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Amazon buys creator of Stanza iPhone app
electronista.com - 4/27/2009
Amazon buys creator of Stanza iPhone app
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Lexcycle this afternoon said it had been bought out by Amazon. The deal puts the creator of the popular Stanza e-book app for iPhones under the wing of the creator of the Kindle reader but otherwise isn't expanded upon by either company, including t...

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bits.blogs.nytimes.com - 4/28/2009
Amazon Acquires Stanza, an E-Book Application for the iPhone
— bits.blogs.nytimes.com — Amazon buys the second most popular e-book reader for the iPhone, after its own Kindle application. (more) Amazon Acquires Stanza, an E-Book Application for the iPhone

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gizmosforgeeks.com - 5/2/2009
Amazon.com acquires Lexcycle, maker of e-book app Stanza
— gizmosforgeeks.com — Amazon.com now owns Lexcycle , maker of iPhone e-book app Stanza. Stanza, which is free, allows users to read more than 100,000 books and newspapers that mostly formatted in open standard format ePub . Hopefully, Amazon does not change its free ... (more) Amazon.com acquires Lexcycle, maker of e-book app Stanza

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