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Nora Roberts sells 1 million Kindle Books

Posted January 13, 2011 by Holly in News | 0 Comments

Yesterday Amazon announced that Nora Roberts was the third author to sell 1 million Kindle books. Russ Grandinetti, vice President of Kindle Contest says, “Nora Roberts has been a bestseller at Amazon for 15 years so this accomplishment is no surprise. We’re happy to welcome Nora Roberts to the Kindle Million Club, joining Stieg Larsson and James Patterson.”

SEATTLE—Jan. 12, 2011—Amazon.com, Inc., (NASDAQ: AMZN) today announced that Nora Roberts has become the third author to sell over 1 million Kindle books, becoming the third member of the “Kindle Million Club.” As of yesterday, Nora Roberts has sold 1,170,539 Kindle books under her name and her pseudonym J.D. Robb. The Kindle Million Club recognizes authors whose books have sold over 1 million paid copies in the Kindle Store (www.amazon.com/kindlestore). Stieg Larsson, author of the Millennium Trilogy, was the first author to hit the 1 million mark.  James Patterson, author of more than 65 books that span the genres of suspense, fantasy, romance, historical fiction and children’s, was the second author to join the Kindle Million Club.

I’m not surprised that La Nora was the third. The woman is a powerhouse.


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New low price on Amazon Kindle!

Posted June 21, 2010 by Casee in | 2 Comments

Amazon.com just posted a new release which states that the Kindle is dropping in price from $259 to $189. That is HUGE!!!

SEATTLE, Jun 21, 2010 (BUSINESS WIRE) –Amazon.com, Inc. (NASDAQ:AMZN) today announced that Amazon Kindle, the best e-reader on the market (see this recent press release from the world’s leading consumer reporting organization–http://pressroom.consumerreports.org/pressroom/2010/06/amazons-kindle-tops-cr-ebook-reader-ratings.html), is now only $189, down from $259. Kindle is the 3G wireless portable reader that allows you to think of a book and be reading in 60 seconds, from wherever you happen to be. Easy to read even in bright sunlight, the 10.2 ounce Kindle is light enough for one-handed reading. Even though it’s a 3G wireless device, Kindle has no monthly fees or annual contracts. The Kindle Store includes over 600,000 books and the largest selection of the most popular books people want to read, including 109 of 112 New York Times Bestsellers and New Releases from $9.99. In addition, over 1.8 million free, out-of-copyright, pre-1923 books are available to read on Kindle. Since its release, Kindle has been the #1 bestselling product across the millions of items sold on Amazon. Kindle is in stock and available for immediate shipment at the new lower price of $189. Learn more at www.amazon.com/kindle.

So what are you waiting for? Go order your Kindle!


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New low price on Amazon Kindle!

Posted June 21, 2010 by Casee in Reviews | 2 Comments

Amazon.com just posted a new release which states that the Kindle is dropping in price from $259 to $189. That is HUGE!!!

SEATTLE, Jun 21, 2010 (BUSINESS WIRE) –Amazon.com, Inc. (NASDAQ:AMZN) today announced that Amazon Kindle, the best e-reader on the market (see this recent press release from the world’s leading consumer reporting organization–http://pressroom.consumerreports.org/pressroom/2010/06/amazons-kindle-tops-cr-ebook-reader-ratings.html), is now only $189, down from $259. Kindle is the 3G wireless portable reader that allows you to think of a book and be reading in 60 seconds, from wherever you happen to be. Easy to read even in bright sunlight, the 10.2 ounce Kindle is light enough for one-handed reading. Even though it’s a 3G wireless device, Kindle has no monthly fees or annual contracts. The Kindle Store includes over 600,000 books and the largest selection of the most popular books people want to read, including 109 of 112 New York Times Bestsellers and New Releases from $9.99. In addition, over 1.8 million free, out-of-copyright, pre-1923 books are available to read on Kindle. Since its release, Kindle has been the #1 bestselling product across the millions of items sold on Amazon. Kindle is in stock and available for immediate shipment at the new lower price of $189. Learn more at www.amazon.com/kindle.

So what are you waiting for? Go order your Kindle!


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Who Really Screwed Up, Amazon or Macmillan?

Posted February 1, 2010 by Holly in Discussions | 8 Comments

Earlier this year I blogged about Why I Buy From Amazon.com despite all the nastiness floating around about them and their business practices. What it comes down to for me is convenience. I’m willing to buy from Amazon because they offer me what I need at a reasonable price with no shipping charges. So even though they screw with reviewers and have system glitches and are a big bad evil corporation, I still buy from them. Because the bottom line for me is, well, me. To quote my post from earlier this year:

I don’t care that Amazon is “taking over the world”. What I care about is getting the books I love at a reasonable price in the least amount of time possible.

For those of you not in the know about the latest SNAFU, here’s a quick breakdown of what happened:

Amazon and Macmillan are having a disagreement about ebooks and pricing. Amazon wants to continue to offer new hardcover bestsellers at $9.99 but Macmillan doesn’t want Amazon to discount their books. Amazon refuses to budge, so Macmillan refuses to allow them Kindle rights. In a power play, Amazon then refuses to sell any Macmillan books. At all. If you looked over the last day or two, no Macmillan books – including Tor and St. Martin’s Press – have a buy link at Amazon, unless it was through a third-party seller.

This is where Amazon screwed up. By taking away my ability to buy, they’ve now alienated me, the consumer. I can no longer buy the books I want in a convenient, reasonably priced manner.

But isn’t Macmillan just as guilty? By trying to force me to pay so much for an ebook, aren’t they also alienating me? I’ve been lamenting their pricing on ebooks for some time now, as I just don’t understand it. Why would I want to pay $14.00 for an ebook when the print book is $7.99? And what exactly do they hope to accomplish by pricing ebooks the way they do? Are they really that opposed to ebooks? Isn’t that rather shortsighted of them?

Personally I don’t believe Amazon should have the right to dictate the pricing of books. The $9.99 bestsellers has been a point of contention with many and I’m not sure which side of the line I fall on. I will say it makes me nervous to see one company with that much power. But it makes me just as nervous that Macmillan refuses to see that readers want ebooks, and at a reduced price. I can’t hold an ebook, lend it to a friend, transfer it or – in the case of Kindle books – own the rights to it, so why would I want to pay twice the mass market paperback price for one?

So who really screwed up? It seems to me a good share of the blame needs to land on both parties.


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Kindle for PC

Posted November 10, 2009 by Casee in | 1 Comment

SEATTLE–(BUSINESS WIRE)–Nov. 10, 2009– Amazon.com, Inc. (NASDAQ:AMZN) today announced the availability of “Kindle for PC,” the free application that lets readers around the world enjoy Kindle books on their personal computers (PC). The U.S. Kindle Store (www.amazon.com/kindlestore) currently offers more than 360,000 books, including New Releases and 101 of 112 New York Times Bestsellers, which are typically $9.99 or less. The Kindle Store is the only place to find some of today’s most popular books in digital format. Kindle books can now be read on the Kindle, Kindle DX, iPhone, iPod touch and PC. Kindle for PC is now available as a free download to readers in over 100 countries at www.amazon.com/KindleforPC.

You can find the full press release here.

Casee says: I’m happy that this is finally available. With B&N’s nook, Amazon is going to have to continually make the Kindle more user friendly. Hint: PDF files.

Holly says: While I think it’s great that the Kindle is reaching out and becoming available on other platforms, I still think it needs to open itself up to other hand held devices. One of the benefits of the nook is being able to use it on several hand held devices, not just an iPhone or iTouch. Still, this is good news for Kindle users.


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