Kindle DX

Amazon Tries Taking the Kindle to School, Again, With Textbook Rentals

Peter Kafka in Media on July 18, 2011 at 6:33 am PT

Amazon, which dominates the e-book market, has stayed out of the electronic textbook market. Until now: The company has opened up a textbook store for its Kindle platform, where it is renting “tens of thousands” of titles for the upcoming school year.

Amazon’s Big, Expensive Kindle DX You Didn’t Buy Now Cheaper, Blacker

Peter Kafka in Media on July 1, 2010 at 5:18 am PT

A year ago, the Kindle DX seemed like it might be a big deal. And then we never heard about it again. Will a price drop, a new color and a better screen change that? Doubtful.

Amazon's Big, Expensive Kindle DX You Didn't Buy Now Cheaper, Blacker

Peter Kafka in Media on July 1, 2010 at 5:18 am PT

A year ago, the Kindle DX seemed like it might be a big deal. And then we never heard about it again. Will a price drop, a new color and a better screen change that? Doubtful.

Hearst Is Ready to Show Off Its Skiff E-Reader Platform, but It Doesn’t Want to Tell Quite Yet. Is Anyone Ready to Buy?

Peter Kafka in Media on January 8, 2010 at 3:30 am PT

Here’s another e-reader clamoring for attention in a Consumer Electronics Show full of e-readers: The Skiff Reader, produced by a company funded by publisher Hearst Corp. and supported by Sprint. But in many ways, the Skiff Reader’s specs are beside the point, because the real point of its parent company isn’t to produce e-reader devices at all–it wants to create a publishing and distribution platform. Does this sound familiar? And does it sound like something another publisher might want to buy?

Kindle Nation Could Be 10 Million Strong. But What Happened to Amazon’s “Save the Newspaper Business” Plan?

Peter Kafka in Media on August 13, 2009 at 5:04 am PT

Have you bought a Kindle? Do you plan on buying a Kindle? If you answered yes to either question, you’re part of a not-that-small group: JP Morgan estimates that some 10 million Americans either own one of Amazon’s e-book readers or plan to get one soon. Meanwhile, whatever happened to Amazon’s plan to bundle newspaper subscriptions with its DX reader?

Kindle Now Only $299 More Than iPhone Kindle App

John Paczkowski in News on July 8, 2009 at 3:10 pm PT

Amazon hasn’t said how many Kindles it has sold since launching the device in 2007, but it may soon be selling quite a few more of them. The company today dropped the price of the six-inch Kindle to $299–$60 off of its previous price. That’s certainly not a dramatic reduction, but it may be enough to drive consumers who’ve held off on purchasing the device to reconsider.

Amazon’s Kindle DX Pulls a Disappearing Act

Peter Kafka in Media on June 16, 2009 at 6:42 am PT

At some point, this will no longer be a coincidence: Once again, Amazon’s newest e-book reader has sold out shortly after launch. This time, it’s the Kindle DX, the super-sized reader with the super-sized price tag. Amazon started selling the DX three days ago, and by yesterday afternoon the e-commerce giant said it was cleaned out. The next batch won’t arrive until next week.

Kindle DX Shipping on June 10

John Paczkowski in News on June 1, 2009 at 9:08 am PT

Amazon’s Kindle DX finally has a release date. It will arrive at market nine days from today. In a brief announcement issued this morning, the retailer said its new e-book reader, which boasts both a larger screen and price tag than its predecessor, will ship on June 10 with orders prioritized on a first-come, first-served basis.

The Amazon Kindle You’ll Never See

Peter Kafka in Media on May 22, 2009 at 9:15 am PT

I actually got to fondle Amazon’s newest Kindle DX at its unveiling earlier this month. So I can confirm that it really isn’t that big. But you can see where these guys are going with this.