Saturday, October 31, 2015

Amazon Kindle vs Scribd: eBook subscription models Compared – Live Mint

E-books havebeen popular simply Because people like The convenience of being able to read them on Their phones, tablets and readers while traveling, During Their lunch break or even before falling asleep, and do not have to carry physical books. The Library of e-books HAS BEEN massive on services Such as Amazon’s Kindle, Scribd, Kobo, Nook and Google’s Play Books.

Now, Amazon HAS Launched the subscription service for Kindle users in India, where at a fixed monthly cost, users read from a collection over 600 000 books.

Incidentally, another e-book service called Scribd was Already offering a subscription service in India. We take a look at how the two compare.

Amazon Kindle Unlimited

Windows, Mac, Android, iOS, BlackBerry, Windows Phone, Kindle readers

Kindle Unlimited victims Kindle readers access to 600,000 books without having to buy even one of them. For this, Amazon charges a monthly subscription fee of Rs. 199 (at present, there is a Limited Time Offer That charges a discounted rental of Rs. 99 per month). In terms of the cost, the Kindle Unlimited costs less than Scribd, but we Feel that the form’s collection of books available for users in India is not as impressive as What They casualties in the US and various European countries. While you will get to read Gone Girl and the entire Harry Potter series, most of the other titles are not exciting. We could not find the Scion of Ikshvaku by the Amish, Which incidentally is available as a separate purchase on the Kindle store.

However, the biggest edge That Kindle Unlimited HAS over Scribd Is that it works seamlessly across all Kindle apps and devices. Though its interface is clean and uncluttered, it is pretty basic-some of the images used in the book cover look blurry, but That is not a deal breaker. Amazon Has a lot of work to do with the Kindle Unlimited in India, And they can begin by bringing in more publishers, new books and audio books.

Scribd

Android, iOS,

The unique piece about Scribd Is that it Began With The subscription-only model. It charges about Rs. 624 per month and Gives you unlimited access to 400,000 e-books, 50,000 audio books, and overpriced comics on Both mobile and desktop. Also, there is a huge stack of literary research papers on Scribd, mostly uploaded by users. It’s not as well organized as the ebooks and other categories but They can be really valuable to some users.

It has a busy but smartly tabulated interface your current reading list shows on top, Followed by new books and Several other categories curated for readers of according to Their reading habits. For instance, if you are reading a book by Ernest Hemingway , the homepage will show a category on books by Hemingway with the entire collection of the writer’s work on the Great. Searching for books is as much fun as reading them. Every book Has a small excerpt Followed by reviews from other readers.

However, When It Comes To New launches it’s no better than the Kindle Unlimited, but we like it as It has a good collection of rare books, Which are not available on Kindle Unlimited, like Up the Down Staircase by Bel Kaufman, published in 1964. It is a novel about life in public schools in the US in the 60s. The story is told through letters written by a young teacher to her friend, memos filed by her and conversations between students and the teacher.

Scribd carries books from all leading publishers Such as Penguin, HarperCollins, Macmillan. Their subscription is a bit costlier than Amazon, but the collection, variety and presentation given it an edge over Kindle Unlimited.

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Friday, October 30, 2015

Amazon spearheads Kindle revival with $ 50 Fire tablet, and new 8-inch and 10 … – Digital Trends

Amazon HAS Launched a completely refreshed range of Kindle Fire tablets, with four new versions in total, soon after rumors Began gathering of Their impending arrival. The headliner is a low-cost 7-inch model, Which is joined by a new Fire HD 8 and Fire HD 10 model, alongwith a revamped Kids Edition.



New Fire costs just $ 50

Fire Tablet Front The new Fire tablet is Amazon’s entry level device, and costs an almost impossibly cheap $ 50 Early leaks warned the tablet would not have a high spec, and sure enough, this is A very basic tablet – but it does have some interesting additions We were not expecting.

Related: Amazon snuffs out the fire Phone

It’s a 7 -inch display for a start, rather than the rumored 6-inches, but the basic 1024 x 600 pixel resolution is not going to win it many fans. Inside is a 1.3GHz quad-core processor that’s likely built by MediaTek, and a total of 8GB storage space. However, the good news is the Tablet Has a MicroSD card slot thatwill add up to 128GB of space to this figure.

There are overpriced two cameras, a 2 megapixel on the rear and a VGA cam on the front . Amazon’s mayday feature is installed, alongwith the latest version of Fire OS, named Bellini, complete with an updated UI and new features.



Fire HD 8 and Fire HD 10

Fire HD 10 The Fire is joined by the Fire HD 8 and the Fire HD 10. Both use the same quad-core 1.5GHz processor, 5-megapixel rear cameras, and 720p video recording front cams, plus providesprofessional dual- band Wi-Fi over the Fire’s single band connection.

The difference comes in the screen size, Which is either 8-inches or 10-inches – the resolution stays at 1280 x 800 – and the storage space. The Fire HD 8 HAS either 8GB or 16GB of space, while the Fire HD 10 HAS 16GB or 32GB. Both have microSD card slots to Increase this, and an average battery life of 8 hours.

Unsurprisingly, They cost more than the basic Fire, and you’ll need to part with $ 150 upwards for the Fire HD 8, and at least $ 230 for the HD 10, depending on your choice of storage space and Amazon Offers’s preference.

Amazon Fire Kids Edition

 Fire Kids Edition > Finally, there’s the New Kids Edition, Which wraps the basic Fire tablet up in a tough, kid-proof casing, and comes with a two-year guarantee That if your kids break it, Amazon will replace it for free. The tablet Also comes with a year’s subscription to Amazon FreeTime Unlimited, Which contains more than 10,000 apps, games, movies, and other media that’s ideally suited to little ones. The Fire Kids Edition costs $ 100th

All Amazon’s new tablets are available for pre-order right now, and have a release date of September 30

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Wednesday, October 21, 2015

Book chain dumps Kindle for “tragic” sales – Swedish Dagbladet

Amazon's Kindle.

Amazon Kindle. Photo: Karly Domb Sadof / AP

Waterstones surprised many when the company for just over three years ago began selling the Kindle in its stores, as the product can be seen as a competitor to traditional bookstores and books.

According to the online magazine The Bookseller picked now the Kindle down from the shelves because sales according Waterstones “continues to be tragic.” According Waterstones managing director James Daunt, no evidence nor appeared at that Kindle sales will start to take off, and the company therefore decided to grant their shelf space to another.

A spokesman for Amazon says that the company is satisfied with the development of e-book readers and Kindle Fire, and that sales of the Kindle in the UK is growing.

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Tuesday, October 20, 2015

Book chain dumps Kindle for “tragic” sales – Swedish Dagbladet

Amazon's Kindle.

Amazon Kindle. Photo: Karly Domb Sadof / AP

Waterstones surprised many when the company for just over three years ago began selling the Kindle in its stores, as the product can be seen as a competitor to traditional bookstores and books.

According to the online magazine The Bookseller picked now the Kindle down from the shelves because sales according Waterstones “continues to be tragic.” According Waterstones managing director James Daunt, no evidence nor appeared at that Kindle sales will start to take off, and the company therefore decided to grant their shelf space to another.

A spokesman for Amazon says that the company is satisfied with the development of e-book readers and Kindle Fire, and that sales of the Kindle in the UK is growing.

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Tuesday, October 13, 2015

New budget version of the Kindle Fire released – Mobile

The Kindle Fire is Amazon’s own carpentry Androidplatta at least for the most part do not usually boast of specifications. On the other hand, the function as a cheap entry point to Amazon’s various services and trade stalls.

New Kindle Fire 6 follows the same template, with sextumsskärm and resolution of 1024 x 600 pixels, quad-core processor at 1.3 gigahertz and Eight gigabytes of storage, it is hardly a powerhouse. But on the other hand, is the price tag of fifty dollars, or just over 400 SEK. There are simply so cheap that Amazon itself started selling the device not only individually but also in a six-pack for $ 250, that is, with a plate of purchase for anywhere in round figures SEK 2 000. If you would get for you to cope with all the family julklappsköp in one go as well.

The Amazon is however not established in Sweden yet, but import the plate, you can still shop in their store for, among other books, including for example, movie service is not working yet.

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