Alex eReader Enters Tough Market

The [Louisville] Courier-Journal: "Amazon says it's now selling more e-books than hardcovers. The company stepped up its price war with Sony and Barnes & Noble by reducing the cost of its lowest-priced Kindle reader to $139. There are free versions of the Kindle reader available for iPhones and Android mobile phones. And sales are booming for Apple's iPad, which comes with its own well-designed e-book reader. None of that is good news for Spring Design, the California company that makes a new e-book reader called the Alex. ..."