Amazon slashed price of Kindle and stopped the production of U.S only version

Amazon is already feeling the heat of competition. After the release of Barnes & Noble Nook e-book reader, Amazon dropped the price of its Kindle e-book reader. It also decided to stop the production of the U.S only version of Kindle e-book reader. The declaration came on October 22, 2009. Information Week reports:

From three e-reader models, Amazon has reduced the number to two: one with a wireless connection that can roam internationally and the larger Kindle DX. Both models ship with a wireless connection for accessing Amazon's e-book store at no charge.

Gone is the basic U.S.-only version of the Kindle. In dropping the model, Amazon lowered the price of the Kindle with international roaming, introduced this month, from $279 to $259, which is the same price B&N is asking for the Nook. B&N is taking pre-orders for the device, which is scheduled to start shipping at the end of November.

The Nook e-book reader, which was launched on October 21, 2009, has better features than Amazon Kindle. The device runs on Google Android 1.5 and has access to large quantity of e-book titles as it supports the EPUB format. Users can also buy samples of latest e-books and can lend e-books to others up to fourteen days.