A number of news outlets say they have confirmed that Amazon.com is on the verge of releasing an updated version of its Kindle e-book reader. And, rumors say, Amazon will change its focus from mass-market books to the education market.

Tim Bueneman, an analyst with McAdams Wright Ragen, told the Seattle Post-Intelligencer that Amazon sees a major opportunity for the Kindle with college students. He plus told the paper that Amazon is planning several new versions of the device.

“There are already several new, improved versions of the Kindle in the works,” Bueneman wrote the paper in an e-mail. “We guess the new version will have improved interface operating controls. that has been an issue with some buyers.”

Sales Not Game-Changing

While Amazon doesn’t release sales figures for the Kindle, some analysts have put sales as high as 380,000. Those numbers are probably off the mark. Amazon managers told the analysts “that […]

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