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BOSTON, Feb. 23, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- Parents, who are looking to keep their young children busy during February School Vacation Week, will be happy to know that one ebook publisher, Choate-Simmons, is offering free copies of one of its new children's picture ebooks. Choate-Simmons is providing free copies of its new children's ebook, "Which Way Is My Home?", at Amazon's Kindle Store website during the February Vacation Week. The ebook is in full color. Children's Book Reviewers...

BOSTON, Feb. 20, 2012 /PRNewswire-iReach/ -- Parents, who are looking to keep their young children busy during February School Vacation Week, will be happy to know that one ebook publisher is offering free copies of one of its new children's picture ebooks. (Photo: http://photos.prnewswire.com/prnh/20120220/CG56032) Choate- Simmons, a rising ebook publisher, will be providing free copies of its new children's ebook, "Which Way Is My Home?", at Amazon.com's Kindle Store website...

With rumors of a March launch for the iPad 3 persisting, reports surfaced on Friday that Amazon may be set to counter with a new, larger version of their Kindle Fire tablet computer. According to Kate O'Flaherty of The Inquirer, the online retailer is expected to launch both an enhanced 7 inch and a new, larger 9 inch version of the Kindle Fire sometime "in the middle of 2012." All Things Digital's John Paczkowski first broke the news. Paczkowski spoke with Pacific Crest analyst Chad...

Amazon’s tablet offering, the Kindle Fire, found its way to customers in November of last year just in time for the holiday sales season to much ballyhoo by Amazon CEO Jeff Bezos in October. Sales of the device have been strong and could be considered a worthy alternative to other market rivals. But how satisfied are customers with the lower priced mobile reader? ChangeWave Research interviewed 254 Kindle Fire owners to find out. What the research firm discovered could not be...

The Center of Artificial Imagination, publisher for the Kindle™ eBook “Inside the Giant Machine: Confessions of a Former Amazon.com Technologist” (German edition: “Im Inneren der Gigantischen Maschine: Eine Amazon.com Story”) announced that the version 2.4 of the eBook has risen to the top of its category at the Kindle stores in the US, UK, Germany and France. San Francisco, CA (PRWEB) January 21, 2012 The Center of Artificial Imagination announced today that version 2.4 of the...

Submittable, the leading Submission and Resume Manager, releases a powerful and fun new feature: Send to My Kindle. Editors and staff can now read submissions via any major browser, the iPhone, iPad, and any Kindle Device. Submittable saves publishers time while increasing subscriptions and revenue. NYC, New York (PRWEB) January 20, 2012 Submittable (http://www.submittable.com/), the leading revenue-generating cloud-based submission manager for magazines, journals and book publishers,...

LEAMINGTON SPA, United Kingdom, Jan. 5, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- DNA Dynamics, Inc.(OTC Pink: DNAD), a global developer and publisher of mobile video games and applications, today announced that its popular, chart-topping mobile game Legacy: Mystery Mansion is now available for download on Amazon's new tablet Kindle Fire(TM). DNA Interactive Ltd, the publishing arm of DNA Dynamics, debuted the original version of Legacy: Mystery Mansion in May 2011 for the iPhone®, quickly achieving a...

Amazon.com, who usually does not report sales information for it’s hardware products, announced record sales for the Kindle brand in the month of December. According to Amazon over one million Kindles were sold each week during the holiday shopping season, totaling around 4 million products. Three Kindle products topped the list. The best selling Kindle was the Kindle Fire tablet, with the Kindle Touch and the regular Kindle at numbers two and three respectively. Since its debut 13...

The Center of Artificial Imagination announced today that the Kindle book “Inside the Giant Machine: Confessions of a Former Amazon.com Technologist” (revision 2.3) has reached the top of Kindle’s Hot New Releases list for the eCommerce category. New York, NY (PRWEB) December 29, 2011 The Center of Artificial Imagination announced today that the Kindle (tm) book “Inside the Giant Machine: Confessions of a Former Amazon.com Technologist” (revision 2.3) is at the top of Kindle’s...

Amazon announced a new free over-the-air software update for its Kindle Fire, fixing problems it has faced with the new tablet. The company's $200 tablet has been sold to over 3 million customers since hitting the market in the fall. Amazon is fixing problems with "fluidity and performance" and is trying to improve its "touch navigation responsiveness" with the update. Users had complained of these issues since the tablet was introduced, leading some to give the Kindle Fire one and...