• March 9, 2009

Amazon.com is promoting the Kindle 2 in email promotions, highlighting improved search and text-to-speech features.

The search-within-a-book feature enables consumers to find specific words in books across their library, in the Kindle Store, and on the Web. To use the Search feature, type in a keyword or phrase. Kindle finds every instance of the word across the consumer's Kindle library.

The ebook's text-to-speech feature reads to users from books, newspapers, magazines and blogs. Pages automatically turn as the content is read. Amazon.com's Whispernet technology provides wireless access, along with Sprint's high-speed (3G) data network, to wirelessly search and download content.

Amazon.com also introduced a free Kindle e-book application for Apple's iPhone and iPod touch devices, offering consumers access to more than 240,000 titles.--Laurie Sullivan