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Kindles to hover over closed Borders locations while laughing maniacally
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Jul 19, 2011
Borders died yesterday Some 400 stores closing, 11,000 employees out of work. Last minute auction didn't really happen and so off it goes to...
Kindle textbook rental
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Jul 18, 2011
Amazon has just announced a new program for renting out textbooks on Kindles, and it's likely to save students a lot of money. So if you need a...
Amazon to launch tablet by October
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Jul 14, 2011
The Wall Street Journal is the latest to write up the long kicked around rumor of Amazon being about to launch a tablet computer. The Journal says...
Spammers Ruin Everything, chapter 3,876,924: e-books
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Jun 17, 2011
Amazon.com's Kindle e-book store lets you sell your own self-published books. That's very nice for authors who can't land a book deal or just want...
Nook-Kindle war escalates
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May 25, 2011
Yesterday, Barnes & Noble debuted a new version of the Nook e-reader. It weighs less than a paperback book and has a battery that will last two...
Hump cleared: Amazon selling more e-books than book books
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May 19, 2011
Bits have defeated atoms. Trees high five each other. Electronic books are now outselling regular books at Amazon.com. As of April, says the compa...
Kindle books coming to your local library
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Apr 20, 2011
Amazon just announced a new program to facilitate the "lending" of Kindle books through 11,000 libraries. No word yet on how long you'll be able to...
Amazon offers cheaper ad-supported Kindle
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Apr 12, 2011
The new model will cost $114, that's 25 bucks off the current price. It goes on sale May 3rd. The ads will appear as screen savers and as small ba...
Lendle goes back up
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Mar 23, 2011
Not sure what's going on with Amazon and Lendle at this point. No one's talking. But the Kindle book lending site called Lendle (get it?) is back...
Amazon shuts down Lendle
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Mar 22, 2011
Lendle is - was? - a site that let you lend out your Kindle books to other people. You know, much as you would be able to do with other books that...
