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Barnes & Noble Compares Nook To Kindle 2: Biased But Fair

6:44AM October 21, 2009 | 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 »

Dude Drops His Kindle 2, Amazon Replaces It, Pays Him $200

4:37AM October 21, 2009 | 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 October 7, 2009 | 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 October 2, 2009 | 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 September 4, 2009 | 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 September 4, 2009 | 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 September 3, 2009 | 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 August 26, 2009 | 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 August 7, 2009 | 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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The New Yorker’sTakedown Of The Kindle Adds To Bezos’ Headaches

12:20AM July 28, 2009 | Adam Frucci

Nicholson Baker of the venerable New Yorker decided to try out Amazon’s Kindle to see if it was really the future of reading. He wrote a whopping 6,300 words on the subject, but allow me to summarise: it sucks. More »