Amazon has announced that it will be making 5,000 more books available for its popular e-reader device Kindle, adding to the already 120,000 downloadable titles available.
The new titles are available thanks to a recent deal struck by Amazon and the large book publisher Simon & Schuster.
At last week’s BookExpo America convention, Amazon CEO Jeff Bezos continued to praise the Kindle and the benefits of electronic books. “That’s one of the great things about electronic books. They don’t go out of stock.” His statement came in response to the recently sold out title “What Happened: Inside the Bush White House and Washington’s Culture of Deception.” People want it, but it is sold out everywhere.
The Kindle was launched last November and now accounts for over 6 percent of the site’s total book sales. Amazon says it expects that number to increase significantly over the next few years.
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Although it was announced last week that Microsoft was cutting the price on the 20GB model Xbox 360 in North America and Australia, there was not word on whether there would be a similar move for Europe.
A couple of UK retailers however have dropped the price on the same model, most notably e-tailers Play.com and Amazon which have dropped the price of the console to GBP 169.99 and 179.99 respectively. The lower price represents a £30 savings off the MSRP.
Microsoft spokespeople have said however that the situation must be “their own deal…It’s nothing to do with us.”
Industry insiders however see the price cut as foreshadowing for an official price cut coming at the Game Convention in Leipzig this August. There is also the possible introduction of a 60GB model just as in North America.
We will keep you updated.
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Sony has announced the launch of a new BRAVIA flat-panel LCD that has an industry leading 240Hz frame rate for exceptional motion detail during TV and movie playback.
The TV, dubbed the KDL-52XBR7 uses Motionflow 240Hz technology that uses an “algorithm that goes beyond traditional 120Hz technology by quadrupling the frame rate of conventional LCD TVs and interpolating three new frames.”
CDRInfo also adds that “other picture enhancements include Sony’s Advanced Contrast Enhancer (ACE), which helps deliver a dynamic contrast ratio of 80,000:1 and BRAVIA Engine 2, Sony’s digital video processor that enhances all incoming signals to match the TV’s 1080p resolution.”
As is the new standard, the TV is compatible with Sony’s BRAVIA Link that adds internet features as well as the ability to stream movies wirelessly.
