Amazon Backs Down On Kindle 2 Text-To-Speech; Will Let Publishers Decide
Following criticism by some authors, Amazon (NSDQ: AMZN) is pulling back on the experimental Text-to-Speech feature in the new Kindle 2. Ins… Read more »
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Daily Mail Keen On Kindle, In Both US And UK
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The Early Consensus On Kindle 2? Good, But Maybe It Should Be Kindle 1.5
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What The Wireless Industry Can Learn From The Kindle’s ‘Whispernet’
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Interview: Stephen King On Kindle: ‘This Device Will Not Replace Books’
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Amazon Kindle 2.0: Bezos: Kindle Is A Gateway Drug; Device Drives 10 Percent Of Amazon Sales
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The New Kindle 2.0: Text, Pics, Videos and Well, Lotsa Gloatware…
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The New Kindle 2.0: Text, Pics, Videos and Well, Lotsa Gloatware…
By Rafat Ali
…is online now here on Amazon.com. It went live just as Jeff Bezos went live with his press conference earlier today in NYC. The new Kindl… Read more »
Amazon Kindle 2.0: Bezos Calls Kindle A ‘Gateway Drug’; Device Drives 10 Percent Of Amazon Sales
By David Kaplan
While early opinions have already judged Amazon’s next Kindle as either the company’s Read more »
Amazon Kindle 2.0 Pre-Launch Buzz: Mass Vs. Niche?
By Rafat Ali
Analysts have written and speculated aplenty about Amazon Kindle 1.0 and the imminent launch of its 2.0 version this morning at 10 a.m. in N… Read more »
Analysts Crunch The Numbers On Kindle Sales; Is It The Next iPod?
By Rory Maher
One of the great parlor games in new media is trying to guess how many Kindles are sold every quarter– in the absence of figures from Amazo… Read more »
Amazon Earnings Call: Bezos: Kindle Users Buy More Books Than Print-Only Buyers
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Kindle users buy more books total than print-only buyers, Amazon (NSDQ: AMZN) CEO Jeff Bezos told investors and analysts following the relea… Read more »
New Kindle Coming Feb. 9?
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Verizon To Support Kindle Competitors; Question Is, Can Any Of Them Really Challenge Amazon?
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USA Today Will Be Sold On Amazon’s Kindle
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Haven’t Ordered Your Holiday Kindle Yet? Never Mind
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Amazon’s UK Launch Of Kindle Delayed
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Amazon’s UK Launch Of Kindle Delayed
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Amazon Still Not Talking On UK MP3 Store Arrival; Maybe Next Month?
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Amazon: No New Kindle This Year; ‘Sometime Next Year Earliest’
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Times, FT Join Indie On Amazon’s Kindle Reader
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Citigroup Analyst Switches Gears, Hypes Amazon’s Kindle As ‘iPod Of The Book World’
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In addition to delivering news and info via handheld devices, The New York Times (NYSE: NYT) wants to take advantage of attributes CTO Marc… Read more »
Amazon E-Book Sales To Hit $2.5 Billion In 2012; Will Add $330 Million To Op Income: Analyst
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Update: Amazon Down, Takes Kindle Store Down With It
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Bezos On Kindle: ‘We Would Love To Have Color’ — And Every Book Ever
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More Titles Available For Amazon’s Kindle Despite Fears By Other Publishers
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Amazon Drops Kindle Price By $40
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Besides the Jeff Bezos sighting at D6 this evening, some more news from Amazon (NSDQ: AMZN), a slightly surprising one considering the sello… Read more »
Gadget Round-Up: Kindle’s 2010 Estimates; BlackBerry Gets Touchy; Palm Downgraded To Sell
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Amazon.com CEO Jeff Bezos on Charlie Rose, Explaning The Kindle
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Coverage Of The Kindle Launch
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First Look: Amazon’s Kindle Reader: The Gap Between Description and The Device
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After today’s festivities concluded, I eventually got a chance to sit down and play with Amazon’s (NSDQ: AMZN) Kindle. The first thing to no… Read more »
@ Kindle Launch: Understanding the Business Model; Still Some Unanswered Questions
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Following the Jeff-note (doesn’t quite have the same ring does it?), Amazon (NSDQ: AMZN) offered up a few company representatives to answer… Read more »
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