Amazon’s latest Kindle Oasis ($270 as configured via Amazon) is the ultimate e-reader. Two important features debut with this 2017 model: It’s waterproof, and it supports audiobooks via Audible. Make no mistake: Reading on this device is a luxurious pleasure. With a ...
Amazon has quietly released a good deal on its popular Kindle series of e-readers, but it’s available only to Prime Members, or anyone who has an active 30-day free trial. For a limited time, Kindle’s price sinks from $80 to ...
We begin our week long series on Amazon innovation with a discussion of how Kindle transformed ebooks, and, in the process, changed the entire book industry. Amazon, fundamentally, is a far more innovative company than any other tech company in ...
Over the years I’ve owned a number of Kindle ebook readers. My latest is the Kindle Paperwhite, which, given that it’s only a little over $100, is not a bad bit of kit, and over the course of a month ...
With so many technology companies taking the safe route of incremental change, something utterly new can knock you back on your heels. The Amazon Kindle Oasis e-reader, which goes on pre-order on Wednesday, is that fresh and different. Essentially discarding ...
Amazon isn’t trying to replace the book. Which is sensible. “Paper is still the golden standard for reading,” vice president of industrial design at Amazon Devices Chris Green told ShortList.com at the unveiling of their new Kindle – the Oasis. “It always will be. ...
Amazon UK is in the midst of a health and safety debacle as the retailer has been forced to issue a recall on chargers for its Fire 7-inch or Kids Edition 7-inch tablets. It would be ironic if this was ...
Waterstones is no longer selling Kindle e-readers because the demand for them simply isn’t there. That’s according to the firm’s managing director James Daunt, who described sales of the devices at his stores as “pitiful”. He told The Bookseller: “Sales ...
The new Amazon Kindle Fire HDX 8.9 tablet is the very definition of an update: It’s the exact same design, size and weight as the last product, with almost all the changes found under the hood, and especially, in the software. This ...
This week in Gadget Dreams and Nightmares, a peek at newly announced gadgets that caught my eye, we’re going back to the future. Yes, there’s an actual hoverboard on the agenda, alongside a larger Nook tablet, a high-end Kindle, smart ...