KINDLE

Barnes & Noble's new Nook ebook reader, named 'Simple Touch Reader', has ranked higher than its rival Amazon's latest Kindle, according to a new Consumer Reports ranking.

Spam has hit the Kindle, clogging the online bookstore of the top-selling eReader with material that is far from being book worthy and threatening to undermine Amazon.com Inc's publishing foray.

Barnes & Noble and Books-A-Million went down slightly in stock trading today, while shares of bankrupt Borders went up by a penny.

Amazon’s new Android tablet will have a streaming movie service, which the Android tablets still don’t have.

Self-described “freelance hacker” anticipated supremacy of Facebook, smart phones; missed iPad and Twitter

Author Alan Sitomer says that writing a good book that people want to read is still 100 percent vital, but whereas it used to be an end point, it is now really just a beginning.

DUBAI -- In this opinion piece, Alexander McNabb gives his take on the wonderful story of Sonia Land and Random House.

In this opinion piece from Montreal, Saul Carliner points out several reasons why e-books are still in their infancy.

Caris & Co. said Kindle is a multi-billion dollar opportunity for Amazon.com Inc. (NASDAQ: AMZN). Kindle can generate revenue in excess of $5.48 billion and $1.20 billion in gross profit in 2011, while the brokerage expects at least $8.64 billion in revenue and $2.11 billion in gross profit by 2012.

Apple amended its guidelines for in-app subscriptions on the App Store and said it no longer requires a subscription to be the same price or less than it is offered outside the app.

In this opinion piece, Alexander McNabb writes from Dubai that we can perhaps recognize the tipping point has been reached.

The author of The Hunger Games trilogy and the writer of the Jack Reacher thrillers are the two newest additions to the Kindle Million Club, Amazon.com announced today.

Online retailer Amazon.com started accepting preorders for Walter Isaacson’s authorized biography of Steve Jobs, 'iSteve: The Book of Jobs,' which is due to be released in March 2012.

Wall Street investment guru and editor of GameChangers Hilary Kramer has put together a list of 12 stocks which she advised investors to sell immediately. While the names that appeared on the list are big ticket stocks, Kramer justifies her position, saying that investors usually make the mistake of holding on to what used to be hot previously. She says, for example, retail stocks were 'yesterday’s market leaders.'

Online retailer Amazon has released the list of top ten most well-read cities in America, with Cambridge in Massachusetts topping the list, followed by Alexandria, Virginia.

Online retailer Amazon said on Wednesday it would open a customer support center in Edinburgh to provide technical support for its market-leading Kindle device, creating 500 permanent and 400 temporary jobs.

Barnes & Noble released its newest device, the WiFi Nook, joining the intensively competitive market of digtital e-readers and electronic tablets. The new Nook follows the success of the company's Nook Color, which packed more features than the new simple purposed device. Amazon will enter the fight with the nw Kindle 3G which support ads.

Amazon has introduced a cheaper version of the Kindle 3G ebook reader with an ad-supported version. The pricing of this new ebook reader will be $164.

Barnes & Noble introduced its new Nook touch reader, analysts say it has impressive specs.

Latest phone features from Windows include upgrades to communication, apps and internet

Amazon.com, the largest online retailer in the United States, says it has been selling more ebooks than printed books since April 1.