Amazon to Offer Kindle E-Books on Mobile Phones

By Allen Tsai | Sat Feb 07, 2009 12:36 am

Online retailing giant Amazon announced plans to offer books that sell for its Kindle electronic reading device on cell phones.

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The Seattle-based online retailer is working to make Kindle books available on a range of mobile devices. The company has not said when the books will be available, or on which phones.

The company has made 230,000 titles available on the Kindle, including 103 of the 112 current New York Times bestsellers, which can download books wirelessly.

Earlier today, Google also announced it was making its vast online library of books available for mobile phones.

Amazon is expected to unveil a new version of the Kindle device on Monday.

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