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Amazon updates Kindle app with inline dictionary, more

by Lex Friedman on 1 August, 2010

Amazon has released significant upgrades to its Kindle apps for iPhone and iPad. In doing so, Amazon’s made the iOS version of its e-reader even more competitive with its hardware device: the app now includes a dictionary with 250,000 entries, adds the ability to search within books on the iPad, and…
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    Amazon enriches Kindle books for iOS with audio, video

    by David Chartier on 29 June, 2010

    Amazon is enhancing its Kindle reading experience by adding major new features to the platform — but only for iPad, iPhone, and iPod touch users. The mammoth internet retailer has introduced audio and video features to a handful of books in its Kindle marketplace. These features are supported only by its…
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    Amazon CEO: Kindle won’t compete with iPad

    by Lex Friedman on 27 May, 2010

    Amazon.com CEO Jeff Bezos says that his company won’t try to make the Kindle more iPad-like. At the company’s annual shareholder meeting Tuesday, Bezos stressed that the Kindle targets what he calls “serious readers,” while the iPad aims for a far broader audience. Of course, the Wall Street…
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    Amazon launches Kindle for Mac

    by Xavier Verhoeven on 18 March, 2010

    Amazon has released Kindle for Mac — a free application that lets Mac users around the world read Kindle books on their computer. The new software adds to the myriad devices on which Kindle books can already be read: the Kindle, Kindle DX, iPhone, iPod touch, BlackBerry, and PC. The US Kindle store…
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  4. Reviews
    Kinda like the Kindle

    by Anthony Caruana on 15 March, 2010

    Amazon's Kindle, with its 6in display and built-in 3G wireless is the leader in the burgeoning market for e-readers – hardware designed for the sole purpose of reading books that are delivered in electronic formats. Amazon has applied their expertise at online shopping and distribution to the entire Kindle lifecycle. From hitting the…
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    Adobe’s DRM vexes e-book owners

    by Eric Lai on 19 February, 2010

    One of the chief advantages touted by Adobe Systems for its e-book copy protection technology, called Adobe Digital Experience Protection Technology (ADEPT), is that consumers can buy e-books for one e-reader and freely transfer them to other such devices, as well as their Mac and Windows computers. While that’s possible…
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    Analyst: Amazon’s e-book market share could plummet

    by Marco Tabini on 17 February, 2010

    Sorry, Amazon, we have some bad news for you. Pressure from new entrants could cause Amazon’s share of the e-book market to drop from its current 90-percent mark to 15 percent, says one analyst. According to a Wall Street Journal article, a report by Credit Suisse’s Spencer Wang singles out the iPad as a…
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  7. Blogs
    Open ebook battle ends, but the war continues

    by Jeff Porten on 9 February, 2010

    The Great Amazon Delisting may be coming to an end, according to the New York Times. What no one can quite understand is why it happened at all, or took so long to resolve. A little more than a week ago, Amazon removed all Macmillan books from its online store, both in Kindle versions…
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    Amazon acquires Touchco and a Microsoft exec

    by Aayush Arya on 8 February, 2010

    The device that seems most squarely in the crosshairs of the iPad is Amazon’s Kindle e-book reader. Just before the launch of the iPad, Amazon announced it would soon be releasing an application store for the Kindle and reversed the ratio of its 70/30 revenue split with publishers. And now, according to a report by Nick…
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    Amazon and Macmillan fence over e-book pricing

    by Dan Moren on 2 February, 2010

    Less than a week has passed since Apple unveiled the iPad and its new e-book reading software, but it seems that the device is already disrupting the publishing market. This past weekend, publishing house Macmillan and online retailer Amazon sparred over the price of e-books. The dispute began in behind-the-scenes conversations between the two…
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    Amazon opens door to Kindle apps

    by Dan Nystedt on 22 January, 2010

    Amazon.com on Thursday announced its first-ever software developer's kit for anyone who wants to create active content for its popular Kindle e-readers.  The Kindle Development Kit (KDK) will be available in limited beta form next month and the new software and other content from the initiative is expected to be in the Kindle Store…
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    Amazon launches new Kindle royalty plan

    by Brennon Slattery on 21 January, 2010

    Amazon has unveiled a new royalty plan that will allow book publishers and authors to make more money off of e-books sold for the Kindle e-reader. But Amazon’s motives for playing nice with publishers are likely due to one key factor: the impending launch of the Apple Tablet, a device that’s expected to provide…
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