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• Amazon in the Process of Launching a Retail Book Store

  Amazon sources say that the company is planning on rolling out a retail store in Seattle within the next few months. This project is a test to gauge the market and see if a chain of stores would be profitable. They intend on going with the small boutique Read More... Posted Friday, February 10, 2012 5:13 PM by CSL Info | (Comments Off) Filed under: Amazon

• Amazon Kindle Lending Library Now Has Over 100,000 Ebooks

  It took Amazon 96 days to grow the list of ebooks in the Kindle Owners’ Lending Library to include over 100,000 titles. As of this writing, there are now 100,002 ebook titles in the Kindle Owners’ Lending Library. When they started the program Read More... Posted Friday, February 10, 2012 5:06 PM by CSL Info | (Comments Off) Filed under: Amazon, Kindle Lending Library

• Royalties for Library Loans

  Rachel Yu must be a bright and talented young lady because she is only 16 and already a successful author. Rachel self publishes through Amazon’s Kindle Direct Publishing Program, and her books can be borrowed through the Kindle Owners’ Lending Read More... Posted Wednesday, January 18, 2012 2:40 PM by CSL Info | (Comments Off) Filed under: Amazon, Royalties

• Transferring Files from PC to Kindle Just Got Easier

  Sending documents from a PC to a Kindle e-reader just got a little bit easier. That’s because Amazon released a new application called "Send to Kindle" that enables Kindle owners to easily transfer files from their Windows PCs directly Read More... Posted Wednesday, January 18, 2012 2:35 PM by CSL Info | (Comments Off) Filed under: Kindle, Amazon

• Infographic - Amazon Market Share

  Amazon has come a long way from *just* being the world's largest bookseller. This year alone the company has launched three new products or service offerings that challenge the market dominance of an established player. Check out the infographic to Read More... Posted Monday, December 19, 2011 1:42 PM by CSL Info | (Comments Off) Filed under: Amazon

• 3 Out of Top 10 Best-Selling Kindle Books Are Self-Published

  As Amazon published a list of best-selling books of 2011 , everyone is pointing to Walter Isaacson’s biography of Steve Jobs. It’s the top bestseller of combined print and Kindle lists. When you take a closer look at the list of Kindle bestsellers Read More... Posted Monday, December 19, 2011 10:49 AM by CSL Info | (Comments Off) Filed under: Kindle, Amazon

• Who Is the Best Strategic Player in Tech?

  By this time next month, there will have been the usual sudden year-end jump in ownership of Kindles, thanks to the season of gifts. If book industry analyst Mike Shatzkin is to be believed, the sales at retail bookstores will have fallen by about 10% Read More... Posted Monday, December 19, 2011 9:10 AM by CSL Info | (Comments Off) Filed under: Kindle, Amazon