Earlier today the ebook lending site Lendle shut down their site, claiming in a tweet that: Amazon has revoked Lendle’s API access. This is why the site is down. It’s sad and unfortunate that Amazon is shutting down Lending sites. In a later tweet: According to Amazon, Lendle does not “serve the principal purpose of [...]
Entries Tagged as 'killed'
Amazon killed Lendle – what’s the rest of the story?
March 21st, 2011 · 11 Comments · Amazon, opinion
Plastic Logic killed the Que!
August 10th, 2010 · 3 Comments · hardware news
They just put out a press release: Plastic Logic today announced it is revising its product strategy and plans to shift its focus to bring to market a second-generation ProReader plastic electronics-based product. The company said it has cancelled its QUE product, which it debuted at CES in January 2010 and planned to ship earlier [...]
Foxit killed the eSlick e-reader!
August 3rd, 2010 · 3 Comments · hardware news, press release
They just put out the press release: Converging on its core business strength, Foxit Corporation, a leader in PDF software solutions, today announced that it will license its industry-leading PDF and ePub technology to key players in the eBook market to help enhance digital rights management, content management, content distribution and viewing technology in the [...]
Kobo killed their own e-reader
July 29th, 2010 · 2 Comments · opinion
So I was sitting last night, pondering the Kindle announcement, when I realized that the e-reader price war was over and the company who started the war shot themselves in the foot. You see, unlike most people I don’t date the beginning of the e-reader price war to when B&N announced the Nook Wifi. No, [...]
EXCLUSIVE: Audiovox just killed the RCA Lexi
July 22nd, 2010 · 1 Comment · hardware news
The e-reader price war has claimed its next victim! I now have confirmation form my contact with Audiovox that the Lexi won’t be sold in the US market. There is no word yet on where it will be sold. Per your inquiry regarding our RCA eReader, as a result of the recent price drops in [...]
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