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Friday, February 27th, 2009New York Times
Publisher Hearst said to be preparing “periodicals” ebook readerAbout - News & Issues, NYEbook readers continue to draw interest in the news and among consumers, mostly because of Amazon’s newest model now available for purchase. The Kindle 2, which was previewed here recently, is drawing some early praise from consumers and reviewers …Move over […]
Hearst Plans an E-Reader of its Own - Wired News
Friday, February 27th, 2009Hearst Plans an E-Reader of its OwnWired NewsThe device will be similar to the Amazon Kindle or Sony Reader, although it will have a larger screen to facilitate reading magazine or newspaper content, according to comments from an interview with Hearst Interactive honcho Kenneth Bronfin. …
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Sprint tallies success among slaps in online outreach to … - Kansas City Star
Friday, February 27th, 2009Sprint tallies success among slaps in online outreach to …Kansas City Star, MOJarvis unleashed an outburst of complaints on the microblogging service called Twitter after he encountered trouble in downloading books to his new Amazon Kindle 2. Initially Jarvis was frustrated with Amazon, but later decided that Sprint’s wireless …
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Bigger Amazon Kindle 3 with Touchscreen This Year - Mobile Magazine
Friday, February 27th, 2009Mobile Magazine
Bigger Amazon Kindle 3 with Touchscreen This YearMobile MagazineWhile everyone is still getting pretty excited over the recent launch of the Amazon Kindle 2, there’s already word going around that a third iteration will be released later this year. The new Kindle 2 is surely an improvement over the original, …
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Kindle 2 Under Fire - New York Times
Friday, February 27th, 2009guardian.co.uk
Kindle 2 Under FireNew York Times, United StatesAnd why is there a huge “Amazon Kindle” logo at the top of the device? The front face of the Kindle is effectively white space surrounding the text of each page you read — so it’s like reading a real book where the publisher has stamped a two-inch logo […]
A Kindle for Magazines? Hearst’s Working on It - Conde Nast Portfolio
Friday, February 27th, 2009A Kindle for Magazines? Hearst’s Working on ItConde Nast Portfolio, NYWhatever the future of magazines looks like, there’s a pretty good chance that an e-reader along the lines of Amazon’s Kindle, but with a bigger, more sophisticated display, plays some part in it. It looks like the first ones will be produced by Hearst …
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US News Media Group Expands Premium Content on Amazon Kindle - PR Newswire (press release)
Friday, February 27th, 2009US News Media Group Expands Premium Content on Amazon KindlePR Newswire (press release), NY27 /PRNewswire/ — US News Media Group, one of the nation’s leading sources of news analysis and service journalism, today announced that its newly released digital-only product US News Weekly is now also available on Amazon Kindle. …
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Hearst to launch a wireless e-reader - CNNMoney.com
Friday, February 27th, 2009CNNMoney.com
Hearst to launch a wireless e-readerCNNMoney.com… a backdrop of plummeting ad revenue for newspapers and magazines, and rising costs for paper and delivery, Hearst Corp., is getting set to launch an electronic reader that it hopes can do for periodicals what Amazon’s Kindle is doing for books. …
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Re: Kindle v. Netbook v. ePub, Bookworm and Stanza - Lew Rockwell
Friday, February 27th, 2009Re: Kindle v. Netbook v. ePub, Bookworm and StanzaLew Rockwell, CAIt’s not a netbook or an ebook reader - the two devices are complementary and serve very different purposes. My Reader is also completely silent and turns on immediately. In fact, the page stays up for 30 minutes, using no power at all. …Centro, iPhone, and […]
Help File Help: Decoding License Agreements - Washington Post Blogs
Friday, February 27th, 2009Help File Help: Decoding License AgreementsWashington Post Blogs, DCAt the risk of inducing a collective mid-day nap, let’s continue that discussion here by trying to unpack the relatively short “ToS” document (only about 2100 words) for Amazon’s Kindle 2 e-book reader. * The “Definitions” paragraphs describing the …
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