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Выглядит очень симпатично. И на порядок лучше, чем в первой инкарнации лет пять назад.

Sometimes it takes a decade or more for an insight to be validated, but it is always nice when it happens. Around the turn of the century, I was developing a business called “Supply Chain Tracker”, which had a nice client base for a few years. What we did was take the data feeds — … Source: It is being proven that smaller bookstores can work commercially - The Shatzkin Files The Shatzkin Files

(NASDAQ: AMZN)—Amazon today introduced a groundbreaking new tablet for under $50. The new Fire tablet includes a quad-core processor, 7”. Source: Introducing Fire—Setting an Entirely New Standard for a Tablet under $50 | Business Wire И даже 6 штук предлагают за $250 — охапками.

(NASDAQ: AMZN)—Amazon today introduced all-new Fire HD tablets, designed from the ground up for entertainment with a stunning 8” or 10.1”. Source: Introducing the All-New Fire HD: Powerful Tablets Designed for Entertainment | Business Wire И будет работать «в 2 раза дольше, чем iPad!» Да? Правда?

Amazon has released the monthly stats on its streaming ebook service, Kindle Unlimited. The retailer hasn’t told us the number of subscribers, but we do know that in August 2015 publishers and authors were paid from a pool worth $11.8 million. According to the two authors who (quietly) sent me info, Amazon paid authors about $0.0051 per page read. That is down from the $0.0058 that Amazon paid authors in July 2015, with the decline due to the sharp increase in the number of pages read (2.

Source: September 2015 Author Earnings Report – Author Earnings Собственно, вывод из очередного доклада Хауи главный — один: большая пятёрка издателей сами виноваты, задрав цены на электронные книги. Чувствительный к цене рынок отреагировал радикально — доходы традиционной издательской индустрии валятся, авторы, работающие с издателями, получают меньше, а в выигрыше (сами продажи электронных книг на Amazon-то растут) остаются независимые авторы и Amazon с его собственными книгами. Делиться надо.

Today, the American company launched Kindle Unlimited in India, a subscription service that allows its users to pick and read as much as they want from over a million books at a monthly fee of INR 199 (US$3). Early birds get it half price. Source: Amazon throws open a million books for Indians on Kindle at $3 a month Три бакса в месяц? Прям как Bookmate — по нынешнему курсу.

(NASDAQ: AMZN)—Amazon today introduced the all-new Kindle Paperwhite, updating its most popular and best-selling Kindle with the highest resolut Source: Amazon Introduces New Kindle Paperwhite: The Most Popular Kindle, Now Even Better—Still Only $119 | Business Wire В пресс-релизе написано, что у нового Kindle Paperwhite те же 300 точек на дюйм, что и у Kindle Voyage. Этот момент я в своё время пропустил ;( Потому как ведь это то самое разрешение, которое всегда было порогом для типографии.

Epic’s 18-month-old ebook subscription service may have a kid-friendly focus and a catalog of 10,000 titles (including titles from HarperCollins, Macmillan, and Scholastic), but it’s been missing something: support for Android. That changed this week. I was too busy with BEA 2015 to report on it, but Epic released an Android app on Thursday. […] Source: Epic Brings Its Kids’ eBook Subscription Service to Android | Ink, Bits, & Pixels

Amazon продолжает расширять охват стран сервисом подписки Kindle Unlimited. Amazon открыл сервис подписки сначала в США, затем в Великобритании, Испании, Италии, Германии и Нидерландах, и вот теперь во Франции и Бразилии. А в России даже и Kindle Store нет ;(