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Ether Books Wants to Out-Amazon Amazon. Good Luck!

amazopia — Fri, 03 May 2013 13:31:05 +0000

Send to Kindle EtherBooks claims that they are going to out-Amazon Amazon. The company will be selling mostly short articles and stories; fewer than 6,000 words, or about 15 times the length of this blogpost. This length of e-book is aimed squarely at the smartphone market, and the new attention-span-challenged generation. EtherBooks’ claims to fame [...]

Auto-Rip for Vinyl, eBook Cover Designer, Discounting MacMillan books, and more…

Georgene — Thu, 11 Apr 2013 00:40:45 +0000

Send to Kindle Have you used Amazon Auto-Rip? That’s the service where you purchase a CD and get the MP3 version free. This service started in January 2013, and I mentioned it in this post. Now, Amazon has introduced an extension of the popular service to purchases of vinyl records. Any vinyl purchases made dating [...]

No more ads, AZ’s return policy, .pin up for grabs? and more…

Georgene — Wed, 03 Apr 2013 00:07:42 +0000

Send to Kindle I feel so bad! I didn’t even come up with some stupid, scary story yesterday to get everyone all upset, and then at the last minute save myself with a “Happy April Fool’s.” Face it: I have no personality. So I guess you all are stuck with the real news of the [...]

Send to Kindle, raising Apollo 11 engines, nudity in advertising, and more…

Georgene — Fri, 22 Mar 2013 00:48:09 +0000

Send to Kindle Hey, did you see the new button on the site? Yes, THAT one, right above this paragraph! Now, I don’t know whether Amazon is reacting to Google’s impending shut-down of Google Reader, or if they have other reasons, but they have developed a plugin that will send any blogpost to Kindle, if [...]

Happy Birthday to your friends, Lawsuit by small merchants, Google/Amazon rivalry again, and more…

Georgene — Sun, 17 Mar 2013 23:47:58 +0000

Send to Kindle Can’t figure out what to buy someone for their birthday, and couldn’t afford it anyway? You might be just the candidate for Aggregift, a service that allows users to crowd-fund gift campaigns on Amazon! Using Aggregift, you can all work together, using social media such as Facebook as well as Amazon, to [...]

Amazon wants “.book” – others object, SimCity temporarily suspended, and Prime membership

Georgene — Mon, 11 Mar 2013 22:20:48 +0000

Send to Kindle ICANN is apparently going to release a bunch of new domain name extensions, not the least of which are “.book” “.author” and .read.” Betcha can’t guess which online entity is ready to pounce on “.book,” right? Yep it’s Amazon, but not without objections by the Authors Guild and the Association of American [...]

Amazon’s iPad and Mini Cloud Player app is out, but don’t install!

Georgene — Tue, 05 Mar 2013 23:37:38 +0000

Send to Kindle It appears that Amazon’s Cloud Player is now available for download, and it will store all your Amazon music purchases and a bunch of imported music (for free) and a bunch more (for a fee). Unfortunately, it’s having its serious issues. Don’t install it for now if you are using an iPad [...]

Amazon’s customer service experience is great (or not) – depending on who you ask!

Georgene — Mon, 04 Mar 2013 16:09:50 +0000

Send to Kindle One of the best things about Amazon is its customer service. One of the worst things about Amazon is its customer service. You see: it all depends on who you ask! If you are the customer, you loooooooove Amazon. If you are a writer or the seller of goods, you may not [...]

AZ poised for (more) growth, winning the e-book platform, new suit filed against Amazon & Big Six, and more…

Georgene — Wed, 27 Feb 2013 14:11:22 +0000

Send to Kindle Amazon, the largest marketplace in the world, is prepared to grow some more in 2013. Somehow I don’t think this is a huge surprise, for those who have been paying attention at all. It is interesting to note, though, that Amazon hasn’t even been around for ten years, and has become so [...]

No more freebie eBooks? What price DRM-free? Cloud Player connecting to your car…and more!

Georgene — Sat, 23 Feb 2013 21:56:39 +0000

Send to Kindle No more freebie ebooks? Not a great thing for those of us who download a lot of them, but Amazon is about to start penalizing sites that point their affiliate links primarily toward free downloads. I don’t expect this will – at all – keep people from using free promos as a [...]

Free eBook, Even More Sales Tax Concerns, Amazon Redshift for Everyone, and eBook Sales Soaring

Georgene — Sun, 17 Feb 2013 02:18:32 +0000

Send to Kindle I have a happy announcement to make today! I have published an ebook (on Amazon, of course!) entitled Making a GREAT Living with Fulfillment by Amazon: Specific Answers to 30 Questions Every Newbie Asks. And today, Sunday, February 17th, for one day only, it’s free! I do hope you will go pick [...]

Under the Dome at Amazon, Online shopping battle with Google, and How to screensave your Kindle Fire…

Georgene — Wed, 13 Feb 2013 00:22:24 +0000

Send to Kindle Venture Beat tells us that Amazon Prime users will be able to stream CBS’s new Stephen King show at the same time it’s airing on broadcast television. This is a first for the streaming service – usually popular shows are only available online after they are off the air. The show, Under [...]

No more Digital Reader for Amazopia…

Georgene — Mon, 11 Feb 2013 17:07:38 +0000

I just read the most condescending blogpost I have seen in some time. Without going into great detail and without linking to the post, I just want to mention that The Digital Reader will no longer be quoted or linked to by this blog, after this explanation. In case you are wondering why…. [...]

Amazon Coins, re-using digital content, AWS more expensive than you think, and Valentine destinations!

Georgene — Wed, 06 Feb 2013 21:40:44 +0000

Send to Kindle Got Coins, Amazon? Oh, no, that’s Amazon Coins – to be released in May. What is Amazon Coins? It’s a type of virtual currency to pay for apps, and, I suppose to get people hooked, Amazon will be spreading them around quite a bit at first, for free. So, that brings on [...]

Valentine’s Day Specials at Amazon

amazopia — Mon, 04 Feb 2013 14:48:34 +0000

Send to Kindle Only 10 more days to Valentine’s! Shop Amazon – Valentine’s Day Event. Amazon is running some good specials for Valentine’s Day, but you have to carefully check each one for the “discount code” in order to get the best deal. For instance, on the Kindle Fire, you have to enter the code [...]