You’ve been able to get the Kindle shipped to Australia direct from Amazon since late 2009, but the ebook reader is set to hit local retailers as well. Big W is now taking online pre-orders for the Kindle, at prices which are roughly comparable to Amazon’s.
The good news? Publishing giant Pearson has purchased the online operations of RedGroup Australia (collapsed owners of Borders and Angus & Robertson), which means that Kobo e-book owners can be assured their readers will continue to work and they’ll get new local titles. The perhaps less good news? Amazon has purchased discount online book vendor The Book Depository, which might make it a less attractive destination for bargain book buying.
You might recall that back in February we told you about Amazon UK offering free postage to Australia on orders over £25. While it was originally scheduled to end on May 15, Amazon now appears to have made it a permanent feature — a handy way to save money when shopping overseas. Thanks Alex! [Amazon]
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Amazon has quietly launched book lending for Kindle ebooks. On participating titles, you can lend books to anyone for 14 days. Here’s how it works:
We’ve been fans of Amazon’s very cheap S3 storage ever since its release, but they’ve just announced that they’re adding a free tier to their pricing plan — so there’s no reason not to grab 5GB of free storage right now.
