Feb 07 2009

New Kindles on the way?

Published by at 8:57 am under Books

Some speculation emerging on what Amazon will announce this week (I hope to get some disclosure in Seattle on Monday) around a new Kindle and perhaps the opening of the platform to permit Amazon e-books to be read on cell/smart phones — eg the iPhone perhaps.

An interesting piece in Computerworld by Mike Elgan speculates the new device will be cheaper and more featured that 1.o — which is to be expected — but Elgan touches on an interesting possiblility by speculating authors will soon be able to self-publish e-books and bypass the medieval functionality of the publishing industry. So, will Amazon open the Kindle SDK to writers? That would be very interesting and be the right move in my opinion.

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3 Responses to “New Kindles on the way?”

  1. # Aaron Pressmanon 10 Feb 2009 at 8:20 am

    FWIW, Kindle self-publishing has been a feature since Day One: https://dtp.amazon.com/mn/signin

  2. # David Churbuckon 10 Feb 2009 at 5:52 pm

    What about getting self-published titles listed and hosted? How would someone distribute a Kindle compatible title ex-Amazon?

  3. # Honest Abeon 07 Aug 2009 at 1:08 am

    I’d love to get my hands on the Kindle SDK. There are a ton of different ideas floating around in my head that would be awesome additions to the Kindle.

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