thisistheverge: Amazon Prime Instant Video gets exclusive…

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Amazon Prime Instant Video gets exclusive rights to ‘Justified’
Amazon just acquired new arms its streaming video fight with Netflix, announcing today that it picked up exclusive rights to stream the hit FX gunslinging series Justi…

“Buying books online is better for authors, better for the economy, and better for you”

December 15 Comments Off on “Buying books online is better for authors, better for the economy, and better for you” Category: Amplify, Feed

Russo hangs his tirade on some of the least efficient, least user-friendly, and most mistakenly mythologized local establishments you can find: independent bookstores. Russo and his novelist friends take for granted that sustaining these cultish, moldering institutions is the only way to foster a “real-life literary culture,” as writer Tom Perrotta puts it. Russo claims […]

Why Amazon Loses Money On Every Kindle Fire.

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The Kindle Fire is a book store, a movie theater and a record shop. And Amazon’s the one selling the books, movies and music.Clipped from www.npr.orgWhy Amazon Loses Money On Every Kindle Fire
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Amazon Embraces HTML5 for New Ebooks

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Clipped from mashable.comAmazon is gearing up to introduce a new, HTML5-based ebook format called Kindle Format 8, the company announced Friday.KF8 is an improvement over the current Mobi 7 standard, with new features that allow publishers to create richer formats and add more advanced design elements. The emphasis on visuals will play well on tablets […]