now user that don’t mind a bit of legwork can get books from Amazon’s expansiv…
Amazon hates to get into specific numbers for Kindle sales, but isn’t shy of getting all braggadocios when new records are reached. And according to Amazon, the third-generation Kindle is now the best selling product in the company’s history, a distinc…
Amazon doesn’t usually like to reveal sales figures on its Kindle platforms, but that didn’t stop the e-tailer from sending out a ‘Thank You’ letter to customers for the success of its third-generation eBook reader.
“Thanks to you, in just the first 73…
European shoppers were unable to access Amazon.com for more than 30 minutes Sunday night, but hackers were not to blame, the popular e-tailer said.
“The brief interruption to our European retail sites earlier today was due to hardware failure in our Eu…
Effectively immediately, any webmaster can open a Kindle Bookstore and integrate it into their website, Amazon announced on Tuesday. Amazon says it takes just a few seconds to embed the Kindle for the Web widget into a website, and once in place …