Amazon anuncia reducción del precio del Kindle Fire 8.9

Amazon just announced that it will soon be available one thing that will surely happy to many: a Kindle Fire 08.09 cheaper than normal. Yes, the 8.9-inch version of the Kindle is cheaper than ever and has the technology that characterizes it.

The WiFi model of the Kindle Fire tablet will now cost 09.08 less $ 30, down to $ 270 dollars, while the 4G + WiFi model will cost $400, that is $ 100 less than usual.

According to the company said, the high demand, in turn mixed with a great production that is taking place, have led to the reduction in the price of the device to try and get some extra benefits making many sales.

The division president of Kindle, Dave Limp, has said that they like to take this opportunity and allow customers to save a few dollars.

It is also believed that the price cut is an attempt by Amazon to improve sales during this year's new room is coming, which usually holds the worst levels of profits when it comes to electronic devices.

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Amazon updates its Kindle app for Mac

 

Amazon has just released a new version of its app Kindle for Mac computers. Now the application supports multitouch in OS X Lion.
Among the new features of the new version also found support for Kindle Format 8 books, classic bug fixes and error and of course it has improved the performance of the application. Another update, you may not be interested, there is now native support for Japanese content.
You can get the Kindle app from here .

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Amazon launches new Kindle and Kindle Fire tablet HD

Amazon CEO Jeff Bezos was presented in an airplane hangar today to unveil three new Kindle e-readers and Kindle Fire multiple tablets. The new flagship tablet Amazon is an excellent match for the third-generation iPad while the other models solidify the company's position thanks to more powerful hardware and content ecosystem.
Economic Fourth Generation Kindle (U.S. $ 69 available from 14 September)
Although the Kindle Fire is the most expensive tablet style device selling on Amazon, their most basic e-readers are extremely popular, especially the Kindle for $ 79 that launched last year. People interested in cheaper than offered by the company will be happy to hear that your reader base now costs $ 69. Besides the price, this new version of its popular Reader promises a more comfortable reading experience thanks to new fonts, sharper text and pages that turn 15% faster. You can pre-order this latest model today but will be dispatched on Friday September 14.
New Kindle Paper white backlit (U.S. $ 119 Wi-Fi, 3G $ 179, available from 1 October)
As expected one of the most prominent devices in today's presentation was the new electric reader Amazon takes to face the Nook Simple Touch released earlier this year. As the solution Barnes & Noble, Amazon said Paperwhite has patented the distributing light evenly across the entire surface of the screen, in the same manner as the ambient light. Despite having a lighting system, the Paperwhite Kindle has a thickness of only 9.1 mm, weighs 7.5 ounces and has a battery that lasts eight weeks.

It also allows users to read in the dark without external attachments, has a 25% greater contrast - are whiter whites and blacker blacks - and 62% more pixels for a 212PPi density. This Kindle is available in two versions: one that costs $ 119 and only has Wi-Fi and one with 3G and Whispersync service. Amazon says both are already available for pre-sale and will be dispatched from 1 October.
Refurbished Kindle Fire ($ 159, available from September 14)
Kindle Fire The original has been renovated and now starts at just $ 159. This new price offers a faster processor and double the RAM, which translates into a tablet 40 percent faster compared to its predecessor. Amazon also mentioned that this unit has a greater battery life but did not disclose exactly how long. The new Kindle Fire is also available for pre-sale and will consumers since 14 September.
New Kindle Fire 8.9 inch HD 16GB ($ 299 available from 20 November)
Bezos spent most of his presentation showing the new Kindle Fire tablet HD. The larger tablet has a thickness of only 8.8 mm, weighs 20 ounces and comes with a 8.9-inch 1920x1200 screen or a reflection 254PPI reduced by 25 percent. The interior has a Texas Instruments OMAP 4470 processor which according Bezos is faster than the Nvidia Tegra 3 processor floating point operations and bandwidth to memory. Among its other features are two stereo speakers with Dolby Digital Plus, HD front camera, HDMI output, technology W-Fi MIMO two bands (2.4 GHz and 5.0 GHz) and 16GB of internal storage. This Kindle Fire 8.9 inch HD has an RRP of $ 299 and will be available from November 20.

Kindle Fire 8.9 inch HD 4G LTE 32GB ($ 499 available from 20 November)
The 32GB model will have connectivity 4G LTE and a price of $ 499 (also available from 20 November) and for $ 50 more per year receive 250MB of data per month, 20GB of cloud storage and $ 10 credit Amazon. An excellent data plan if you are in the U.S.

 

 

Kindle Fire 7 inch HD 16GB (U.S. $ 199 available from 14 September)
If that was not what you were looking for Amazon has a further option, a variation of 7 inches for the Kindle Fire HD with 16GB of internal storage at a price of $ 199 which will be released on September 14.

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Amazon already sells more ebooks than paper books in the UK

The ebook has already won the game against the paper book, at least in the UK. Amazon just announced in a press release sales figures for its popular electronic book reader family, Kindle, has exceeded the total sales in traditional format, in both paperback and in tough in Britain. In May 2011, sales of ebooks for Kindle had already advanced, with a ratio of 2-1, the hardcover.

For every 100 books printed Amazon.co.uk sell, have sold 144 eBooks. The difference could be even greater, since in the final tally Amazon did not include free Kindle books (many editions of classic and contemporary texts that their authors make for free download) but those texts that are on paper but not in ebook.

"Consumers in the UK are now choosing more often Kindle books printed books, even though our business is growing role," said in a statement Jorrit van der Meulen, vice president of Kindle for Europe. "As a result of the success of the Kindle, we are selling more books than ever for the benefit of authors and publishers."

Readers who read more have a Kindle, as Amazon says. Each of them buys four times more books than before they bought the electronic reader. And according to the firm defends not only buy mail: also made with paper books.

Phenomenon Fifty Shades of Grey

The figures will also update the podium of record sales in electronic form. JK Rowling, author of the Harry Potter series, and yields his throne to the author of a trilogy of very different. EL James, author of Fifty Shades of Grey, becomes the best selling author of Amazon in the UK, getting in just four months, two million books sold through its erotic novel trilogy.

James has become a global publishing phenomenon, breaking sales records and becoming a minority gender in a quite popular.

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Kindle digital book sale surpasses the physical copies from Amazon UK

 

After two years of release on Kindle in the UK, sales of digital books Amazon has surpassed sales of print books . English readers received the Kindle in August 2010 and by May the following year, sold more digital books hardcover copies with a ratio of two to one. This latest milestone includes hardcover books such as smooth.
Amazon said that this is especially exciting as they reached this milestone in the United Kingdom in half the time in the U.S., where it took over two years that digital books outweigh the hardcover and nearly four years to overcome physical copies in general . Despite the rapid adoption, the company said that its sales of printed books continues to grow.
Amazon.co.uk has sold 114 Kindle books for every 100 books printed so far in 2012, excluding Kindle books are not included costs but hardcover copies without digital versions. The company also reported that people with a Kindle are more likely to read and buy four times more material than they did before. Although many are still buying printed books.
Finely, three authors in the top 10 Kindle - Nick Spalding, Katia Lief and Kerry Wilkinson - were posted through the KDP ( Direct Kindle Publishing ) from Amazon, which pays up to 70% in royalties. As always, Amazon would rather not share exact numbers but mentioned that Wilkinson has sold over 300,000 copies of his books and EL James, author of Fifty Shades of Grey, has broken records in both the digital and physical copies market, selling more than two million Kindle books in just four months.

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Amazon plans to launch its own smartphone to compete with Apple and Google

The company Amazon is working on its own smartphone with Foxconn, in an attempt to compete with Apple and Google companies in this sector. In addition, the U.S. company is trying to acquire a number of patents on wireless technology that would help defend against possible accusations of patent infringement.

Amazon has become a leader in electronic commerce and it appears it can achieve the same objective in the field of mobile devices. First achieved great success with the Kindle, its electronic book, which has been around the world and has managed to harvest a large number of sales. In 2011, Amazon venture into the market of 'tablets' touch with your Kindle, a 'tablet' to shade the iPad unbeatable price of $ 199.

But Amazon wants to reach all corners of the mobile device industry. As confirmed by two people related to the topic at Bloomberg, the U.S. company working with Foxconn, maker of the Kindle, in its own smartphone.

Thus Amazon looking to break into a market dominated by Apple, the iPhone, and Google-with smartphones from manufacturers that incorporate Android. In addition, a smartphone would give Amazon a wider range of devices at low prices to strengthen its e-commerce strategy. So far no Amazon spokesman has not confirmed or denied anything about this subject.

Besides working on the new device, Amazon is also considering the purchase of patents to avoid litigation for infringement of the same. These patents are related to wireless technology devices and the selected operator is InterDigital.

Amazon strengthened its patent strategy recently by hiring the former chief executive of Intellectual Ventures Management, Matt Gordon, a company that was founded by former Microsoft CTO, Nathan Myhrvold, and which has over 35,000 intellectual property assets . Gordon is managing director of acquisitions and investments in Amazon patent.

Related links:

- Bloomberg (http://www.bloomberg.com/news/2012-07-06/amazon-said-to-plan-smartphone-to-vie-with-apple.html).

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