Jeff Bezos

Jeff Bezos

Jeff Bezos (born January 12, 1964) is the founder, president and CEO of amazon.com.

 
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This is great news for me personally as I was a bit naffed off by being excluded last year as I live in Bulgaria. Being a writer this will be a great asset where my writing can be shown off to a wider audience and of course perhaps more ebooks sales than I am currently for my book Simple Treasures in Bulgaria . Bulgaria is coming into the new age of a bigger world of online business right now from all angles. A new version of Amazon's Kindle e-reader will for the first time make wireless downloading of English-language content to the device available ... Read Full Story
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Against rising competition, Amazon.com is cutting the price of the Kindle and taking its popular electronic reader overseas. On Wednesday, Kindle prices drop $40 to $259, the second price cut in three months. Amazon also announced a new $279 Kindle that will let readers in more than 100 countries wirelessly download English-language content. It’s targeted at U.S. customers traveling overseas and English speakers living abroad. “A book that may take two weeks to get shipped internationally in physical form can now be delivered in less than 60 seconds,” Amazon founder and CEO Jeff Bezos told USA TODAY. The U.S. Kindle Store has more than ... Read Full Story
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In an apology, Amazon has offered to redeliver copies of George Orwell novels that were mistakenly deleted from Kindle owners' libraries, or provide a gift certificate or check for $30. Kindle owners who lost their copies of '1984' and 'Animal Farm' in July are now entitled to a replacement copy or $30. (Credit: CNET) In July, Amazon received a torrent of criticism-- not to mention a lawsuit --over its decision to delete copies of "1984" and "Animal Farm" from Kindles after it discovered that certain versions of those e-books were added to the Kindle library by an unauthorized publisher. However, the move to erase ... Read Full Story
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Amazon is making good after killing copies of 1984 for the Kindle. As you recall, Amazon had to recall the electronic version of the book for copyright reasons . Purchasers will receive a copy of the book for the Kindle or $30 in credit for Amazon products or a check. So either you can get one book or cash for two or more books. Giz has the full text of emails being sent to folks who bought the book: Hello, On July 23, 2009, Jeff Bezos, our Founder and CEO, made the following apology to our customers: “This is an apology for the way ... Read Full Story
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TSC’s Gary Krakow attended Amazon.com founder, President and CEO Jeff Bezos’ midtown Manhattan announcement for his company’s second-generation Kindle2 portable book reading device. Related Blogs Related Blogs on First Look: Kindle 2 Underwhelms Technorati Tags: books, cool, gadget, New, tech, York Amazon Kindle 2 vs. Sony Reader 700: A 2009 ReviewAmazon Kindle 2 Wireless Reading Devicekindle 2 intro: Amazon’s [...] Read Full Story
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This roundup includes a discussion of six readers and one online service. + The Kindle and Kindle DX from Amazon.com + The Nook from Barnes & Noble + Sony Reader Touch PRS-600 & Sony Daily Reader + Que from Plastic Logic + IREX DR800SG + Cool-er from Interead + Disney Digital Books at $8.95/month (Compatible with PCs and Mac) While not technically [...]  
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WHEN Amazon.com introduced its Kindle electronic book reader two years ago, the chief executive, Jeff Bezos, hoped the company was forever transforming the reading experience. The Kindle wasn't the first e-reader on the market, but it came with a built-in advantage: a wireless connection to Amazon's vast online bookstore. Today, when we think of e-readers, the Kindle comes readily to mind.  
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From the NYTimes:Of all the books that Amazon sells, what percentage are digital books? For every 100 copies of a physical book we sell, where we have the Kindle edition, we will sell 48 copies of the Kindle edition. It won’t be too long before we’re selling more electronic books than we are physical books.How quickly are paper books migrating into their digital equivalents? When we launched Kindle two years ago, it was 90,000 titles, and...  
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The Kindle Kradle is a pretty ugly way to hold your Kindle. It looks like those take-out beverage holders, but for a Kindle. It allows you to not have to actually hold your Kindle, so it’s at least functional. Right? Well, maybe not. The folks at over at Wired had a hands on and the [...]  
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Houston Community College has been running a pilot program using the Kindle instead of printed textbooks in some of their English and philosophy courses.Local PaperI learned about this from the Houston Chronicle, Fort Bend Edition. I was amused by the remarks attributed to professor Doug Rowlett, Ph.D., Instructional Design Coordinator/English professor. In the article, Rowlett described the Kindle this way: "The e-ink (electronic paper...  
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In reply to Can Electronic Reading Devices Replace Classroom Texts?: My students in Compton California don't have books. Our small charter school does not have a library to offer them. Hence, the Kindle. What a great way to level the playing field. I am leading the charge to get every middle schooler their own Kindle loaded with our core novel curriculum. It would be a boon if we could get their textbooks on them also. No more excuses...  
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A choice for Canadians: Sony Reader or Amazon Kindle (don't mention Apple)Vancouver SunVANCOUVER — Kindle versus Sony's eReaders, or why Canadians may wait to buy an ebook reader. You can download books, newspapers and other content wirelessly ...and more »  
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