Amazon's Kindle Is Off to College
Source: businessweek.co Posted By: Judkin W...5682 days ago
Amazon's Kindle, launched in 2007, hasn't wowed academia. The electronic book reader is too expensive for many college students, the screen is too small and plain for the diagrams and illustrations found in a typical textbook, and book selection is limited since top education publishers have released only a fraction of their titles in a Kindle-friendly format.
Kindle may start getting a warmer reception in colleges come May 6, when Amazon (AMZN) launches what is expected to be a larger ....