The 2nd-generation Kindle starts shipping one day ahead of its official launch day set for February 24.Īnnounced on February 9, 2009, the new Kindle costs $359. Kindle 2 starts shipping Amazon Kindle 2 was launched on Febru/ Photos: Amazon An ad for Kindle 2 on the front page of Kindle Store, September 2009 / Screenshot: Amazon It will more than double the number of Simon & Schuster titles offered in the Kindle Store. May 30, 2008Īmazon and Simon & Schuster release a joint statement with information that by the end of 2008 Simon & Schuster will make 5,000 additional titles available for Amazon Kindle. He also shares the news that a total number of titles bought on Amazon by customers who purchased the Kindle increase by 2.6 times. The founder of Amazon, Jeff Bezos, reveals that Kindle ebooks account for more than 6% of all books sold on Amazon. My definition of Kindle: a gadget with stories hiding inside it. It’s The Pillars of the Earth, the first part of the historical series by Ken Follett. The most popular novel on the list takes the 6th place. Three days after the launch, top three places on the list of Kindle bestsellers are occupied by newspapers and magazines: Two well-known features are available in the Kindle Store since the very beginning: free samples and ability to add own documents. Kindle Store also includes 250 top blogs on technology, business, entertainment, and politics. In the Kindle Store, users can find not only ebooks but also popular newspapers (The New York Times, Wall Street Journal, and Washington Post among them), as well as magazines, including Time and Forbes. Most of the books in the Kindle Store cost $9.99 or less. The catalog includes 100 of 112 current New York Times bestsellers. Together with the launch of the 1st-generation Kindle, a store with Kindle ebooks opens within website.Ĩ8,000 Kindle ebooks are available at launch. Kindle Store opens A front page of the Kindle Store on Novem/ Screenshot: Wayback Machine You can still see Kindle 1 product page from the launch date using Wayback Machine. With this option being turned off, you can read one week without recharging. The battery has to be recharged every other day if the wireless connectivity is turned on. It also sports a headphone jack and a speaker. It is Amazon’s only Kindle e-reader that offers a possibility to extend available disc space by a memory card. Kindle 1 has an internal storage of 250 MB, which is enough for 200 medium-length books. But it beautifully serves the purpose it was designed for: read books conveniently and without any distractions. It looks outdated compared to other mobile devices of that time. The 1st-generation Kindle has an asymmetric shape with the full-size keyboard, white bezel, and a dark 6-inch E-Ink display. A timeline of Kindle e-readers and services 2007 November 19, 2007Īmazon introduces Kindle 1 1st-generation Amazon Kindle was launched on Novem/ Photo: Amazon You can also check out our infographic with the evolution of Kindle e-readers and services. They were called “Kindle” for some time, but as they are now a different brand, we will showcase them in a separate timeline. Please note that this timeline doesn’t include Amazon Fire tablets. And by “Kindle” we mean the entire Kindle world, not only devices. Without this single book order, which ignited Amazon’s giant machinery, and without millions of books sold in the next twelve years, we would most probably not see the first Kindle at all.īelow you’ll see a timeline of the Kindle. One of the beta testers of the service, John Wainwright, ordered a hardcover edition of Douglas Hofstadter’s Fluid Concepts and Creative Analogies on April 3, 1995. At that time, there was a huge global demand for English-language literature, which combined with relatively low prices and a vast number of available titles made it the most promising category.Ģ007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 2021 2022Īs a result, Amazon launched as an online bookstore and began service in July 1995.Ī less-known fact is that the first book was bought on Amazon a few months earlier. In 1995, Amazon founder, Jeff Bezos, identified five product categories with the highest e-commerce potential: videos, books, compact discs, computer software, and computer hardware.Įventually, he decided to focus on books. The first Kindle e-reader – and everything that happened later – is an effect of Amazon’s success in the online retail business. ▸ The best gifts for librarians and library supporters ▸ 20 bookworm gifts for every occasion in 2023
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