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Amazon Faces Lawsuit From High School Student Due To Kindle Mishap

August 2, 2009 Industry News

Amazon recently received flak from Kindle owners when, without warning to Kindle owners, it deleted ebooks which were said to be sold illegally. A high schooler went as far as suing the company because of this mishap.

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Amazon Drops Kindle Price To $299 – Will More People Buy It Now?

July 9, 2009 Industry News

In an unexpected move last July 8, 2009, Amazon dropped the price of the Kindle 2 to $299. Why reasons could Amazon have for doing this? Have sales dwindled? Has competition caught up? Here’s what people in the net are all abuzz about.

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Sony’s Ebook Store Swells to 600,000 Titles Thanks To Google

April 3, 2009 Industry News

A half-million classic books will be added to the Sony ebook store thanks to Google. A deal was announced Wednesday night that Google will be partnering with Sony by providing them with mostly books that were published before 1923. These are books whose copyrights have expired. According to Sony, the collection of books added to [...]

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Amazon Kindle Celebrates its First Birthday

November 25, 2008 Industry News

The Amazon Kindle celebrated its first birthday this week. Amazon has not given the complete numbers, but the sales have been through the roof. Right now there is a 3-4 week wait to get one and that’s at over $350.

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