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Amazon's E-Book Strategy Re-Kindles Debate on Open Standards
blog.wired.com - 2/25/2009
Amazon's E-Book Strategy Re-Kindles Debate on Open Standards
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    While many salivated over this week's arrival of "the iPod of the book world ," supporters of open e-book standards are opining anew that the Kindle’s proprietary format is not only bad for readers but, in the long run, probably for Amazon as well. “Either ...
nytimes.com - 2/25/2009
Op-Ed Contributor: The Kindle Swindle?
— nytimes.com — The president of the Authors Guild has an issue with the Kindle 2. It can read books... aloud, but it is not paying anyone for audio rights. > (more) Op-Ed Contributor: The Kindle Swindle?

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"The Kindle is becoming the iPod of the book world"
valleywag.gawker.com - 2/24/2009
"The Kindle is becoming the iPod of the book world"
— valleywag.gawker.com — Despite the fact that you've never seen one in person, Citigroup analyst Mark Mahaney says Amazon.com will... sell 378,000 Kindles this year , accounting for $1.1 billion or 4 percent of Amazon's total revenues by 2010. Earlier this year, Mahaney ... (more) "The Kindle is becoming the iPod of the book world"

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Kindle 2 dissected, found to contain space for a SIM card
engadget.com - 2/25/2009
Kindle 2 dissected, found to contain space for a SIM card
— engadget.com — The Kindle 2 's only been in our hot little hands for a few hours, but the... screwdriver-happy scamps at iFixit couldn't resist -- they've already ripped theirs into its many component pieces. Interestingly, the teardown revealed an empty space for ... (more) Kindle 2 dissected, found to contain space for a SIM card

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TeleRead: Bring the E-Books Home:  Wired Epicenter on Amazon Kindle vs. open standards

Tech Observer:  Sony-Google Deal A Win for Openness

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Wired Epicenter on Amazon Kindle vs. open standards
TeleRead: Bring the E-Books Home — ... TeleRead, MobileRead, and other e-book advocacy sites and blogs have complained about Kindle’s format lock-in for a long time. Sometimes it seems as if no one has been listening, as other complaints such as the brouhaha over text-to-speech take center field. However, Chris Snyder at Wired’s “Epicenter” blog has taken notice with an excellent article examining the issue from all sides. ...

Kindle round-up: $200 used Ks, rising K-book prices, the K2 and ePub, Steve Levy’s review, and more on the text to speech fuss
TeleRead: Bring the E-Books Home — ... blog, who follows up. Also see our earlier thoughts. If you can hold out another month or two, why not? Photo is of the original Kindle. Other K links of interest: –Nearly 30 percent of books sold for the Kindle are now above $9.99, by Chris W.—appearing, in this case, in The Consumerist, a blog published by a subsidiary of Consumers Union. –Steve Levy’s K2 review. –Wired on the need for Amazon to embrace open e-book standards. Go, ePub! (Thanks to Chris ...

Sony-Google Deal A Win for Openness
Tech Observer — ... Amazon has told Wired.com that it is open to more file formats, like ePub, but that it would not yet allow for a "seamless customer experience" on all Kindle titles. ...

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