Waterstones is about to bet big on Kindle and undertake a huge shift in its business, announcing plans to sell both the Kindle hardware and Amazon's e-books across its chain of UK shops. Read More >

While there are some dubious reviews floating around on Amazon, the system has one thing going for it: power in numbers. In fact, a new study from Harvard suggests that Amazon reviews are, taken together, just as trustworthy as those from professional critics. Read More >

Brightness ratings and contrast ratio make for lovely tech spec reading when you're shopping for a new device. But neither tells you how usable a display will actually be in everyday ambient light situations. So DisplayMate put some of the more popular options to the test. Read More >

Amazon has dabbled in selling clothes online for a while, with limited success. Now, it's pouring money into its fashion division—and it won't be happy until it's filled your wardrobe. Read More >

Rumours have been floating around for the past couple of months that Amazon was looking to produce sitcoms and children's television. Now All Things D is confirming it: Amazon is looking to pay £6,000 to option scripts and £34,000 if a show is greenlit. Furthermore, shows are expected to "look and feel like 'real' TV shows." Read More >

"Because sometimes things happen to people and they're not equipped to deal with them." Whoa. So deeeeeeeeeep. That line, from The Hunger Games: Catching Fire, is the most highlighted passage of all time on the Kindle. Read More >

It looks like Amazon Germany was so keen to get its hands on your pre-order cash, it just couldn’t wait for May 3rd. But what’s interesting is it has different specs listed to what the Vietnamese assure us their leaked handset came packing. Amazon reckons the screen is a 4.7-inch Super AMOLED, and that instead of a puny 8-megapixels, the rear shooter is actually a 12MP monster. Read More >

OK, it’s not the Kindle Fire we were all hoping for, but the UK now has another Kindle to choose from, if you like touching things I guess. Better late than never, the Kindle Touch throws out buttons for a touchscreen; packs a two-month battery life, and will set you back £109. Read More >

If you search for popular books on Amazon, it turns out you'll turn up intentionally misleading knockoffs. Publishers obviously aren't happy about about it, but some of these titles are hilarious. I Am The Girl With The Dragon Tattoo, anybody? Seriously, who falls for that? Apparently, a lot of people. Read More >

Tesco might be the biggest brick and mortar retailer in the UK, but now it wants a piece of the online market that Amazon’s currently dominating. It’s taking to the marketplace-like approach to do it, letting other retailers like Maplin list in its online store, and you’ll still get Club Card points too. Read More >

Apple's delivered its response to antitrust charges leveled by the DoJ earlier in the week. Apparently the Feds have it all backwards: Apple is the hero here, not the villain. Read More >

Amazon’s being pretty damn bullish over its Kindle Fire, and is actively chasing down content deals for an international launch meaning we might finally see it this side of the pond. The retailer even spouted some fighting talk saying “if you’re not talking to us, you should be” and hinting that a European launch is imminent – we might actually get to see the Kindle Fire before Amazon rolls out its second generation. Read More >

In typical fashion, we're being screwed with a significant price-hike of around £30 (after taxes) between the US Kindle Touch and the UK model, which is now available to pre-order from tonight. But what the heck -- £109 is still a pretty decent price, especially considering the new model is touchscreen and comes with the handy X-ray tool for skimming 'n cribbing up on characters. Read More >

For ages now, we’ve been able to get our DVDs, games and Blu-rays on-the-cheap from Jersey, thanks to a little tax loophole called LVCR. Of course the government has been clamouring like a fat kid after cup cakes for all that missed tax. Now it’s been given the go-ahead to crush LVCR, meaning discs are going to get pricier from next month. Read More >

This morning, the internet is awash with people slapping Amazon on the back, congratulating them for selling two million Kindle Singles—ebooks that are shorter than full-length books but longer than most magazine articles. But is that really a big deal? Read More >