Company:Lexcycle
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Short description: Software company that made electronic book reading software
| Type | Subsidiary of Amazon |
|---|---|
| Industry | Electronic books |
| Founded | 2008 |
| Headquarters | Seattle, Washington |
Key people | Marc Prud'hommeaux, Founder/Principal Developer Neelan Choksi, CEO Abe White |
| Website | www.lexcycle.com |
Lexcycle was a software company that made electronic book reading software. They were responsible for Stanza, which ran on the iPhone, iPod Touch, Microsoft Windows and Apple Macintosh platforms. In April 2009, Lexcycle was acquired by Amazon.com.[1][2][3][4] In 2012, Amazon.com removed Stanza from all app stores.[5]
See also
References
- ↑ Stone, Brad (2009-04-27). "Amazon Acquires Stanza, an E-Book Application for the iPhone". New York Times. http://bits.blogs.nytimes.com/2009/04/27/amazon-acquires-stanza-an-e-book-application-for-the-iphone/.
- ↑ Kharif, Olga (2009-04-27). "Amazon Acquires Lexcycle". BusinessWeek. http://www.businessweek.com/the_thread/techbeat/archives/2009/04/amazon_acquires.html.
- ↑ Dalrymple, Jim (2009-04-27). "Amazon Acquires Lexcycle". PC World. http://www.pcworld.com/article/163917/amazon_acquires_lexcycle.html.
- ↑ Foresman, Chris (2009-04-28). "Amazon.com acquires e-book software maker Lexcycle". Ars Technica. https://arstechnica.com/apple/news/2009/04/amazoncom-acquires-e-book-software-maker-lexcycle.ars.
- ↑ "Stanza e-book software now dead for iPad owners: Lesson for libraries and DPLA". 13 October 2011. http://librarycity.org/?p=2461.
External links
- Lexcycle (Internet Archive)
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