Amazon released it announced its new Kindle DX: Amazon’s 9.7 yesterday. Basically its just a Kindle with a larger screen and more storage. The new device is trying to target college students, newspaper and magazine readers. I suspect they also had comic book readers in mind but they still need to come out with a color version before they get that group. I would think that some of the indie publishers at the ECBACC would love to have a cheaper (no printing costs) and easier way to distribute their books.
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The price is $489 which is still expensive for most people with one exception, college students . The cost of text books are close a $1000 a year. A device like a Kindle DX seems like a bargain if it gives you the ability to download text books for half the price of the book.
Amazon introduced the third edition of its Kindle this morning, a version that, in addition to offering trade books, will now display textbooks, computer books and cookbooks on a 9.7 inch electronic display screen that includes 16 shades of grade—the same gray-scale as the Kindle 2. Magazines and newspapers, already available on the Kindle, will increase their presence on the new device. Price for Kindle DX is $489 and Amazon will start shipping the device in the summer.
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This post was written by Lobo on May 7, 2009
