Amazon Plans to Market Its E-Book Reader to Colleges

For article links: Wired Campus: Amazon Plans to Market Its E-Book Reader to*Colleges - Chronicle.com Amazon Plans to Market Its E-Book Reader to Colleges August 25, 2008 Chronicle of Higher Education Amazon is considering entering the student textbook market with a new version of its Kindle e-book reader, according to the Seattle Post-Intelligencer. Most publishers now offer electronic versions of their textbooks, but so far there’s not an attractive enough e-book reader, and Amazon aims to fill that void. The college-oriented new model might be larger and include student-friendly features, such as allowing making annotations, according to a technology blog. Amazon officers also said the high Kindle sales estimates calculated by TechCrunch—a popular blog on internet products and companies—are not accurate. But the electronic company refuses to make public how many e-book reader units it has sold since Kindle was launched last November. —Maria José Viñas

Let me make sure I have this right. So Amazon is going to start allowing college textbooks to be viewed online? That is a great idea because I'm sure most college students are tired of paying $700-800 dollars on books each semester. That way you won't ever have to wait in long lines to buy the books nor to sell it back during book returns. That will save a lot of money for students!