The new Barnes & Noble nook eReader is here and it’s ready to compete with Amazon’s Kindle.
The nook eReader is sleek. It measures 7.7- x 4.9- x 0.5-inches and weighs in at just 11.2 ounces. The nook eReader features a 3.5-inch color touchscreen, which supports swipe-to-browse books and color covers. The rechargeable battery [...]

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Amazon has just announced that it is reducing the price of the Kindle 2 to $259 in the U.S. There will also be an international version released that will sell for $279 released on October 19th.
To learn how you can get another $30 off the Amazon Kindle, read this post (note: this also works [...]

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A few weeks ago, we detailed how Amazon had deleted George Orwell’s classic 1984 from users’ Kindles after the company realized that the copies it  sold were unauthorized.
Now Justin Gawronski is suing Amazon over the incident.
Mr. Gawronski has filed a class action lawsuit in Seattle against Amazon.  Gawronski claims that the company illegally accessed his [...]

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Amazon has pulled a true “Big Brother” by deleting Kindle versions of the George Orwell novels 1984 and Animal Farm from the Kindles of users who had already paid for the books.  Nice.
To be fair, we should point out that these were unauthorized versions of the books, contrary to what some other sources are [...]

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Author Boyd Morrison has done something very unique.  He just sold two self-published books (the first one is called The Ark) to Simon & Schuster.  Boyd uploaded his books himself and promoted them himself via the Kindle Boards.
He will now be published in 2010 and is already beginning a new book featuring adventurer Tyler [...]

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Amazon has finally announced a release date for the new Kindle DX.
It will ship in nine days on June 10.  In a brief announcement, Amazon said that the new, larger e-book reader will ship on that date with orders prioritized on a first come, first served basis.
Amazon hopes that the Kindle DX will salvage the [...]

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What’s left for Amazon now that we have seen the Kindle, Kindle 2, and Kindle DX?
How about the Amazon Kindle 9 XXXD?  The idea is that you can lay it on the floor and be able to read entire road maps with the Kindle 9 XXXD.
Well, not really, but it’s fun to imagine.  Behold: the [...]

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Amazon’s Kindle iPhone app , or more specifically the Kindle iPhone website, was tweaked a bit today to improve functionality. Could it also be an indication that soon, you won’t even NEED the Kindle to browse e-books in the Kindle store?
It used to be that, when you went to the Kindle iPhone app [...]

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Can you say “Barack Obama”?  If so, congratulations, you are more sophisticated than the Amazon Kindle.
The Kindle is a marvel of modern technology but apparently “voice” of the Amazon Kindle mispronounces two key words that appear frequently in the pages of many newspapers – “Barack” (the Amazon Kindle rhymes it with “black”) and “Obama” (the [...]

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As we mentioned here a little while ago, the new Kindle DX was unveiled today. Amidst all the pomp and circumstance we wanted to provide you with the actual Amazon press release.
Below you will find the press release as well as a video demo of the Kindle DX screen-rotation feature.
First, more specs:
Slim: Just over 1/3 [...]

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