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New Kindle aimed at college textbooks?

5 May, 2009 (19:46) | Kindle news | By: Harvey Chute

Amazon’s new Kindle will be targeted at college students, according to reports surfacing about tomorrow’s Amazon announcement.
Students will receive large-screen Kindles with pre-loaded textbooks at six universities – Princeton University, Case Western, Pace University, Reed College, Darden School at the University of Virginia, and Arizona State University. This good fortune for students will start this [...]

Photos leaked of new, larger Kindle

4 May, 2009 (20:48) | Kindle news | By: Harvey Chute

We reported a few hours ago on the upcoming Amazon press conference and, now, Engadget has published photos which apparently show leaked images of a new, larger Kindle.
The new Kindle supposedly sports a 9.7-inch screen (that’s 62% larger than the current Kindle readers), and is geared towards magazines, newspapers, and – perhaps – college textbooks.
Apart [...]