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Tuesday, Jun 9
iPhone to the Newspaper Rescue?
CA Apple would reportedly let them keep 70 percent of the sale price of their content, as opposed to just 30 percent with Kindle (at least according to the publisher of the Dallas Morning News). Should the majority of newspaper publishers move toward a ...
What's He Building in There?
NY Over at Slate, the author trots out some old conspiracy theories, speculates about the mysterious lawsuit over "60 Years Later Coming Through the Rye," and finally plugs a new novel published on for the Amazon Kindle called "JD The Plot to Steal JD ...
Monday, Jun 8
$99 iphone Rocks E-Book World
NY As the price-point lowers, more readers may be seeking out the numerous literary iphone apps covered here on galleycat, including: Stanza, Amazon Kindle for the iphone, the indiebound App, and the amazingly popular book promo, Urinal Test. ...
Tuesday, Jun 2
Sherman Alexie Versus Amazon
NY Author Sherman Alexie played a public role at BEA 2009--contemplating readership, Amazon's Kindle, and class during heady panel discussions. The author of "The Absolutely True Diary of a Part-Time Indian" earned NY Times coverage for his disparaging ...
Showtime Network Develops Digital Tie-In for Amazon Kindle
NY Amazon.com, Inc. and Showtime have taken the first tentative step into the wild, unknown world of advertisements and digital books. In a new partnership, the cable network will offer Kindle readers the summer-long opportunity to download a free copy of ...
Monday, Jun 1
Amazon.com, Inc. Announces Kindle DX Ship Date
NY During a BEA panel discussion, Daily Beast editor Tina Brown criticized the $9.99 price-tag that most Amazon e-books carry. Here's more from the Amazon release: "[Kindle DX features] a large 9.7-inch electronic paper display, built-in PDF reader to ...
