From the great people at Lexcycle, makers of the ereading app Stanza, comes this announcement:
We are very excited to announce that Lexcycle has been acquired by Amazon.com!
It has been an amazing experience to see Stanza grow out of our brainstormed ideas into one of the most downloaded iPhone applications. Throughout this period we have attempted to listen to and innovate for our customers to provide a great ebook reading experience.
We are not planning any changes in the Stanza application or user experience as a result of the acquisition. [more..]
Stanza is what convinced me that ebooks were real, and I’ve spent more time reading books on Stanza than I have reading book books since I first set eyes on the simple, clear interface in October of 2008. In fact I was up with a bout of insomnia last night, at 3 am, reading Moby Dick on Stanza.
I’ve met Neelan, Stanza COO a few times, and had some great talks about the future of ebooks, so kudos and congrats. And here is Neelan, at BookNetCanada:
On the other side of the ledger, Mike Cane raises some flags about the deal and what it means for ebooks, choice, pricing and format.
