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Kindle Breaks Sales Record in November

Friday, December 25, 2009

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Kindle Breaks Sales Record in November

Cyber Monday, typically a great day for gadget sales – Amazon has announced that it was the best sales month ever for Kindle. We can’t say how much of this can be attributed to the recent international launch of Kindle, but it definitely helped – along with the price cuts. Despite the competition, Kindle is certainly [...]

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Amazon: Windows 7 is Bigger Than Harry Potter

Wednesday, October 21, 2009

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Amazon: Windows 7 is Bigger Than Harry Potter

How can Windows 7 be bigger than Harry Potter, you ask? That box can’t be more than 15 inches tall, while Daniel Radcliffe is at least 5′8”! Well, what Amazon meant when they said that was this: Windows 7 is the biggest grossing pre-order product of all time on Amazon.co.uk. Even Amazon UK’s MD Brian McBride sounds [...]

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Want to Get Your Amazon Orders the Same Day?

Sunday, October 18, 2009

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Want to Get Your Amazon Orders the Same Day?

Now you can with the newly launched Local Express Delivery service — at least in 7 major cities. New York, Philadelphia, Boston, Baltimore, Las Vegas, Washington D.C. and Seattle can now receive orders the same day if placed before the specified cutoff times. Three other cities should be rolled out soon as well: Chicago, Indianapolis and [...]

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Google Plans Electronic Book Store to Take On Amazon

Sunday, October 18, 2009

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Google Plans Electronic Book Store to Take On Amazon

Look out Amazon: Google just announced plans to open an electronic book store. Unlike Amazon’s strategy with the Kindle dedicated eReader device, Google plans to deliver eBooks to any device with a web browser. The service, dubbed Google Editions, is slated to launch in the first half of 2010. At launch it will feature about 500,000 [...]

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