Silicon Alley Insider:
The Sony Daily Edition Reader might seem like a fine holiday gift...The only problem: Sony, which is in a tight race with Amazon’s Kindle and Barnes & Noble’s new Nook in the growing market for reading devices and e-books, can’t guarantee that buyers will receive the “Daily” in time for the holiday.Continue reading »Join th (Read More)
Wall Street Journal:
Amazon.com had some frustrated Canucks on its hands when its Kindle e-book reader went on sale in the U.S. and overseas but not north of the border.AmazonAmazon began selling its e-book reader in Canada.That changed Tuesday, when the online retailer said it is shipping Kindle orders to Canada immediately. The global wireles (Read More)
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When Amazon (NSDQ: AMZN) introduced the second-gen Kindle earlier this year, it had no competition in the wireless e-reader category. By the holidays, it will be competing head on for consumers with the Daily Edition from Sony (NYSE: SNE), the unfortunately named DR8000SG from (Read More)
The Seattle Times: Business & Technology:
Amazon.com today announced a free version of its Kindle reader software for Windows PCs, a big step toward Jeff Bezos' goal of getting the software on all sorts of devices. (Read More)
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Amazon's Kindle e-reader app for Windows PCs is now available for free download from Amazon's site.Read the rest of this story »See Also:8 Reasons You Can Finally Love Ebook Readers (Thanks To Nook) (AMZN, BKS)20 Guesses About What The Apple Tablet Will Look Like (AAPL)The e-Readers Coming To Kick Kindle's Butt This Christm (Read More)
Silicon Alley Insider:
Rupert Murdoch is no fan of the Kindle. He can't emphasize it enough.On tonight's earnings call, he said "The Kindle is a fantastic invention for books, but it's not much of an experience for newspapers." It's in the early stages of the e-reader, and the black and white screens are lame.Read the rest of this story »See Also (Read More)
Silicon Alley Insider:
Barnes & Nobles' new e-book reader hasn't shipped but it's already garnered a lawsuit.Spring Design, a Cupertino-based company, has an e-book reader concept called the Alex, with patents dating back to 2006, and has been shopping it around for a launch partner.Read the rest of this story »See Also:8 Reasons You Can Finally (Read More)
Washington Post:
In spite of its larger size, the Amazon Kindle DX ($489 as of October 29, 2009) comes off as a surprisingly lean and elegant contender in the current e-book reader steeplechase . This enlarged version of the Kindle has a number of appealing features--including strong PDF support--along with a few...
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CNN:
There are more e-readers on the market these days, like the Kindle and the Nook. But if you own a smartphone, you may not realize that you already have a potential e-reader in your pocket.
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Silicon Alley Insider:
I'm an avid reader, studied literature in school, and nerd out over tech, yet past ebook readers have left me cold. The Nook is the first reader I really want, and I won't be alone.Here's why → Read the rest of this story »See Also:The Barnes & Noble Nook Is Toast (BKS, AMZN)Barnes & Noble's Dual-Screened Nook: $260, Eats (Read More)
Silicon Alley Insider:
Amazon (AMZN) announced yesterday that it would soon offer an e-reader app for Microsoft's (MSFT) Windows 7 operating system, which launched yesterday. But Apple (AAPL) owners are in luck, too: An Amazon rep tells us that the company is also planning a Mac version of the Kindle software.Read the rest of this story »See Also (Read More)
CNN:
It may not have won the book price war (yet), but Amazon defeated Wall Street expectations on Thursday, reporting a 69% surge in profit in the third-quarter, led by sales of the Kindle e-reader. (Read More)
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Amazon (NSDQ: AMZN) posted big increases in quarterly net income and revenue Thursday; sales were up 28 percent, while net income jumped 68 percent at the e-commerce giant. Both figures easily topped analysts’ forecasts. The company continued its long-standing silence on exact sales of its Kindle e-reader, but its earnings (Read More)
Silicon Alley Insider:
The New York Times doesn't gauge the success of its stories on how many people read them, according to its executive editor Bill Keller.He tells us, "We monitor traffic to get a general sense of audience behavior and to help gauge reader interest in particular features. Naturally we are pleased when good work finds a big au (Read More)
CNN:
Barnes & Noble has unveiled the Nook, an impressive-looking $260 device that will go head-to-head with Amazon.com's Kindle, currently the most successful product in a small but growing market for e-book readers.
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