Six universities partner with Amazon’s Kindle

It looks as if Amazon are looking to broaden their user fanbase with the Kindle, as they have teamed up with six universities to offer students Kindles during their studies.

As reported from BusinessWeek, Amazon’s Kindle first launched back in 2007. While it is very popular in some areas, it has proved too expensive for students to pick up.

Starting May 6th though, Amazon are preparing to release a larger version of the Kindle which will be aimed more towards academic publishers. BusinessWeek states that ‘six universities including Case Western, Pace, and Princeton are partnering with Amazon and major publisher to offer the new device to students this fall.’

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