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28 Oct, 2014

Users to vote on book publication

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Users of the Kindle Scout program will be able to vote for up to three titles a day that they want to see published after reading excerpts of the books. Publishing won’t be entirely decided by voting. Amazon:

[The] nominations give us an idea of which books readers think are great; the rest is up to the Kindle Scout team who then reviews books for potential publication.

16 Jul, 2014

Kindle Unlimited

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A user on the message board Kboards finds a page on Amazon’s website about a program called Kindle Unlimited, which offers unlimited ebooks from participating publishers for $9.99 per month. Amazon removes the page from its website, but a cache is saved on Google, which says:

Enjoy unlimited access to over 600,000 titles and thousands of audiobooks on any device for just $9.99 a month.

28 Jul, 2010

Third Generation Kindle (Kindle Keyboard)

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big-viewer-3G-01-lrg._V188696038_Later called the Kindle Keyboard, Amazon announces its third generation reading device. At $139 for a Wi-Fi only version and $189 with 3G, the K3, as some have called it, is according to Jeff Bezos:

… smaller, lighter, and faster, with 50 percent better contrast. Readers are going to do a double take when they see Kindle’s bright new screen and feel how remarkably light the smaller 8.7 ounce design feels in one hand.

2009

Kindle DX

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Three months after the launch of the Kindle 2, Amazon releases the Kindle DX. The DX (for “deluxe”) has native PDF support and 9.7 inches of screen with a built-in inclinometer. Price tag: $490.