 Archive for the 'Kindle' TagKindle unbound: Amazon announces PC e-reader softwareOctober 22nd, 2009, 2:04 pm by Jayson Peters
The application, which was announced the same day Microsoft’s Windows 7 operating system debuted at the company’s first retail store in Scottsdale, will be available in November, the Los Angeles Times reports. Amazon cuts Kindle price, goes global (not so fast, Canada …)October 8th, 2009, 1:08 am by Jayson Peters
If you’re reading this, O Canada, here’s some of the fun you’ve been missing: Orwell rights resolved, Amazon tries to smooth ruffled feathersSeptember 4th, 2009, 1:49 pm by Jayson PetersAmazon is trying to pacify those Kindle owners who were outraged when George Orwell novels were ripped away after the company discovered it did not have the rights to distribute the works.
Later that month a high school student sued, claiming the content’s removal also destroyed notes taken for school assignments. From Friday’s AP report:
The Kindle is no stranger to controversy. In June, Arizona State University found itself on the receiving end of a lawsuit when advocates for the blind alleged discrimination because the school was offering textbooks in the Kindle format. While the device has the ability to read to the blind, its interface has no audio or Braille functionality to let them navigate the menus. Amazon’s Orwellian move to delete e-books brings lawsuitJuly 31st, 2009, 11:20 am by Jayson PetersTalk about an ability to kindle up controversy.
Amazon pulled the George Orwell books Animal Farm and 1984 from its e-book inventory July 16 because the particular editions sold were basically bootlegs, and the works are not yet in the public domain here in the United States. The lawsuit alleges that the student’s notes for a school assignment were “rendered useless” when the content disappeared. In June, Arizona State University found itself on the receiving end of a lawsuit when advocates for the blind alleged discrimination because the school was offering textbooks in the Kindle format. While the device has the ability to read to the blind, its interface has no audio or Braille functionality to let them navigate the menus. UPDATE: Orwell e-books yanked from Kindles were bootlegsJuly 17th, 2009, 11:12 pm by Jayson Peters Image courtesy of Amazon Time for an update on the latest Kindle controversy, mentioned earlier today in this blog by Chris:
The latest information from Ars Technica sheds some light on Amazon’s motives. Read the rest of this entry » Amazon embraces the Orwellian spiritJuly 17th, 2009, 2:21 pm by Chris "KeL" Adams[Updated here.]
Well, that’s fairly close to what Amazon has done to Kindle users who had purchased copies of George Orwell’s “Animal Farm” and “1984.” After the publisher changed their minds about selling electronic versions of the books, Amazon remotely deleted the books from the electronic reading devices. ASU sued by blind groups over use of Amazon’s e-book deviceJune 30th, 2009, 2:15 pm by Jayson Peters Amazon Kindle DX Arizona State University is being sued by advocates for the blind, who say the school is discriminating against vision-impaired students by offering textbooks via Amazon’s Kindle DX electronic reading device, according to a story by Courthouse News Service. Darrell Shandrow, an ASU journalism student who is listed as a plaintiff along with the National Federation of the Blind and the American Council of the Blind, tells ASU’s State Press that the Kindle DX’s lack of an audio menu interfacefeatures locks the blind out of the new technology and puts them at a competitive disadavantage.
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Amazon has lowered the price of its Kindle e-book reader to $259 and unveiled an international model, according to 
According to The Associated Press, the e-tailer — which
Imagine this: You go into your favorite bookstore and purchase a book. You take it home and begin reading it. That night the bookstore sneaks into your house, takes the book back and leaves the money you paid for the book in its place. That would be pretty messed up, right?
