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The Kindle electronic reader from Amazon.com is probably the most popular of this new way to read books, magazines and blogs (Sony’s E-Reader is almost if not as popular).
I had heard about this device over a year ago when the original Kindle was released. I immediately loved the idea of it, however I waited to see what would become of it, and also I compared it to the Sony E-Reader, which was smaller and less expensive.
But I couldn’t wait long and with the announcement of the Kindle 2 I just had to have one. With the wireless internet connection the Kindle offers, making it independent of transferring documents and books downloaded from your computer I had to choose the Kindle.
When I got my Kindle it was everything I expected and more, I couldn’t have been more satisfied with it. I can store up to 1,500 titles on it, I can add or subtract titles at will yet re-download an unlimited number of times any book I have purchased to my Kindle.
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Boston GlobeSony expands its book download stockpileLos Angeles Times, CABy Sara Nelson Reporting from New York -- Three weeks after the release of Amazon.com's Kindle 2, Sony Corp. -- the first major company to introduce an electronic book device, the Sony Reader -- said it would offer customers half a million public Sony Stocks Its Shelves With Google E-Books paidcontent.org - Sony, Google Team Up Against Amazon E-Reader Sony Reaches Deal to Share in Google’s E-Book Library
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Straits TimesDiscovery v. Amazon: A lawsuit with legsCNET News, CAA method for encrypting, sending, and receiving electronic books upon demand, comprising: creating a list of titles of available electronic books; transmitting the list of titles of available electronic books; selecting a title from the transmitted Amazon's Kindle targeted by patent infringement suit Discovery sues over Amazon's Kindle Kindle Gets New Legal Threat, Weirdly From Discovery Channel
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Borders finds e-book too much of an odysseyIndependent, UKBy James Thompson Borders UK is giving up on its first attempt to persuade Britons to buy electronic books after less than a year, because customers have baulked at the high price. The 51-store bookseller plans to sell a cheaper e-book reader in its- Mar 20, 2009
CNET NewsAmazon releases Kindle 2 firmware upgradeCNET News, CA which carries the tag line "The electronics you lust for." He's also the author of Knife Music, a novel that's available as a print and Kindle book at Amazon.com, as well as a free e-book download for the iPhone/iPod Touch and the Sony Reader.