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Say Hello to the Amazon Kindle

Sunday, November 25th, 2007

KindleAmazon has introduced a new e-book reader called the Kindle. It’s designed to feel more like an actual book and to be easy to use. We’ll see how popular it turns out to be, but a good sign is that they sold out in 5½ hours. The Kindle requires a wireless connection to the internet, but the $399 purchase price includes free lifetime connectivity.

UPDATE: Ars Technica has a review of the Kindle.

Link #1: http://arstechnica.com/…

Link #2: http://www.newsweek.com/…
(via Engadget)

Link #3: http://news.bbc.co.uk/…

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Harry Potter Roundup

Monday, July 30th, 2007

Harry PotterJ.K. Rowling has revealed some additional details [WARNING: LINK CONTAINS SPOILERS] that were cut from the epilogue portion of Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows (via Bureau 42). On another note, it appears that The New York Times will not allow this latest book to appear on its bestseller list even though it sold more than 8 million copies in the US on its first day. Children’s books are not eligible for the list (via Digg).

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