Software company that made electronic book reading software
Lexcycle
Company type
Subsidiary of Amazon
Industry
Electronic books
Founded
2008
Headquarters
Seattle, Washington
Key people
Marc Prud'hommeaux, Founder/Principal Developer
Neelan Choksi, CEO Abe White
Website
www.lexcycle.com
Lexcycle was a software company that made electronic book reading software. They were responsible for Stanza, which ran on the iPhone, iPod Touch, Microsoft Windows and Apple Macintosh platforms. In April 2009, Lexcycle was acquired by Amazon.com.[1][2][3][4] In 2012, Amazon.com removed Stanza from all app stores.[5]
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^Foresman, Chris (2009-04-28). "Amazon.com acquires e-book software maker Lexcycle". Ars Technica. Retrieved 2009-04-28.
^"Stanza e-book software now dead for iPad owners: Lesson for libraries and DPLA". 13 October 2011.
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