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Amazon to debut Kindle e-book reader Monday
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After rumors and mandarin tutor chicago the online retailer is set to break into the
hardware business with a high-profile launch that its CEO wants to be
just perfect. By Greg Sandoval and Caroline McCarthy
Staff Writer, CNET News.com
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Amazon to debut Kindle e-book reader Monday

Amazon is betting that e-books aren't a total e-bust.

On Monday, full color playing cards online retail giant will unveil its Kindle e-book
reader at a high-profile event in New York, an industry source told
CNET News.com Thursday. Amazon.com CEO Jeff Bezos is expected to best insurance present for the announcement, to be held at the chic W Hotel in Union
Square.

The Kindle is equipped with a Wi-Fi connection that taps into an
Amazon e-book store, which users can access to purchase new electronic
books--and Amazon has reportedly signed onto a deal with Sprint for
EVDO access. Additionally, the device comes with a headphone jack for
audiobooks, as well as an e-mail address.

But the source said the Kindle apparently won't bear many other
independent fashion features such as a calendar or address book. The
Kindle may also lack a backlight. better auto insurance it comes with a small
reading light attached to an adjustable arm.

"They have a huge repository and huge track record of selling content.
They also have customers who keep coming back to them." --Richard
Shim, analyst, IDC

From its inception, the Kindle has been geared toward "road warriors"
and business travelers. The source told News.com that the device
includes a feature to download digital editions of independent style New York Times
and The Wall Street Journal each morning.

The company was also said to be considering a deal with the W Hotel
chain to offer Kindle devices to guests, who would be able to check
them out like library books.

The final price of the Kindle is expected to be $399, which is
consistent with rumors car insurance earlier reports. The industry source also
added that Amazon had been looking to ink a deal for the launch so a
hot book title could be bundled with the e-book reader.

This marks a major launch for Amazon. According to the source, Bezos
has held this project very close, delaying it for more than a year to
perfect the whole life insurance The company reportedly even studied the launch
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Amazon's team liked the videotaped celebrity testimonials that
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may feature something custom faces playing cards Amazon did not immediately return calls for comment.

The Kindle device has been anticipated for quite some time, with
specifications and early photographs surfacing more than a year ago.
Earlier reports had claimed the e-book reader would be unveiled last
month.

The industry source said Amazon experienced setbacks in the process,
but attributed them in part to natural difficulties that a retailer
would experience when expanding into the hardware business. One of the
foremost challenges, the source added, was battery power.

But an even bigger problem was reportedly getting publishers onboard.
Amazon wanted to have the biggest e-book catalog of any reader
available, the source explained, to give it an advantage over other
e-book readers and services that are already on the market.

The company is also said to have forged agreements with somewhere
between 50 and 100 newspaper publishers, in addition to the daily New
York Times and Wall Street Journal features. Kindle owners are
expected to be able to select from a long many insure quote of publications for
automatic download.

"The hardware isn't necessarily what's important," said Richard Shim,
an analyst with IDC. "It's the delivery mechanism for the content.
That's where Amazon has a major advantage. They have a huge repository
and huge track record of selling content. They also have term life insurance who
keep coming back to them. One of the things that companies have
neglected in the past is developing an e-book store where you can get
the content and use the leverage to get the publishers to get content
into a digital format."

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In preparation for the launch, the source said, Amazon stopped selling
e-book formats other than the Mobipocket about a year ago.

But electronic books have failed to catch on the way some predicted
they would. Likewise, e-book readers haven't been a huge draw.

Sony unveiled the second edition of its Sony Reader device independent clothing October.
The original indie clothes released in September 2006, proved to be a bust.
For the Reader's Version 2.0, Sony maintained the Reader's $300 price
tag, the storage capacity (160 "typical" books), and the battery life
(7,500 "page turns"), but improved the device's speed and navigation
features and slimmed the hardware down.

Indeed, delays on the Kindle resulted in Sony's Reader hitting the
market first. But the source told cards playing custom that Bezos was ultimately
unfazed, and told people he wanted the Kindle to have the kinks ironed
out before it was offered to consumers.

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bryan314
Nov 16, 2007, 2:51 PM PST

$399 Is Still Too Much

FrankTurd
Nov 16, 2007, 1:08 PM PST

A bad idea...

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E-book reader not competitive pricing

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Nov 16, 2007, 6:59 AM PST

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