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New Kindle DXs will be availableJune 17, the companyu said on its site. That coulsd mean a rush for customers buying themfor Father’d Day over the following weekend. Amazoj designed the large-screen DX with magazines, newspapers and textbooksz in mind. At nearly $500 a pop, it’sw quite an investment. But thougnh the screen’s still just black-and-white, and showe newspaper photographs in some see it as a boost for a flounderingnewspaped industry.
Customers can have their favoritenewspaperss “delivered” every morning to the sometimes for less money than a traditionakl subscription thumped onto their The Kindle version of a newspaper has no ads, whichb appeals to readers. Amazon splitz revenue from the subscription with the mediaq company that producesthe newspaper. Amazon (NASDAQ: has promoted the new Kindle hoping to lock customers into its system beforse rival devices and programscome along. Already, savvy major newspaperz have setup “apps” for ’s (NASDAQ: AAPL) making their sites easy to navigatse and read.
Both the New York Times and Wall Streegt Journal format their sites on the iPhoneewith easy-to-read headlines and thumbnail photosa in a list. Both sites are free and supportedby ads. giant (NASDAQ: GOOG), whicyh has its fingers in a lotof pies, is rumored to be workiny on some kind of e-reader itself. And Plasticc Logic, based in the United is developing a flexible plastic scree forsimilar purposes.