Amazon is certainly getting behind its Kindle e-reading hardware and giving it a big push in the wake of the iPad’s launch.
Not only has the company revamped the Kindle device with a sleeker design and better contrast display, but it has slashed the price (the wi-fi version can be had for just £109), and made [...]

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The UK version of the Kindle Store has opened its doors for business today.
The online retailer proudly boasts that over 400,000 books are crammed onto its virtual shelves, with 84 of the top 100 Nielsen UK best-sellers available to buy.
The move comes after the announcement of the new third-generation Kindle hardware, which Amazon has already [...]

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Amazon is preparing a big push for its e-reading hardware in the UK, making the new version of the Kindle available directly to Brits from Amazon.co.uk.

Amazon has redesigned the Kindle to make it sleeker, with a 20% smaller body, and the slimmer frame means that it’s 15% lighter (weighing 250 grams).

The 6 inch E-ink screen is a new high contrast affair, which Amazon claims offers 50% better contrast than any other e-reader. It’s also anti-glare, and offers crisper fonts.

The latest generation Kindle will come in two flavours on the Amazon UK site. You can get the wi-fi only version for £109, or the 3G version (which allows you to download books anywhere, in theory) for £149.

An “experimental” WebKit based browser also comes with the device to enable surfing, although it’s said to be a bit of a clumsy affair. Still, it’s better than nothing.

Amazon is also unveiling a new UK Kindle store, with 400,000 plus books, and competitive pricing, the company promises.

This push of its e-reading range comes in the face of the iPad launch, which has sold 3 million plus units since it was brought out in April.

However, Amazon insists that the Kindle isn’t suffering due to the iPad’s success. The company recently claimed the e-book market is simply booming, with e-books outselling hardbacks by almost 50% on Amazon (that’s hardbacks, not paperbacks, mind).

In a similar vein, Sony (who also produce an e-reading device) recently claimed that e-books would overtake traditional publishing by 2015.

The next generation Kindle will be launched on August 27th on the UK Amazon site, with pre-ordering available now. With the price of the Kindle brought down, and British buyers no longer having to pay shipping costs from the States, this move certainly won’t hurt the future of e-publishing in this country.

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Amazon is about to start selling food from its main website and with over twenty two-thousand different lines the consumer has got plenty of choices to make.

Already there are lines such as meat, bread, drinks, sweets and household items available to the Amazon customers, who are able to benefit from free delivery on their shopping.

However, there appears to be a lack of popular branded foods, so it seems that customers of Lidl and Aldi will feel at home here because there are a lot of foreign sounding and looking brands available.

From Amazon’s point of view, the business potential is obvious; it already has a distribution network in place and massive warehouse space.

Yet the thought of the postman or a courier delivering the weekly shop does not do much for inspiration.

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Amazon has announced a revamp of its Kindle DX e-reader hardware over in the US, complete with a price cut to further encourage its adoption.

The move comes in the face of competition from Apple’s iPad, which provides iBooks and a full colour e-reading experience of its own.

The Kindle DX has been cut from $489 – only $10 less than the cost of the most basic iPad model – to $379, a cut we think was needed in order to stay competitive.

Amazon has also improved the device, with a new 9.7 inch e-ink display which gives a 50% better level of contrast, meaning sharper text and graphics. Darker fonts will also make text easier to read.

The company has given the case of the Kindle DX a makeover as well, with a trendier looking graphite finish.

Amazon also points out, in a not-too-obvious pot-shot at its Apple rival, that the Kindle DX comes with free 3G wireless and “no monthly bills or annual contracts”.

The new Kindle DX will ship on July 7th in the US, with no date for when it will arrive over here as yet.

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