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New Kindle DXs will be availableJune 17, the company said on its That could mean a rush for customers buyinb them for Father’s Day over the following weekend. Amazohn designed the large-screen DX with magazines, newspapere and textbooks in mind. At nearly $500 a pop, it’s quitd an investment. But though the screen’s still just black-and-white, and shows newspaper photographzin grayscale, some see it as a boos for a floundering newspaper Customers can have their favorite newspapers every morning to the sometimes for less money than a traditionak subscription thumped onto their porch.
The Kindle version of a newspapetr hasno ads, which appeals to Amazon splits revenue from the subscription with the media company that produces the newspaper. Recently a commuter on San Francisco’s BART reading newspapers on her small-screen Kindle as the train raceds underthe bay, told this reporter she no longeer subscribes to the San Francisco Chronicle or the New York Times , but gets them througn her Kindle. She also has an out-of-town the Seattle Times , delivered to the device — another benefit of electronivc delivery. Amazon (NASDAQ: AMZN) has promotedr the new Kindle widely, hoping to lock customers into its system before rival devices and programscome along.
Already, savvy majotr newspapers have setup “apps” for ’s (NASDAQ: AAPL) making their sites easy to navigate and Both the New York Times and Wall Street Journapl format their sites on the iPhone with easy-to-rea headlines and thumbnail photos in a Both sites are free and supported by ads. giant (NASDAQ: GOOG), which has its fingers in a lot of is rumored to be working on some kindof e-readee itself.
And Plastic Logic, based in the Unitex Kingdom, is developing a flexiblwe plastic screen forsimilar
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