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I bought a Kindle 2 for my daughter this Christmas, and I tried to publish my book on Moore’s Lore at the Kindle store just yesterday. It seems clear that there is much here for software writers to do. For instance, do you know I couldn’t…

Barnes and Noble's Nook e-reader experienced months of delays due to supposed demand, a situation that may be changing with the bookseller’s announcement that the Nook would be available in most stores starting midweek. The Nook is also…

Last week, Apple announced their entry to the burgeoning slate computer market with the iPad. Just one of a handful of companies shipping slate tablet devices this year, Apple was touted as coming up with a "Kindle Killer." While the jury…

When Amazon got into the hardware business with its original Kindle, some were skeptical that the company could deliver. What does an e-tailer know about designing hardware, right? Actually, that first design had a forgettable feature or…

SEATTLE, Feb 08, 2010 (BUSINESS WIRE) -- Amazon.com (NASDAQ:AMZN) today announced that Gavin de Becker, bestselling author and nationally recognized expert on the prediction and management of violence, has decided to make expanded and…

Remember the Nook? That eBook reader from Barnes and Noble that got mostly panned in a limited run of round one reviews? We'll, they've updated the firmware a few times and the most recent one sounds like a charm and the Nook might be ready…

wwwade, IT, e-books Kindle Conniptions: How I Published My First E-Book Wade Roush 2/5/10 (Page 2 of 4) hire production lackeys to pore through each book, paragraph by paragraph, reformatting them for Amazon’s digital bookstore—and Sony’s,…

Amazon’s recent announcement of dramatically higher royalty rates for authors and book publishers, a move designed to level the playing field with Apple’s iPad tablet, seems to be having some effect: another author has signed an exclusive…

de Becker in sharing these exclusive electronic versions of his books, now available in the Kindle Store for wireless download in less than 60 seconds."

After a 10% slide in the stock in the past month, Collins Stewart analyst Sandeep Aggarwal upgraded the stock to a buy citing the Kindle's strength in the all-important ebook sector. Aggarwal estimates Amazon will sell 3.85 million Kindles…