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Amazon now going after Netflix

February 22nd, 2011 · 2 Comments · Amazon

Amazon started a new free instant video streaming service today with approximately 1600 movie titles (with around 400 TV shows).  It’s only open to paid Prime Members, though. I have access to a free student Prime membership, and I was only able to view the teasers. They still need to work out the bugs. For [...]

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Amazon severing final ties between Mobipocket and the Kindle Store

December 27th, 2010 · No Comments · ebookstore news

Steve Weber, editor of the Plug your Book blog,  got this email from Amazon a few days ago. Soon, publishing for distribution in the Kindle Store will no longer be available through Mobipocket.com. Publishing and selling in the Mobipocket.com store and other Mobipocket partner retailers will not be affected, but the Digital Text Platform (DTP) [...]

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Amazon announces Kindle firmware v2.5

April 28th, 2010 · 3 Comments · hardware news

Amazon just updated the help page. The firmware isn’t available for download yet (it’s in a limited beta), but it’s expected to be out by the end of May. Here is a list of the improvements: Collections: Organize your books and documents into one or more collections.

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