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Barnes & Noble Compares Nook To Kindle 2: Biased But Fair
6:44AM Wilson Rothman | Though Barnes & Noble has pulled down its Nook site until the official product launch, we’ve got all the info plus a few extras, like this spec comparison chart of Nook and Kindle 2: More »
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Dude Drops His Kindle 2, Amazon Replaces It, Pays Him $200
4:37AM Adam Frucci | Behold, the power of a scary-sounding letter from a lawyer! Paul dropped his Kindle 2 and it broke. Amazon wanted $US200 to replace it. Instead, they replaced it and gave him an additional $US200. Damn, son! More »
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Kindle 2 Drops Price Again To $US259
3:14PM Jason Chen | Amazon just dropped the price of the Kindle 2 again, down to $US259. They’ve also introduced a US & International wireless version for $US279, which ships October 19. More »
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Kindle Couple’s Marriage Will Last Forever, Even After Battery Dies
10:20AM John Herrman | Because that’s how E-Ink works, get it!? Well, it was either that or a joke about Amazon remote-deleting these folks’ legitimately conceived future children. More »
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Amazon Tries To Make Amends For Deletion Of 1984 With Warm Words, Cold Hard Cash
1:59PM Rosa Golijan | Remember Amazon’s remote deletion of all Kindle copies of 1984? Big bro’ Amazon is trying to make nice by offering affected users some pretty words along with $US30 checks in lieu of redelivery of 1984 (with your original annotations). More »
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Survey: Consumers Won’t Pay More Than $US99 For An eReader
3:20AM Sean Fallon | According to a survey of 4706 consumers conducted by Forrester Research, the vast majority of consumers are only willing to pay $US50-$US99 for an eReader. Obviously, this doesn’t jive with retailer price points currently set at $US199 and up. More »
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Amazon Kindle 2 Hacked To Run Linux
10:30AM Dan Nosowitz | Hacker Jesse Vincent, who’s previously written software to allow PDFs and ePubs to be read on the Kindle, wheedled and cajoled the Kindle 2 into running Ubuntu 9.04. You know, just because. More »
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Wireless eBook Readers: Which One’ll Burn Down The Bookstore?
7:00AM Matt Buchanan | With the Sony Reader Daily Edition, the 3G-enabled eBook reader battle is pitched. At the end of this year, it’ll fight Amazon’s Kindle 2 and DX and Plastic Logic’s eReader to the death. Here’s how they all stack up now. More »
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iRex’s Next Ebook Reader Will Come With 3G, Less Sticker Shock
3:02AM John Herrman | It looks like iRex, leading makers of giant, feature-packed ebook readers for real-life P.G. Wodehouse protagonists, is casting a monocled eye on the mainstream market. Crave’s got details on a forthcoming 8.1-inch touchscreen reader, with wireless, rumoured at under $US400. More »
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