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Daithi · 11-20-2008, 03:05 PM

This is the first time I had ever seen this feature, but I just did some research and it looks like the "New Service" has been around since at least early 2006. The headline on their webpage suckered me. It said, "NEW! Read your books online."

It also looks like they have an "Amazon Upgrade" store just like they have a "Kindle Store". There are just over 68,500 books in the "Amazon Upgrade" store. So it looks like there are no implications for a Kindle 2.0 and this was just some half-hearted venture they launched even before they developed the current version of the Kindle.

Sorry to have gotten anyone's hopes up.

11-20-2008, 03:05 PM	#4
Daithi Publishers are evil! Posts: 2,418 Karma: 36205264 Join Date: Mar 2008 Location: Rhode Island Device: Various Kindles	This is the first time I had ever seen this feature, but I just did some research and it looks like the "New Service" has been around since at least early 2006. The headline on their webpage suckered me. It said, "NEW! Read your books online." It also looks like they have an "Amazon Upgrade" store just like they have a "Kindle Store". There are just over 68,500 books in the "Amazon Upgrade" store. So it looks like there are no implications for a Kindle 2.0 and this was just some half-hearted venture they launched even before they developed the current version of the Kindle. Sorry to have gotten anyone's hopes up. Last edited by Daithi; 11-20-2008 at 03:19 PM.