bits.blogs.nytimes.com - 7/9/2009
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Amazon has cut the price of its popular electronic reading device by $60.
e-ink-info.com - 7/12/2009
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e-ink-info.com —
A Chinese company called Peking University Founder is
showing a new eBook reader, that looks just like...
Amazon's Kindle 2 . They say they will release it by the end of 2009, in Japan, for around 210$ ( the kindle is available for 299$ ...
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Chinese company shows Kindle rip-off
engadget.com - 7/8/2009
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engadget.com —
Nearly five months to the day after Amazon
introduced its Kindle 2 e-reader, the company has decided...
to hack a full $60 off of the price tag in order to offer it to US consumers for $299. Sneaking under that magical $300 mark could allow the ...
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Amazon's Kindle 2 gets a $60 price cut, now at $299
techon.nikkeibp.co.jp - 7/11/2009
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techon.nikkeibp.co.jp —
[DPF] Chinese Firm Exhibits Kindle Look-alike"Huh? Is this
the Kindle?" I found an electronic book (e-book) reader...
similar to the Kindle 2, which Amazon.com Inc released in February 2009, at Digital Publishing Fair 2009, an exhibition taking place ...
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[DPF] Chinese Firm Exhibits Kindle Look-alike -- Tech-On!
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Amazon.com Drops The Price of the Kindle 2 To $299
Pulse2 - Technology News And Reviews —
... $489.
The success of the Kindle will add about $310 million in revenue and $70 million to the bottom line for Amazon.com. This will give the company a rise in $2 billion in revenue and $560 million in profit by 2012 according to Sandeep Aggarwal, a research analyst at Collins Stewart.
Currently there are about 300,000 books available for download on the Kindle. When the first generation Kindle was introduced, there was about 90,000 books available.
[via NYT] ...
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The Register 7/9/2009
Cheaper e-book reader If you’re yet to make the jump from paper books to electronic displays then Amazon has an incentive: a Kindle price cut.…
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