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If you're among the millions of people who got an e-reader for Christmas and are reading more books than ever before, you'll soon notice on your credit card statement that those $9.99 books add up fast. But other than reading free public domain classics, how can e-book readers save money without...

As electronic media accounts for a larger and larger portion of the book business, consumers are benefiting from lower prices for books, and manufacturers are enjoying massive sales. But how is the e-book revolution affecting authors? It's opening new opportunities -- but no guarantees.

Would you rather spend $200 on a Kindle 3 or $500 on an Apple iPad? Amazon ships out its third generation Kindle e-reader on Friday, boasting a lower price, improved display, longer battery life, slimmer profile and faster page turns. The Kindle 3 comes in 3G for $189 or Wi-Fi only for $139. The...

Amazon.com's surrender to Macmillan to raise prices on some of the publisher's e-books by as much as $5 should help authors out in the long run, but it isn't welcome news for readers. Amazon's $9.99 price for new releases and best sellers is already too high for many of its users, who say that...

For more than a decade, some smart, successful investors have been telling me that Amazon.com (AMZN) would not succeed, because its business plan was flawed. Meanwhile, the company built its reputation as an online bookseller, added products, and boosted sales. During that time, Amazon's stock was...

In November 2007, when Amazon (AMZN) unveiled its e-reading device, the Kindle, I wrote a column predicting that it would fail to find traction, given its cost ($399) and the cost of downloaded books (around $10 per). Boy, was my crystal ball cracked. A Citigroup analyst estimates that Amazon sold...

Our sister blog Engadget.com is reporting that Amazon (AMZN) will unveil a new, larger Kindle electronic reader tomorrow. Students at several universities are to participate in a trial of the reader's usefulness to academia, using e-versions of their textbooks. The new reader should also be of...

In 2001, I reported on television about Motion Computing's new Tablet PC. It was billed as the PC of the future, and the future was then, they said. Here we are eight years later, still using laptops with keyboards. How 1990s of us. On Wednesday, Amazon (AMZN) is holding a press conference at Pace...

One intriguing feature of Amazon's new Kindle 2, which was unveiled recently, is text-to-speech. The digital reading device is capable of reading, in a variety of synthetic voices, any text shown on the display. This has sparked a controversy in the publishing community because audiobooks have...