Gigaom: The big six book publishers are already behind the eight ball when it comes to the digital disruption of their business: Amazon, for example, is not only helping writers distribute their books without needing a publisher at all, but is also moving in on the traditional players by signing up authors itself. So what do these publishers do? Try to compete by offering more digital features and benefits for writers? No. They drag their feet and resist adapting as much as possible. Case in point: Amazon launches a lending program for the Kindle, a kind of “Netflix for books.” How many of the major publishers are involved? Zero.
Almost a year has past since Amazon updated the Kindle line, the Kindle Paperwhite being the last device released by the company. A refresh to the tablet line was an expected occurrence, and some diligent people have spotted a Kindle Voyage listing on German and Japanese Amazon stores.
TechFrag - "Amazon, the world’s largest retailer, had been haggling with Hachette, one of the world’s largest publisher, over who gets what chunk of the sales of eBooks."
The Week: In advance of the Kindle Fire's launch later this month, Amazon announces that Prime subscribers will get to check out a free Kindle book every month
