Amazon offers Kindle deals to Prime subscribers

Posted on 09/17/2019 at 02:30 PM by Sadye Scott-Hainchek

The Digital Reader has alerted us to some new Kindle deals ... for Prime subscribers only. Subscribers have through Sunday...

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Audible argues Captions feature falls under fair-use rules

Posted on 09/17/2019 at 12:30 PM by Sadye Scott-Hainchek

Audible has responded in court to a copyright lawsuit brought on behalf of several large publishers. It filed a legal...

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Amazon apologizes for breaking "The Testaments" embargo

Posted on 09/05/2019 at 05:48 PM by Sadye Scott-Hainchek

Amazon has apologized for the “technical error” that resulted in some preorder copies of The Testaments arriving early. The company...

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Amazon accidentally delivers around 800 copies of "The Testaments" early

Posted on 09/04/2019 at 04:46 PM by Sadye Scott-Hainchek

We’ve had a few good breaks in our lives, but nothing like this: Hundreds of U.S. readers received their copies...

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Amazon's First Reads for September 2019

Posted on 09/03/2019 at 08:27 AM by Sadye Scott-Hainchek

Amazon has sent out the choices for September 2019's First Reads. First Reads provides early access to editors' picks from...

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Audiobooks are the hottest project for Hollywood

Posted on 08/26/2019 at 04:48 PM by Sadye Scott-Hainchek

The relationship between books and Hollywood is starting to become a little bit more reciprocal. Variety noted recently that Audible...

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Publishers file lawsuit over Audible Captions feature

Posted on 08/23/2019 at 04:11 PM by Sadye Scott-Hainchek

Big publishers weren’t happy when Audible revealed its planned Audible Captions feature last month. Today, they acted on that displeasure:...

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Amazon's First Reads for August 2019

Posted on 08/01/2019 at 04:08 PM by Sadye Scott-Hainchek

Amazon has sent out the choices for August 2019's First Reads, with a special bonus in honor of Prime Day....

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Amazon's First Reads for July 2019

Posted on 07/01/2019 at 02:30 PM by Sadye Scott-Hainchek

Amazon has sent out the choices for July 2019's First Reads, with a special bonus in honor of Prime Day....

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Prime Reading is now available in Canada

Posted on 06/24/2019 at 09:39 AM by Sadye Scott-Hainchek

Amazon’s expansion of Prime Reading continues with the recent addition of Canada. Canada joins the U.S., China, the UK, Austria,...

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