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Amazon to Roll Out Kindle for Textbooks

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(Newser) – Amazon will unveil a bigger new version of the Kindle tomorrow, designed to handle textbooks and periodicals, the Wall Street Journal reports. Amazon already has deals in place with several textbook publishers for content, and with various universities, including Princeton, Reed College, and Arizona State, to get the device into students’ hands. Students at Case Western Reserve University will be given Kindles as early as this fall, with some textbooks already loaded in.

The larger screen Kindle will also boast a more advanced web browser. Several magazine and newspaper publishers will also be at Amazon’s press conference tomorrow, including the New York Times Company and Time Inc. Though the current Kindle offers magazines and newspapers, publishers have complained that they can’t interact with customers or sell advertising for the device.

Jeff Bezos, chairman and CEO of Amazon.com, unveils the Kindle 2 electronic reader Monday, Feb. 9, 2009 in New York.
Jeff Bezos, chairman and CEO of Amazon.com, unveils the Kindle 2 electronic reader Monday, Feb. 9, 2009 in New York.   (AP Photo/Mark Lennihan)
The new Kindle 2 electronic reader is shown at an Amazon.com news conference Monday, Feb. 9, 2009 in New York.
The new Kindle 2 electronic reader is shown at an Amazon.com news conference Monday, Feb. 9, 2009 in New York.   (AP Photo/Mark Lennihan)
The new Kindle 2 electronic reader is shown at an Amazon.com news conference Monday, Feb. 9, 2009 in New York.
The new Kindle 2 electronic reader is shown at an Amazon.com news conference Monday, Feb. 9, 2009 in New York.   (AP Photo/Mark Lennihan)
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Derni
May 5, 09 8:17 AM CDT
Its about time-hope the cost is less than the outrageous price college students now pay for books. Reply
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nick
May 5, 09 9:51 AM CDT
Kudos to Amazon for breaking into this highly inflated market. The College text book market has been one big scam for ... well, forever. I can envision Amazon's Kindle targeting next, high schools, where kids carry backpacks, some with 20+ pounds of books in them. Reply
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