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Bigger Kindle e-reader may not be a newspaper fix
Tue May 5, 2009 8:46am EDT
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SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) - Amazon.com Inc's Kindle electronic reader was supposed to revolutionize publishing by freeing people from having to carry books around. Now the Web retailer may super-size it for newspaper readers.
Amazon plans to launch this week a bigger version of its Kindle, which may also house textbooks, analysts and media report. The New York Times said the new device could be unveiled on Wednesday and its parent would be involved.
But a larger-format e-reader may not be a quick fix for a struggling newspaper business devastated by crumbling ad revenue and declining readership. Nor would it guarantee a big boost to Amazon's bottom line anytime soon, analysts say.
Questions about whether such a device will host ads and how Amazon shares revenue, also pose key concerns, they say.
But a larger-format device could at least ease Amazon's entry into digital text books, which some have said represents the best guarantee of a steady revenue stream.
On Monday, the Wall Street Journal reported that the upcoming Kindle will be doled out to students at six colleges -- including Princeton -- starting in the fall.
It will also feature a more fully functional Web browser, the Journal cited people briefed on the matter as saying.
Spokesmen for Amazon and the Times declined to comment.
Amazon has credited the Kindle with helping prop up sales and its bottom line -- although it has never disclosed that data nor the device's profitability. The company's shares are up nearly 60 percent this year, far outpacing the Nasdaq.
Amazon and Sony Corp are the only two major manufacturers of e-readers, but a host of companies from Polymer Vision in the Netherlands to Plastic Logic in the United States are working on devices geared to newspapers and other formats in which a larger screen is a benefit.
Pearson Plc's Financial Times and Gannett Co Inc are working with Mountain View, California-based Plastic Logic on a newspaper-oriented reading device expected to launch early next year.
MURDOCH ALSO IN
News Corp Chief Executive Rupert Murdoch said in April his company, which owns The Wall Street Journal, New York Post, Times of London and many other papers, is also investing in a reading device with a larger screen for newspapers.
Analysts wonder if the device may usher in a new model for newspapers struggling to slash costs and stay afloat.
The recently-launched Kindle 2, the updated version of the original Kindle that made its debut in 2007, already allows users to read newspapers and magazines, as well as books and blogs. Continued...
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