Target expands Kindle ereader sales nationwide

Target announced it will begin selling online retail giant Amazon.com's Kindle ereader across all of its 1,740 U.S. retail locations. In late April, Target introduced the Kindle--previously available exclusively via the Amazon digital storefront--to shoppers at its flagship Minneapolis location as well as 102 stores in the south Florida market; the device goes on sale nationwide on June 6, and will retail for $259.

First introduced in late 2007, Kindle enables consumers to wirelessly download books, magazines, newspapers and related content--Amazon's Kindle Store now boasts more than 500,000 titles, and the device is the company's best-selling item overall. Amazon has also introduced Kindle apps optimized for Apple's iPhone, Google's Android and Research In Motion's BlackBerry platforms.

For more on Target's Kindle expansion:
- read this Wall Street Journal article

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