Tuesday, April 28, 2009

Amazon buys eBook reader Stanza

Now the two most downloaded eBook readers for the iPhone are both owned by Amazon - their own creation Kindle and now the greatly popular Stanza. Amazon announced the acquisition of Lexcycle, Stanza's parent company, on April 27th 2009.

Possible names for the new Amazon reader? How about Kinza? Or Standle? Actually, Amazon has announced that Lexcycle and Stanza will remain an independent operation and won't be combined with Kindle (at least not for right now). Purchase price was not disclosed for Lexcycle, which is just in its first year of existence.

Are you thinking about creating an iPhone app for your eBook? Don't have the publishing power to make a deal with Kindle or Stanza to list your book in their stores? Contact us at the Toy Lounge, we can create a custom eBook iPhone app for your project and incorporate our own eBook reader into your application.