UK-based indie production house Kindle Entertainment has entered into a co-production deal with Enid Blyton estate owners Hachette UK to produce a TV series based on Blyton’s bestselling classic children’s book series The Famous Five. Under the agreement, Kindle will be pitching the TV series to broadcasters and distributors in the hopes of securing production funding.
In 1898, a man bought a book for his 16-year-old nephew. “Many happy retoins [sic]. Uncle Spud,” he wrote on a blank page at the front. The book: H.G. Wells’ The War of the Worlds, then just out in America from Harper & Brothers. The ripping tale of a Martian attack that set the mold…
Almost as exciting as receiving an owl-delivered invitation to Hogwarts, Amazon.com today brought all seven Harry Potter books to its Kindle lending library. The online retailer teased last month that the books would be hitting digital shelves by the end of June, for those with a $79 Amazon Prime membership, which allows access to the…
Last year, Gideons International distributed more than 84 million printed copies of the Bible around the world to students, hospitals, members of the military and, of course, hotels, where they are a ubiquitous sight in bedside tables. Starting this month, however, the InterContinental Hotels Group is modernizing that mission at one of its hotels, replacing…
Your children can read for free this summer on your Kindle. There are a few simple steps to take to download free books for your children to read. Go to amazon.com. From the drop-down search box, choose Kindle Store. In the search box itself, type “0.00” and hit the GO button.