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Amazon to offer e-books using Adobe program

http://cnnfn.cnn.com/2001/04/10/technology/wires/adobe_wg/

Amazon to offer e-books using Adobe program
Software maker joins Microsoft in use by online retailer for e-books

SAN JOSE, Calif. (AP) - Two of the biggest players in the Internet era's
publishing world are teaming up to distribute more electronic books.

Starting Tuesday, nearly 2,000 titles using Adobe Systems Inc.'s eBook
Reader software will be available through Amazon.com's e-book section.

The alliance doubles Amazon's e-book selection to more than 4,000 titles
and heats up the competition between software companies trying to gain a
foothold as a platform provider in the nascent market of electronic
publishing.

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