Amazon has announced the release of Kindle Worlds, where it will be possible to publish fanfiction based upon the licences that you so passionately care about, and earn a rather healthy percentage in royalties. A pretty lame selection to start with, but the door is open.
Chance To Play With The Big Boys? Fanfiction Is Growing Up!
Posted on May 23, 2013 Written by Leave a Comment
Amazon Launches Free-to-Play Game Service
Posted on July 13, 2012 Written by 1 Comment
Amazon has just entered the free-to-play game race, with its own service called Game Connect. The idea is to help players find free and MMO games, and it even comes with its own Amazon-powered reward system.
The 12 Gift Cards of Christmas
Posted on December 23, 2011 Written by 1 Comment
Gift cards are the most sought-after gift of the season, so if you’re still finishing up some last-minute shopping, you can’t go wrong. But what if you’re buying for a geek? Here are the twelve most-desired gift cards among we of the geeky persuasion. Some you can probably guess; others might surprise you.
Digital Delight Or Demise?
Posted on November 23, 2011 Written by Leave a Comment
DC has now announced their collaboration with Amazon, releasing their stock, including an exclusive 100 graphic novels for release to users of the Kindle Fire. We are told, not to worry, these stories will be available for other Amazon customers eventually, and following that, DC are not sticking just with Amazon, but promising to look [...]
Wins and Fails This Week in Geek v 16
Posted on February 24, 2011 Written by Leave a Comment
Hot geek threesomes (who’da thunk it?), French kiss (leave Meg Ryan out of this), Microsoft oopsies (not that a Microsoft mistake is newsworthy), Verizon being daft (when are they not?) and Amazon on the warpath (Amazon vs. Netflix will be more interesting than the entire catalog of either company’s on demand video). It’s a steamy [...]
You Are Not A Gadget
Posted on January 25, 2010 Written by Leave a Comment
I know I am not a gadget, do you? That statement is actually the title of a book by Jaron Lanier. The full title is “You Are Not A Gadget: A Manifesto.” I haven’t had the chance to read the book, but the reviews I have read make it seem interesting enough for me to [...]
New York Times: Amazon Should Tax Shoppers
Posted on December 30, 2009 Written by 1 Comment
How often do you shop online? I bet that you won’t be able to survive the way you do now without shopping online. And what is the biggest online store on earth today? It might be open to argument, but Amazon definitely ranks at the top. One of the great things about Amazon is that [...]
Amazon Offers Songs At 29p!
Posted on April 8, 2009 Written by Leave a Comment
When was the last time that you actually bought a CD? How about mp3s? If you have not bought music lately – for whatever reason, I don’t want to know – then here is a piece of news that just might entice you to go online and get a song or two.
Amazon's got game!
Posted on February 10, 2009 Written by 1 Comment
We all know that Amazon’s got downloadable and/or streamed online music and videos on sale, but what we probably missed is knowing that they’ve got video games too. The service is called Amazon Games downloads and right now it has over 600+ video game titles and each for less than US$10! Great eh? Makes me [...]
