Archive for the 'amazon.com' Category
Amazon rings up shopping via text-message
April 2nd, 2008Webware - “Amazon TextBuyIt is designed to let mobile device users window-shop, compare prices, and purchase products from Amazon.”
Ah, now I understand why it’s important for library catalogs to be accessible on mobile devices.
Book Lovers Ask, What’s Seattle’s Secret?
March 9th, 2008New York Times - “TEN years ago, Nancy Pearl started a program for public libraries here that she hoped would get adults excited about literature. It was called, “If All of Seattle Read the Same Book.” Free copies of “The Sweet Hereafter,” a novel about a tragic school bus accident, were distributed to individuals and [...]
Amazon is Teasing Me
March 2nd, 2008Will Richardson - “Holy game changer, Blogman!”
DRM-Free downloads in 2008
January 27th, 2008Amazon.com–News Release - “Amazon.com (NASDAQ:AMZN) today announced that in 2008 the company will begin an international rollout of Amazon MP3, Amazon’s DRM-free MP3 digital music store where every song is playable on virtually any digital music-capable device, including the PC, Mac(R), iPod(R), Zune(R), Zen(R), iPhone(TM), RAZR(TM), and BlackBerry(R). Amazon MP3 is the only retailer to [...]
Back It Up
December 15th, 2007David Rothman - Adobe-Amazon DRM snafu shows need for librarians to help e-stores back up ‘protected’ books
More on Amazon.com
December 9th, 2007Mike Adams - “Is the U.S. government trying to profile the psychology of its citizens by secretly data mining their book purchasing habits?”
Learning From Amazon.com
November 28th, 2007Nice!! A Q&A with an Amazon lawyer on how they fought for privacy and user records.
Amazon Does Not Have to Reveal Names of Used Book Buyers
November 27th, 2007Maybe when the feds go after library patron data, they will remember this.
Amazon.com V. Librarians
September 29th, 2007Now, who is the better for recommendations?
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Amazon.com Remodeling
September 27th, 2007A tour of the changes.
Amazon Widgets
September 18th, 2007“Amazon.com today launched “Amazon Widgets,” a series of small, visually dynamic and easily configurable widgets that feature products from Amazon on blogs, websites and social networking pages.” (via)
On Demand
August 12th, 2007Mashable - “CreateSpace, which is part of Amazon’s family as a self-publishing tool, has launched a new Books On Demand service.”
Where Do You Rank on Amazon?
August 6th, 2007NYT - “Mr. Shepard is not alone. Forget writer’s block — many authors put their manuscripts aside because they cannot stop checking their rankings.”
My book once broke into the top one million. I haven’t checked it in a while.
Amazon Browsing
July 9th, 2007I’m more of an Amazon searcher, but if you like to browse, see this post from Read Write Web.
Amazon Tagging RSS Feeds
June 7th, 2007Amazon has introduced RSS Feeds for tagging items.
So, Amazoners can tag books. So can LibraryThingers. I wonder if someone can write a script combining the two. Oh Tim!!!
Oh Amazon…
March 23rd, 2007Hey, does anybody out there want a number 9? It’s going to cost ya over $250,000. I always wonder why librarians want their catalogs to be like Amazon.com. So much grat material in there. ;-). (via)