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Double-digit growth in online consumer spending so far this holiday season shows that e-commerce is the place to be for investors looking to benefit from online bargain shopping.

Even as the company seems to experience massive success, shares of the online retailer are down significantly from the 52-week high of $246.71, which was reached last month.

The Amazon Kindle is one of the hottest gifts this holiday season, but if you are looking to buy one, it might be daunting to decide which is right for you. Should you get the basic Kindle, Kindle Fire, Kindle Touch, or Kindle Keyboard?

Cyber Monday offers a great opportunity to shoppers who are weary of stores, lines, crowds, and the cold. And we have a list of some of the hottest Cyber Monday deals announced by Amazon.com, Walmart.com, Target.com, and ToysRUs.com.

Black Friday news: Amazon has just expanded its smartphones-for-a-penny deal to include all non-iPhone products. Find out details on the Black Friday 2011 sale, the contract catch for buying from Verizon, AT&T and Sprint, and what products will sell fastest as Amazon extends it phone deal into Cyber Monday. Click and buy before all the smartphones are gone!

Amazon Kindle users can no longer borrow electronic versions of Penguin books at libraries, a move that's drawn the ire of the American Library Association.

Facebook is said to be teaming up with smartphone maker HTC to develop an Android based phone codenamed Buffy. But there is also a rumor (started by an industry analyst) that Amazon is poised to get itself into the smartphone business, possibly one running the Microsoft system. These two Internet powerhouses could be facing off in the smartphone arena if Buffy and the Kindle Phone come to fruition.

As the Black Friday is around the corner, lot of retailers are launching several promotional offers for Black Friday, the day following Thanksgiving Day in the United States and traditionally marks the beginning of the Christmas shopping season.

Google officially opened its new music store to the U.S. public on Nov.16, thereby putting the search giant's service in direct competition with Apple's iTunes and Amazon's MP3 services.

A top tech analyst is predicting that Amazon is likely to release its own smartphone for under $200 next year. Citigroup analyst Mark Mahaney said in a research note that Amazon may sell the smartphone for as little as $170. Citing supply-chain channel checks in Asia, he said Amazon may release its first-ever smartphone by the fourth quarter of 2012.

Because the Amazon Kindle Fire's low price of $199 makes it more accessible than its competitors, ZDNet's Jason Perlow called it the People's Tablet. But early experiences indicate the tablet, available for sale in stores such as Best Buy this week, is not all that great as a reader.

Amazon.com Inc almost breaks even on every Kindle Fire tablet it makes and sells, IHS iSuppli estimated on Friday, underscoring the aggressiveness with which it tried to rein in the cost of a device that spearheads its foray into the tablet market.

Amazon.com Inc almost breaks even on every Kindle Fire tablet it makes and sells, IHS iSuppli estimated on Friday, underscoring the aggressiveness with which it tried to rein in the cost of a device that spearheads its foray into the tablet market.

Amazon.com Inc may launch its own smartphone in the fourth quarter of 2012, Citigroup said, citing its supply-chain channel checks in Asia.

Amazon.com Inc may launch its own smartphone in the fourth quarter of 2012, Citigroup said, citing its supply-chain channel checks in Asia.

Engineers at IHSiSuppi originally tore down a Kindle Fire and estimated the total cost to build it was $209.63. Now they’ve lowered the cost about 4 percent, to $201.70.

Citigroup analysts believe that Amazon will launch its own smartphone in the fourth quarter of 2012.

Online retailer Amazon began shipping its Kindle Fire tablet on Nov.14. The product, which sells at $199, features a vibrant color touch screen, a powerful dual-core processor and a new browser - Amazon Silk - as well as the Amazon Web Services cloud.

We picked the Top 10 Free Kindle Fire Apps to help you get started with your new Kindle Fire tablet from Amazon.

Amazon.com Inc's Kindle Fire tablet computer uses components from Texas Instruments, Samsung, LG and Hynix Semiconductor, according to repair firm iFixit, which cracked the device open on Tuesday.

Amazon's new kindle Fire may feature thousands of apps but the news aggregation app, Pulse, will be the only pre-loaded app to come straight out of the box, Amazon has announced.

With the online retail giant Amazon announcing shipments of its Kindle Fire tablet Monday, a day earlier than expected, it's surely going to be a top choice among consumers this holiday season along with Apple iPad 2.

Amazon began shipping its much-anticipated Kindle Fire tablet Nov.14, a day earlier of its original Nov.15 shipping date.

Publisher Condé Nast has announced it will bring its entire library of magazines to the Barnes and Noble Nook, including Bon Appétit, Condé Nast Traveler and Wired.

Amazon.com began shipping its Kindle Fire on Monday, a day earlier than it expected and extending its lead time over Barnes & Noble's rival Nook tablet.

Amazon.com's Kindle Fire tablet and Microsoft's efforts to get back into the mobile game have impressed developers, a survey released on Monday showed, while BlackBerry maker Research In Motion fell further behind.

Amazon.com Inc began shipping its Kindle Fire on Monday, a day earlier than it expected and extending its lead time over Barnes & Noble Inc's rival Nook tablet.

Armed with her Twitter account, and over 220,000 followers, @SororityProblem is out to conquer the publishing world with her second book, Sucks to Suck the sequel to her first hit novel Sorry I'm Not Sorry. Sorry I'm Not Sorry is currently available for both Kindle and the Nook. Sucks to Suck will be released November 21.

Kindle Fire, a tablet computer manufactured by online retail giant Amazon.com, and released on Sept. 28, was scheduled to ship on Nov. 15. However, it is now shipping on Nov. 14, a day earlier.