Is Kindle Exclusivity a Game Changer?

Posted by Tim Sheehy on Jan 11, 2012 in Tech

Nook vs Kindle

Recently, over 60,000 free ebooks were removed from the Nook’s digital bookstore, and fewer titles are appearing every day. Why, might you ask? It’s not Barnes & Noble’s fault, but Amazon could have something to do with it. It should come as no surprise, especially considering their history of aggressive marketing and bully-boy tactics, but Amazon recently negotiated a deal with authors, offering to instantly add their novels to the Kindle’s lending library in exchange for their exclusivity. Read more…

Tags: Amazon Kindle

My Aspirational Amazon Kindle 2

Posted by Michael Pinto on Feb 10, 2009 in Tech

Amazon Kindle 2 Wishful Thinking Mockup by Michael Pinto

The first Amazon Kindle looked like something from the 90s, you’d half expected that it would be running HyperCard with some Voyager CD-ROMs providing the content. So with the debut of the Amazon Kindle 2 I was sort of surprised to see them still sticking with the same old ugly plastic buttons, a black and white screen and that awful off white casing surrounding the display. Frankly in a recession I’m not going to drop $360 on something that looks like it should cost under $100. Read more…

Tags: 2001: A Space Odyssey, Amazon Kindle