Faster Forward Archive: E-books
AT&T; to carry Amazon's 3G Kindle in stores
Starting March 6, the Dallas-based phone company will carry the 3G-enabled Amazon Kindle in AT&T; retail locations across the country.
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Hayley Tsukayama
| February 28, 2011; 12:28 PM ET |
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E-books, Gadgets, Mobile
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Borders turns page to Chapter 11
Yet another analog bookseller has taken a step closer to a digital demise. Borders filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy this morning, hoping to restructure its finances and reboot its operations. The book retailer announced the news this morning. At a site set up for the occasion, Borders comforted customers that...
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Rob Pegoraro
| February 16, 2011; 10:15 AM ET |
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Apple demands subscription revenue from publishers
Apple describes the subscription option it just launched for iPhone and iPad applications as a convenience to customers. That it may be. But to any company looking to do business through an app for Apple's mobile devices, it's more like a form of financial hijacking. The Cupertino, Calif., company's press...
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Rob Pegoraro
| February 15, 2011; 3:37 PM ET |
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Kindle adds real page numbers, public notes to new release
Kindle adds real page numbers, public notes to new release
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Hayley Tsukayama
| February 8, 2011; 10:20 AM ET |
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Apple bans Sony e-reader app; are others next?
Apple rejected a Sony e-reader app for allowing customers to read books purchased outside of Apple's App Store. So says a New York Times story that describes a major change in how media companies can do business with customers on Apple's mobile devices: The company has told some applications developers,...
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Rob Pegoraro
| February 1, 2011; 1:26 PM ET |
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So many books, so little time? Amazon now selling shorter prose as Kindle Singles
Short-attention-span readers have a new option from Amazon: "Kindle Singles," short pieces selling at pocket-change prices for the Seattle retailer's e-book readers and software. Amazon's press release defines a Kindle Single as such: Typically between 5,000 and 30,000 words, each Kindle Single is intended to allow a single killer idea...
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Rob Pegoraro
| January 26, 2011; 12:34 PM ET |
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DRM, E-books
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