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 […]
As this article states, the gloves are off. Here is a snippet: The retailers began a price war Thursday, when Wal-Mart offered online customers a chance to pre-order 10 popular books for $10 each, about 60% lower than the list price. Amazon.com then matched that price, but Wal-Mart took it a step further on Friday, […]
When Amazon.com first came out with their Kindle, I had no intention of buying one. I already had a Sony Portable Reader and was quite happy with it. However, the Kindle marketing department are sneaky bastards. They sent me the Kindle for a free “no risk trial”. I thought I would use it and send […]
For several months blogland has been in an uproar over various things that Amazon.com has (or hasn’t) done. Last month there was some kind of glitch (according to Amazon it was a glitch, many others have a hard time believing that was actually the case) in their system that caused almost all romance and romantica […]
Amazon.com Announces First Quarter Financial Results SEATTLE–(BUSINESS WIRE)–Apr. 23, 2009– Amazon.com, Inc. (NASDAQ:AMZN) today announced financial results for its first quarter ended March 31, 2009. Operating cash flow was $1.76 billion for the trailing twelve months, compared with $1.04 billion for the trailing twelve months ended March 31, 2008. Free cash flow increased 82% to […]