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News Corp. offers exclusive content on Sony e-reader

Sony Corp. has announced a partnership with News Corp. to offer exclusive e-book content from the Wall Street Journal, MarketWatch.com and the New York Post through its newly branded digital content shop, the Reader Store.

Posted 12/18/2009Zak StamborPost a comment

/ Technology

Amazon will update Kindle with more features for the visually impaired

By next summer, shoppers will be able to purchase an enhanced Kindle for the visually impaired that features an audible menu to help readers navigate through books, as well as a font that is twice the height and width of the current type size.

Posted 12/11/2009Zak StamborPost a comment

/ E-Retailers

Barnes & Noble introduces its own e-book reader tied to BN.com

Barnes & Noble joined the expanding electronic book reader market yesterday with its launch of the Nook. The Nook allows users to buy titles from the retailer`s selection of more than 1 million electronic books, newspapers and magazines.

Posted 10/21/2009Bill BriggsPost a comment

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Amazon wirelessly delivers books at the speed of thought – almost

Amazon’s Kindle, a portable, wireless reader, offers book titles that download in 60 seconds. Consumers can download content without plugging the reader into a computer.

Posted 11/21/2007Don DavisPost a comment

Sony and Borders turn the page on e-books

Sony Electronics and Borders Group Inc. are teaming to sell online book-reading devices, a strategy Sony believes will spur sales of a new commerce-enabled handheld device and digital books.

Posted 04/05/2006Bill BriggsPost a comment

/ Press Release

Introducing "Kindle for Mac" -- the Free Application for Reading Kindle Books on the Mac, Now Available in over 100 Countries

Read on Your Kindle, Read Some on Your iPhone, and Now, Read Some on Your Mac - Read Wherever and Whenever You Want, and Never Lose Your Place SEATTLE, Mar 18, 2010 -- Amazon.com, Inc. (NASDAQ: AMZN) today announced "Kindle for Mac," a free application that lets readers around the world enjoy Kindle books on their Mac computers. The U.S. Kindle Store (www.amazon.com/kindlestore) currently offers over 450,000 books, including New Releases and 102...

Posted 03/18/2010