Lexcycle Explained
| Type: | Subsidiary of Amazon |
| Foundation: | 2008 |
| Location: | Seattle, Washington |
| Key People: | Marc Prud'hommeaux, Founder/Principal DeveloperNeelan Choksi, CEO Abe White |
| Industry: | Electronic books |
| Homepage: | 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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- News: Brad. Stone. Amazon Acquires Stanza, an E-Book Application for the iPhone. New York Times. 2009-04-27. 2009-04-27.
- News: Olga. Kharif. Amazon Acquires Lexcycle. https://web.archive.org/web/20090430231146/http://www.businessweek.com/the_thread/techbeat/archives/2009/04/amazon_acquires.html. dead. April 30, 2009. BusinessWeek. 2009-04-27. 2009-04-27.
- News: Jim. Dalrymple. Amazon Acquires Lexcycle. PC World. 2009-04-27. 2009-04-27.
- News: Chris. Foresman. Amazon.com acquires e-book software maker Lexcycle. Ars Technica. 2009-04-28. 2009-04-28.
- Web site: Stanza e-book software now dead for iPad owners: Lesson for libraries and DPLA. 13 October 2011.
