Amazon unveils large-screen Kindle DX - Puget Sound Business Journal (Seattle):

Online retail giant Amazon.com unveiled a larger-screen version of Kindle electronic reader on Wednesday. Dubbed Kindle DX, the new reader it sports a 9.7-inch display, about two and a half times larger than the current Kindle. It's priced at $489, well above the $359 price point for the other Kindles. Amazon said it will start shipping the devices this summer.

As expected, Seattle-based Amazon.com Inc. (NASDAQ: AMZN) said a variety of college textbook publishers will start selling books through the Kindle online store. Amazon is also working with a group of universities, which will hand out hundreds of Kindle DX devices to students in the fall. Participating schools are Arizona State University, Case Western Reserve University, Princeton University, Reed College, and Darden School of Business at the University of Virginia.

The New York Times, Boston Globe, and Washington Post will offer Kindle DXs at a reduced price to readers who "live in areas where home-delivery is not available and who sign up for a long-term subscription to the Kindle edition of the newspapers," according to Amazon.

For pictures and more on Amazon's rollout of Kindle DX, go to TechFlash.com.

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