Amazon.com wants to own the future of publishing, and got off to a running start with its Kindle eBook reader, which launched in November, 2007. The new, improved Kindle will almost certainly be announced February 9, and could be great. But Amazon.com could get greedy and screw the whole thing up by gouging both users and publishers. Will they?
 guardian.co.uk |
Amazon gets ready for second-generation Kindle
USA Today – 9 hours ago By Edward C. Baig, USA TODAY Get ready for the next chapter. Tech analysts expect Amazon.com (AMZN) to open the cover on Kindle 2, the second generation of its groundbreaking electronic reader. Amazon prepares to launch new Kindle reader guardian.co.uk Kindle 2 for Valentine’s Day? Christian Science Monitor Forbes – PC World – Telegraph.co.uk – CNET News all 62 news articles |
 guardian.co.uk |
Amazon prepares to launch new Kindle reader
guardian.co.uk – 2 hours ago Amazon could be preparing to launch a new version of its Kindle ebook reader, according to reports. The Kindle – which allows users to store up to 200 books and read them on a digital screen – originally launched in November 2007, in what was seen as a … Amazon gets ready for second-generation Kindle USA Today Kindle 2 for Valentine’s Day? Christian Science Monitor Forbes – PC World – VentureBeat – Telegraph.co.uk all 56 news articles |
 San Francisco Chronicle |
Kindle 2 for Valentine’s Day?
Christian Science Monitor – 7 hours ago By Andrew Heining | 01.27.09 Jeff Bezos isn’t giving any hints, but many indicators point to the rollout of a revamped version of Amazon’s Kindle e-book reader in two weeks. Kindle 2 Gets iPhone Treatment Forbes Report: Amazon to Launch New Kindle on Feb 9th PC World Wall Street Journal – Telegraph.co.uk – San Francisco Chronicle – CNET News all 49 news articles |
 CNET News |
Kindle 2 for Valentine’s Day?
Christian Science Monitor – 2 hours ago By Andrew Heining | 01.27.09 Jeff Bezos isn’t giving any hints, but many indicators point to the rollout of a revamped version of Amazon’s Kindle e-book reader in two weeks. Amazon holding press conference to announce launch of Kindle 2? Telegraph.co.uk Amazon’s Kindle 2 Will Debut Feb. 9 New York Times CNET News – Seattle Times – Seattle Post Intelligencer – StreetInsider.com (subscription) all 61 news articles |
FTA: “The Polaroid camera was my generation’s iPod, our BlackBerry, our GPS, our Kindle – that piece of technology that wows and then becomes an extension of the hand. And Dr. Edwin Land, always called Dr. although he didn’t have his PhD, was our Steve Jobs.”
Assuming the success of the Kindle partly accounts for Amazon’s crazy stock price, there may be a way to assess its value, and it may be in the billions.
