Amazon got its start as an online bookseller, and now — over 20 years later — it’s decided to sell books the old-fashioned way. On Tuesday, Amazon will open a store in Seattle called Amazon Books. Not only is it one of Amazon’s first physical locations, but it’s also Amazon’s first physical bookstore. Amazon saysContinue reading “Amazon Opens A Physical Bookstore In Seattle”
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Amazon Announces Kindle Unlimited Subscription Service
Amazon.com today introduced Kindle Unlimited—a new subscription service which allows customers to freely read as much as they want from over 600,000 Kindle books, and listen as much as they want to thousands of Audible audiobooks, all for only $9.99 a month. Finding a great book is easy, and there are never any due dates—justContinue reading “Amazon Announces Kindle Unlimited Subscription Service”
Amazon.com To Acquire Digital Comics Company, ComiXology
Amazon.com today announced that it has reached an agreement to acquire comiXology, the company that revolutionized the digital comics reading experience with their immersive Guided View technology and makes discovering, buying, and reading comic books and graphic novels easier and more fun than ever before. “ComiXology’s mission is to spread the love of comics andContinue reading “Amazon.com To Acquire Digital Comics Company, ComiXology”
Amazon Prime Air: Your Amazon Packages Could Soon Arrive By Flying Drones
Amazon CEO Jeff Bezos revealed tonight on 60 Minutes the company’s future delivery method: drones. You can watch the segment below (The drone portion kicks in at the 11:15 mark): The goal of this new delivery system called Prime Air is to get packages into customers’ hands in 30 minutes or less using unmanned aerial vehicles.Continue reading “Amazon Prime Air: Your Amazon Packages Could Soon Arrive By Flying Drones”
Introducing Kindle MatchBook: Soon Customers Will Be Able to Purchase Kindle Editions of Print Books Purchased from Amazon—Past, Present And Future—For $2.99 Or Less
Amazon today introduced Kindle MatchBook, a new benefit that gives customers the option to buy—for $2.99, $1.99, $0.99, or free—the Kindle edition of print books they have purchased new from Amazon. Print purchases all the way back to 1995—when Amazon first opened its online bookstore—will qualify once a publisher enrolls a title in Kindle MatchBook.Continue reading “Introducing Kindle MatchBook: Soon Customers Will Be Able to Purchase Kindle Editions of Print Books Purchased from Amazon—Past, Present And Future—For $2.99 Or Less”
Amazon Plans Futuristic Glass Sphere Building For New Seattle Headquarters
As part of Amazon’s plan to build a new corporate headquarters on three blocks of downtown Seattle, the company recently unveiled plans for a six story-glass structure composed of three giant conjoined spheres. Intended to be the centerpiece of the new campus, the spheres would allow Amazon employees to meet and work in an airyContinue reading “Amazon Plans Futuristic Glass Sphere Building For New Seattle Headquarters”
Amazon Opens Collectibles Store
Amazon.com, Inc. today announced the Entertainment Collectibles Store which offers more than 350,000 unique and rare collectibles, including memorabilia from Academy Award and Grammy winning artists and honorees. Serious collectors and casual fans alike will discover a broad selection including celebrity autographs, authentic props and wardrobe from popular movies and TV shows, musical instruments from legendary musicians,Continue reading “Amazon Opens Collectibles Store”