Rumours of an Amazon tablet – we’d say something like an über-Kindle – started all the way back in September. But with speculation sizzling that the device might ship later this year, the company’s apparently decided to start banging the hype drum.
Why would Amazon have to spend $US1.7 million on security for Jeff Bezos? Crazed Nook fans? Whatever the reason, it appears Amazon stepped up $US500,000 extra on security between 2008 and 2009 for their bald CEO.
Amazon’s announced its quarterly results for Q4 2009, and they’re pretty good! Lots of dollars, in this here document. But tucked somewhere between the currency symbols and financial jargon was a choice quote from Jeff Bezos, about a little secret he’s been keeping:
Amazon CEO Jeff Bezos tells Dan Lyons, aka FSJ, just how daka FSJ, just how deep his “missionary zeal” for spreading the gospel of the Kindle runs: One day, it’s going to kill books entirely.
Meow! Amazon’s Jeff Bezos is on the warpath against Barnes & Noble’s Nook, specifically its eBook lending feature. In an interview with the New York Times Magazine, he pulled no punches with some masterful hyperbole:
Amazon CEO Jeffery Bezos has released his own response to the Kindle book debacle. While his response comes a bit late, it seems genuine. Hopefully he really has taken all the criticism to heart and we never see a similar incident again.
Amazon has filed a patent that describes how to take the obvious, heretofore un-stepped step of filling ebooks with contextual, timely advertising. Whether it would mean free, discounted, or tiered-price books (or none of the above) it’s an interesting idea.
Amazon’s Kindle App for the iPhone was a definite clue, and now Jeff Bezos is just flat stating it: the Kindle doesn’t really matter—in the long term, ebooks are where the real money’s at.
