Amazon has put on its war paint, pulled out its tomahawks, and declared all out war on the iPad. Since the iPad’s earlier release, Amazon has been acting irrationally, trying to keep the stranglehold it has on the market. First, it introduced the Kindle Apps, an obvious stake at one of the iPhone’s (and now, iPad’s)...

All this week the internet was buzzing with the incoming announcement of a new Kindle. It didn’t take long for photos and details to leak out, and let us know that this Kindle would be larger in size and address some concerns with the Kindle 2. A lot of people called this an elegant power play by Amazon, letting them hit the large...

It looks like all of the hype around the second edition of the Kindle has really kick started the e-reader craze. Publishing companies, bookstores, and multibillion dollar news corporations are all announcing their own e-reader, all of them leveraging e-paper technology. Will this create a flood in the market with too many single purpose...

Three or four years ago and the e-book was a joke. It was something sought after by hard core nerds or a few fans trying to get the next Harry Potter book for free. Nobody in the publishing industry thought that electronic text was going to make it big, let alone consider it the savior for the dying publishing industry. A lot has changed...

Amazon held a press conference today announcing the next generation of their Kindle e-reader. The buzz has been building the last two months, with leaked images and speculations appearing on almost any blog, website or twitter feed that follows the tech gadget and publishing industry. Improved E Ink Display One of the biggest improvements...

It looks like the Kindle really might be the iPod for the book industry. Last October Oprah gave the e-reader a huge push from her book club, ensuring that it would be almost completely sold out during the Holiday Season.  In the wake of the Oprah aftermath we’re still finding it hard to get a Kindle, with six to eight weeks...