Interest is growing in e-readers
Jamie Groves has doubled his reading - up to more than 40 books a year - since he began downloading e-books on his Kindle.
Nov 08, 2010
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Nov 08, 2010
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Amazon's 3G Kindle leaps 'Great Firewall of China'
Amazon's Kindle 3G e-reader is being snapped up on China's grey market as it has an extra special advantage for customers -- it automatically leaps the so-called "Great Firewall" of state web censorship.
Nov 01, 2010
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Amazon says e-book sales of best-sellers double print
Amazon customers are buying Kindle digital versions of the top 10 best-selling books more than twice as often as print copies, the online retail giant said Monday.
Oct 25, 2010
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Amazon 3Q profit jumps 16 percent, but costs rise
(AP) -- Amazon.com Inc. saw earnings grow in the third quarter as shoppers bought more goods and services, yet costs also rose because the company is having to build new centers to fulfill those orders. Shares ...
Oct 21, 2010
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Amazon's Kindle sleeker, faster, but not perfectly user-friendly
E-books have come a long way since the debut of the Kindle just three years ago. According to Amazon, e-books are now outselling hardcover books in its Web store, and company CEO Jeff Bezos has predicted that ...
Oct 21, 2010
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Amazon seeks short works for 'Kindle Singles'
Amazon called on writers and publishers on Tuesday to submit short works to a new section of the US online retail giant's electronic bookstore called "Kindle Singles."
Oct 12, 2010
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Amazon launches 'Kindle for the Web'
Amazon unveiled Tuesday a program that allows Kindle electronic books to be sampled in a Web browser.
Sep 28, 2010
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E-readers mishandle some book formats
Some new e-readers for electronic books create an interesting problem: It's now possible to own a book you can't read.
Sep 24, 2010
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Amazon goes after Apple's iPad in new Kindle ad
(AP) -- Amazon.com Inc. is rolling up its sleeves in its fight to convince consumers that its Kindle electronic reader is better than competing devices such as Apple's iPad, unveiling more aggressive advertising that is ...
Sep 15, 2010
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Best Buy to offer Amazon's Kindle e-reader
Best Buy said Thursday that it will begin selling Amazon's Kindle electronic reader this year, making the US consumer electronics giant the third brick-and-mortar US store to offer the device.
Sep 09, 2010
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Staples to sell Amazon's Kindle
Staples will begin selling Amazon's Kindle electronic book reader this year, making the US office supply chain the second brick-and-mortar store to offer the device.
Aug 31, 2010
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E-reader faceoff: Kindle or Nook? Here's a comparison
There's a titanic battle brewing in the e-reader market. The Amazon Kindle and Barnes & Noble Nook are leaving competitors in the dust this summer and are locked in a war that has dropped prices by more ...
Aug 27, 2010
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Amazon says new Kindle a best seller
Amazon.com on Wednesday said the new generation Kindle electronic book reader is a best seller, with people snapping up the devices at a record pace.
Aug 25, 2010
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Boston Catholic newspaper now available on Kindle
(AP) -- The Archdiocese of Boston is expanding efforts to reach out to younger and more tech-savvy Catholics by making its weekly newspaper available on Kindle.
Aug 06, 2010
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Amazon looking to go 'mass market' with Kindle price cut
Amazon, by slashing the price of the Kindle, is hoping to turn its electronic book reader into a device with mass market appeal, one for "serious readers" distinct from Apple's multi-purpose iPad.
Aug 01, 2010
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