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December 4, 2008 10:34:11 AM CST



Amazon's E-Book Gamble Gets Big Play

Posted Nov 19, 07 3:24 AM CST in Business Arts & Living Technology 

(Newser) – News that Amazon would debut its new Kindle e-book leaked earlier this week, and a Newsweek cover story has the full hype on what Jeff Bezos and company hope to achieve with it. "This isn't a device, it's a service," Bezos says of of the Kindle, pointing to its "Whispernet" wireless connection, which uses Sprint's EVDO network, as one of its key attributes.

Biblio-soothsayers predict an "always-on" device that can download books, magazines  and newspapers that could lead to not only cheaper prices ($9.99 for bestsellers) but perhaps the demise of the lone author, especially for non-fiction titles, in favor of wiki-style community writing based on constant annotation. Net-connected literature, says Google's book search manager, is about  “getting rid of the idea that a book is a [closed] container."

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Jeff Bezos, Amazon.com, founder and CEO, takes questions from shareholders during the Amazon shareholders meeting in Seattle in this June 14, 2007 file photo. (AP Photo/Marcus R. Donner, file)   (Associated Press)
The November 26 issue of Newsweek (on newsstands Monday, November 19), "Books Aren't Dead. (They're Just Going Digital.)" - Examines the impact of digital-age technology on the future of reading and the...   (Associated Press)
Amazon.com Chairman and CEO Jeff Bezos   (Getty Images)
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