Information Week Reports That Amazon Is Eying The College Classroom
Information Week is
reporting comments from a
named industry analyst to the effect that Amazon is looking hard at the textbook market, particularly at the university level:
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After a meeting with Amazon executives, McAdams Wright Ragen analyst Tim Bueneman told the Seattle Post-Intelligencer that Amazon sees a big opportunity in marketing the Kindle to college kids, and it's working on updated version of the e-reader to accommodate this.
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This very interesting rumor has the earmarks of being more than just a rumor. Hopefully there won't be any repercussions for Mr. Bueneman or his firm for letting it slip.
Of course, as the article points out, the interface on the current model isn't really suited to textbooks, so that suggests that we might see a pretty radically different design in the rumored forthcoming Kindle models.
And this will come as a complete shock to all:
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Representatives from Amazon remain tight-lipped about any updates to the Kindle.
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