Stephen King‘s Dark Tower series of novels are among his most popular, but those who’ve yet to try the epic saga may feel a bit intimidated at the prospect of diving into this series of seven novels that weave together the genres of Western, mystery, fantasy, folklore and horror in a dense story cycle. If that … Read more
If you check above this post, you may notice there are two new items in the Find Fire Content menu ribbon: Videos and Newsstand. Video Lists Under Videos you’ll find sortable, categorized lists of Movies and TV programming, including lists showing only free videos and lists showing only Prime videos. You can sort the lists … Read more
Yesterday the New York Times reported: As soon as the Department of Justice announced Wednesday that it was suing five major publishers and Apple on price-fixing charges, and simultaneously settling with three of them, Amazon announced plans to push down prices on e-books. The price of some major titles could fall to $9.99 or less from … Read more
Bloomberg News is reporting that when the U.S. Justice Department officially moved to file suit against Apple and the “Agency 5”, all but Apple and one of the publishers named in the suit negotiated a settlement. From Bloomberg: The U.S. sued Apple Inc. (AAPL), Hachette SA, HarperCollins, Macmillan, Penguin and Simon & Schuster in New … Read more
Avid readers and fans of erotica can hardly have missed the brouhaha over Fifty Shades of Grey, the surprise bestseller by E.L. James. It’s been written about in The Huffington Post, ABC News has covered it, NPR has debated whether or not it’s sexist, the NY Times has written it up as an “S & … Read more
Remember how Amazon had that big holiday promotion, where customers would vote on which sale item they wanted from among a group of deeply-discounted items in various categories? And whichever item won the most votes in each category would be offered at the low, sale price? Well now they’re doing it every week for digital … Read more
Hard though it may be to believe, the Discovery Channel has been informing and scaring its viewers with its annual Shark Week programming for over 20 years, and now you can bring those denizens of the deep right to your Fire. Better still, if you’re a Prime member you can watch all 14 episodes in the … Read more
As promised, we provide this update on the U.S. Justice Department’s price fixing and collusion case against Apple and the Agency 5, as we originally reported in this earlier post. On The Mail, Rob Waugh reports: Justice Department could halt price deal which prevented Amazon discounting Deal between Apple and five publishers Ebook prices risen up … Read more