News tagged with electronic book market


Amazon.com buys Stanza e-book app maker Lexcycle

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created Apr 28, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

(AP) -- Kindle e-book retailer Amazon.com Inc. has purchased Lexcycle, a year-old company that makes the iPhone e-book application Stanza, in a move that ratchets up Amazon's presence in the electronic book market.





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Verizon Wireless to support e-book reader

Technology / Telecom

created Sep 23, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

(AP) -- Verizon will be providing wireless book downloads for an electronic reading device, joining AT&T and Sprint in supporting electronic books.


E-book release delayed for Kennedy memoir (AP)

E-book release delayed for Kennedy memoir

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created Sep 10, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 1

(AP) -- E-book fans will have to wait for a download of Sen. Ted Kennedy's memoir.


Verizon Wireless sees Kindle-type e-readers coming

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created Apr 01, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

(AP) -- Amazon's Kindle might soon be getting new competitors in the market for electronic-book devices.


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Sony plans a Kindle rival with wireless downloads

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created Aug 25, 2009 | popularity 3 / 5 (2) | comments 0

(AP) -- Sony plans to offer an e-book reader with the ability to wirelessly download books. That adopts a key feature of the Kindle from Amazon.com and enhances the competition in a small but fast-growing ...


Publishers embrace vision for a green future

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created Apr 17, 2009 | popularity 1.5 / 5 (2) | comments 0

(AP) -- The publishing industry has been fitted for 20-20-20 vision.


Deadline arrives in Google book-scan deal (AP)

Deadline in Google book deal extended to Friday

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created Nov 09, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

(AP) -- Google says it needs until Friday to come up with a new proposal that would give it the digital rights to millions of out-of-print books.


New Barnes & Noble multi-format e-books dog Amazon

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created Jul 20, 2009 | popularity 2.3 / 5 (3) | comments 1

(AP) -- Barnes & Noble Inc. on Monday stepped up its fight in the small but highly competitive market for electronic books with the launch of a new e-bookstore offering titles to be read on a variety of devices.


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Google to sell new e-books online

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created Jun 01, 2009 | popularity 2 / 5 (3) | comments 2

Google plans to begin selling electronic versions of new books online this year, posing a potential challenge to market leader Amazon.


E-books gain a foothold at Frankfurt Book Fair

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created Oct 16, 2009 | popularity 3 / 5 (1) | comments 0

(AP) -- While paper books still outnumber texts that can be read online or on dedicated readers like the Kindle or eBook, use of the electronic versions is growing.


New e-book reader to use AT&T network

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created Jul 22, 2009 | popularity 1 / 5 (1) | comments 1

(AP) -- Following in the footsteps of Amazon.com Inc.'s Kindle, another e-book reader is set to get a wireless connection from a cellular carrier, letting it access books anywhere there's a signal.



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