Topic - kindle

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General news, Media, Communications, Internet, Finance

Sprint to Lease More Network Capacity

Facing a prolonged decline in its consumer business, mobile carrier is looking to boost its sale of network access to device makers such as Amazon and Garmin.
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Media, Communications, Internet

Oprah Boosts Amazon's Kindle as "Amazing"

Will TV host's endorsement give e-books the push they need?
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Computers, Media, Communications, Internet

Barnes & Noble Taps How-to Market

Book retailer invades the digital publishing market with a site focused on professional rather than consumer-generated instruction.
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Archives, Computers, General news, Media, Finance

Audible Shareholder Sounds Off on Sale to Amazon

Allen & Co.'s $11.50 per share valuation math is faulty, hedge fund manager tells the provider of online spoken-word content.
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Computers, Media, Communications, Internet, Finance

Amazon to Buy Audible for $300M

Web retailer adds format flexibility as both content and distribution of books, music, and movies becomes more digitized.
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Computers, General news, Communications, Internet

Amazon Launches Kindle E-Book Reader

Online retail giant Amazon.com begins sales of its electronic book reader, priced at $399, that features wireless access to books, newspapers, and blogs.
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Archives

Fuel cells kindle investor energy

Despite some incredibly high valuations, the stocks of several fuel cell manufacturers look like solid long-term investment bets.