Kindle Price Cut Shows iPad's Winning

Release Date 1 Jul, 2010 in ITProPortal

 
   

Amazon Drops Kindle DX Price

InformationWeek - Antone Gonsalves - 1 Jul, 2010
The upgraded electronic reader has a higher contrast digital paper display and will be $110 cheaper in a move designed to drive sales of digital books. ...

Amazon.com offers new lower-priced Kindle DX

The Associated Press - 1 Jul, 2010
SEATTLE â€" Online retailer Amazon.com Inc. said Thursday it is introducing a new version of its higher-end Kindle at a lower price as competition among ...

Amazon cuts price on larger, redesigned Kindle

MarketWatch - Dan Gallagher - 1 Jul, 2010
SAN FRANCISCO (MarketWatch) -- Amazon.com unveiled a new design for its large-screen Kindle on Thursday and cut the device's ...

Amazon Updates Kindle DX, Cuts Price

Wall Street Journal - Geoffrey A. Fowler - 1 Jul, 2010
Widening its assault on the prices of dedicated e-reading devices, Amazon.com Inc. unveiled a cheaper version of its large-screen ...

Amazon cuts price of large-screen Kindle

AFP - 1 Jul, 2010
WASHINGTON â€" Amazon, in the latest salvo in the electronic book reader war, unveiled a new version of its large-screen Kindle on Thursday with a slashed ...

Amazon Slashes Price on Kindle DX

PC Magazine - Jen Edwards - 1 Jul, 2010
Amazon is in the news again this week with the unveiling of the new, cheaper Kindle DX. Available in Graphite, the new version of the large screen ...

Amazon cuts price of Kindle DX to $379

USA Today - Nancy Blair - 1 Jul, 2010
Amazon this morning announced a new version of its Kindle DX large screen e-reader with a sharper display and a lower price: $379, down from $489. ...

Amazon Upgrades Kindle DX, but Shifts Its Focus?

PC World - 1 Jul, 2010
Amazon has been working hard on its Kindle platform, releasing improvements on what seems like a daily basis. But despite updating its Kindle DX with a ...

Amazon cuts Kindle price

Inquirer - David Neal - 1 Jul, 2010
ONLINE RETAILER Amazon has been bigging up its Kindle e-book reader, causing librarians everywhere to shhhh loudly. ...

Amazon Unveils Upgraded Kindle DX; Price To $379 From $489

Barron's (blog) - Eric Savitz - 1 Jul, 2010
Amazon.com (AMZN) this morning unveiled a new version of its Kindle DX e-book reader, while cutting the price of the device to $379 from $489 ...

At home down-market

Macleans.ca - Chris Sorensen - 1 Jul, 2010
by Chris Sorensen on Thursday, July 1, 2010 10:00am - 0 Comments Online bookseller Amazon generated big buzz when its Kindle e-reader went on sale for $399 ...

Amazon again cuts Kindle price as iPad raises heat

Reuters - Eric Thayer, Franklin Paul - 1 Jul, 2010
A man holds the new Kindle DX electronic reader at a news conference where the device was introduced in New York May 6, 2009. Amazon.com is launching an ...

Amazon updates Kindle DX, drops price

CNET - David Carnoy - 1 Jul, 2010
With the arrival of the iPad in April, many tech pundits wrote off Amazon's similarly sized--and similarly priced--Kindle DX as a non-viable ...

Amazon.com Cuts Price of Kindle DX Reader, Adds Sharper Display

BusinessWeek - Joseph Galante - 1 Jul, 2010
July 1 (Bloomberg) -- Amazon.com Inc., the world's largest online retailer, cut the price of its larger Kindle digital book reader by 22 ...

Amazon Launches Cheaper, Better Kindle

Techtree.com - 1 Jul, 2010
Amazon has announced new Kindle DX model with the all new high-contrast E Ink display screen. Kindle DX will come in a graphite colored enclosure and is ...

Kindle DX Gets Better Screen, Price Cut

PC World - 1 Jul, 2010
Given that Amazon recently lowered the price of its six-inch Kindle 2, it was only a matter of time before the Kindle DX got its own price reality check. ...

Can Smaller Price Help Big-Screen Kindle DX Fight Apple's iPad?

Forbes (blog) - 1 Jul, 2010
It's always been as big as an iPad. It just got even cheaper compared with the iPad. And now, it's blacker than Apple's hot-selling tablet computer. ...

Amazon Raises the Specs, Cuts the Price on Latest Kindle DX

PC World (blog) - 1 Jul, 2010
Amazon.com is keeping up the pressure on competitors in the electronic book market and will launch on July 7 a new version of its Kindle DX that features a ...

Amazon Introduces a New Kindle DX With Lower Price

New York Times (blog) - Brad Stone - 1 Jul, 2010
The company introduced a new version of the black and white e-reader on Thursday morning, dropping the price to $379, from $489. ...

Amazon Introduces New Kindle DX with 50 Percent Better Display Contrast and ...

MarketWatch (press release) - 1 Jul, 2010
SEATTLE, Jul 01, 2010 (BUSINESS WIRE) -- Amazon.com, Inc. (NASDAQ:AMZN) today introduced the new latest generation Kindle DX and new lower price of $379, ...

Amazon lures authors with 70% royalty deal, and HTML5

Los Angeles Times (blog) - 1 Jul, 2010
When money talks, people tend to listen. In a bid to lure authors, Amazon.com on Wednesday said it would give writers 70% of the revenue, minus expenses, ...

Amazon Boosts Kindle Royalties

InformationWeek - Antone Gonsalves - 1 Jul, 2010
Authors can almost double the amount they receive from sales of digital books priced 20% or more below the list price for the physical book version. ...

Amazon to Introduce Web-Based Book Previews

New York Times (blog) - Nick Bilton - ‎Jun 30, 2010‎
It has been a busy week for Amazon's Kindle division: On Monday the company announced that it would start selling new e-books that come ...

Amazon begins new royalty program for Kindle books

The Associated Press - ‎Jun 30, 2010‎
SEATTLE â€" Amazon.com Inc. said Wednesday it is now offering do-it-yourself authors and publishers royalties of about 70 percent on their e-books. ...

70 Percent Royalty Option for Kindle Digital Text Platform Now Available

National Post (registration) (blog) - ‎Jun 30, 2010‎
Amazon.com, Inc. (NASDAQ: AMZN) today announced that the 70 percent royalty option that enables authors and publishers who use the Kindle Digital Text ...

New smartphone app may mean step away from dedicated e-readers

Independent - ‎Jun 30, 2010‎
Amazon's Kindle e-book application is now available for Android smartphone users, according to a June 28 press release. The app is pitched as a companion to ...

Amazon punts Kindleware for Androids

Register - ‎Jun 29, 2010‎
The company's free Kindle application is now available â€" worldwide â€" from the Android Marketplace, but if you're outside the US, you may not have access to ...

Amazon.com: Out Of Order

Barron's (blog) - Eric Savitz - ‎Jun 29, 2010‎
Something appears to be very wrong with Amazon.com (AMZN) this afternoon; I can't seem to get the site to fully load, and Twitter is, well, ...

Jeff Bezos: Publishers need to think big

Fortune - Jp Mangalindan - ‎Jun 29, 2010‎
In the face of Kindle price cuts and wild iPad sales, Jeff Bezos is taking Amazon into new markets and onto every device he can. Will it be enough? ...

Amazon Releases Kindle App for Android Smartphones

PC Magazine - Jen Edwards - ‎Jun 29, 2010‎
Amazon has been promising a Kindle app for Android-based smartphones, and the company delivered Monday afternoon. The new app includes the popular ...

 

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