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Harry McCracken on the New Kindle

July 29, 2010

Amazon’s strategy is as sensible as any I can think of for the Kindle–make it more like a book and even less like an iPad, thereby catering to all the folks who want the equivalent of a relatively cheap, highly portable digital paperback rather than the costlier do-it-all device that is Apple’s tablet. For all [...]

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The State of the Kindlesphere is Looking Good

July 20, 2010

The New York Times published an article yesterday which tells you just about everything you need to know about the state of the Kindlesphere.
On e-book sales:
Amazon.com, one of the nation’s largest booksellers, announced Monday that for the last three months, sales of books for its e-reader, the Kindle, outnumbered sales of hardcover books.
In that time, Amazon [...]

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Jeff Bezos On All Things Kindle

December 29, 2009

Newsweek recently published a great interview with Jeff Bezos in which he talks about the Kindle’s success, Amazon’s business philosophy, how Kindle fits with the rumored Apple tablet, and more. I could have easily plucked a half dozen quotes from it. You should definitely check it out.

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