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After a series of rumours and leaks, Jeff Bezos of Amazon has finally pulled the curtain off a new set of Kindle Fire tablets, dubbed the Kindle Fire HD and a new                                                                           set of e-readers called Kindle Paperwhite. The Kindle Fire HD is an expected upgrade to the already popular Kindle Fire tablet that was released in 2011. There are three variants of the Kindle Fire, one that measures 7 inches and the other two with 8.9 inches of viewable real-estate. The 7-inch Kindle Fire HD features a 1280x800 pixel resolution, putting it in the same ball park as the Google Nexus 7. The display features polarizing filters and anti-glare surface for better readability, even under direct sunlight. There’s even a slight bump in the ...

Amazon has taken a step towards providing a broader selection of its services in India, with the launch of the India Kindle Store on Amazon.com, found at amazon.com/kindlestoreindia. Users will get access to wide selection of e-books, including Indian authors, and exclusive works, priced in Indian Rupees. Another major step is that the popular Amazon Kindlee-book reader will now be available via Croma retail stores. For now, it looks like only the  6-inch Kindle E-Reader Wi-Fi  will be available, at Rs. 6,999. Customers can also purchase Kindle, Kindle Touch e-book readers and Kindle Touch 3G tablet from Amazon.com, with shipment to India. Independent Indian authors and publishers will be glad to know that Amazon also launched Kindle Direct Publishing (KDP), giving them a fast, free and easy way to make their books available to Kindle customers in India and around the world on both Kindle devices and free Kindle reading apps. With KDP, authors and pu...