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Report: Amazon's Android tablet, touchscreen Kindle coming in Q3

Amazon.com will introduce its much-rumored tablet device in October, expanding the online retailer's digital content aspirations and further fueling its rivalry with Apple ( NASDAQ:AAPL ). Citing

Pew survey: E-reader ownership doubled over last six months

Twelve percent of U.S. adults own e-reader devices like Amazon.com's Kindle and Barnes & Noble's Nook as of May 2011, up from 6 percent in November 2010, according to a new consumer survey

Barnes & Noble targets Android tablets with Nook app update

Bookseller chain Barnes & Noble introduced an updated edition of its free Nook for Android e-reader app that expands the digital content solution to tablets running the Google ( NASDAQ:GOOG )

Barnes & Noble adds Android apps, email to Nook Color

Bookseller chain Barnes & Noble unveiled a significant Nook Color e-reader update that adds Android applications, email and support for Adobe Flash and Adobe AIR, effectively positioning the

Google acquires eBook Technologies

Google ( NASDAQ:GOOG ) has acquired eBook Technologies, a firm specializing in both ereader hardware and content publication/distribution solutions. eBook Technologies confirmed the acquisition on its

Year in Review 2010: Mobile content expands from smartphones to tablets and ereaders

Galvanized by the introduction of Apple's ( NASDAQ:AAPL ) blockbuster iPad and the growing popularity of ereader devices like Amazon's Kindle, mobile media evolved beyond handsets to larger form-factor

Will Google Editions kill the ereader?

Amazon.com's Kindle ereader remains the online retail giant's bestselling, most gifted and most wished for product, but Apple's ( NASDAQ:AAPL ) iPad tablet is coming on fast. According to a new survey

Sony expanding Reader Store ebooks to iPhone and Android

Sony Corporation will extend its Reader Store ebook effort to iOS and Android smartphones beginning next month. A teaser page posted on the Reader Store website confirms the move--according to Sony,

Amazon boosts Kindle royalties to publishers

Amazon.com will increase royalty payments to magazine and newspaper publishers offering their content via the online retail giant's Kindle ereader platform. Beginning Dec. 1, Amazon will boost

Amazon introduces Kindle app for Windows Phone 7

Amazon.com will extend its Kindle ereader application to Microsoft's new Windows Phone 7 operating system, promising a host of new features alongside familiar elements from previous Kindle smartphone