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Waterstones Surrenders to the Amazon Ebook Behemoth and Agrees to Stock Kindles

Waterstones is about to bet big on Kindle and undertake a huge shift in its business, announcing plans to sell both the Kindle hardware and Amazon's e-books across its chain of UK shops. Read More >

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Amazon’s Next Kindle Will Be Front-Lit and Its Next Kindle Fire Will Be Bigger

Reuters is reporting that the next Kindle will be front-lit and will be coming out in July. It's a smart move because it'll let users read their Kindles in the dark and an obvious one for Amazon to make as Barnes and Noble already has a front-lit Nook. Read More >

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The Most Highlighted Passage of All Time on the Kindle Is Like So Deep Man

"Because sometimes things happen to people and they're not equipped to deal with them." Whoa. So deeeeeeeeeep. That line, from The Hunger Games: Catching Fire, is the most highlighted passage of all time on the Kindle. Read More >

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Want a New Ereader? The Kindle Touch is Now Available In the UK a Whole Seven Days “Early”

OK, it’s not the Kindle Fire we were all hoping for, but the UK now has another Kindle to choose from, if you like touching things I guess. Better late than never, the Kindle Touch throws out buttons for a touchscreen; packs a two-month battery life, and will set you back £109. Read More >

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Amazon’s Kindle Touch Now Available For Pre-Order In UK (With Hefty UK Price Hike)

In typical fashion, we're being screwed with a significant price-hike of around £30 (after taxes) between the US Kindle Touch and the UK model, which is now available to pre-order from tonight. But what the heck -- £109 is still a pretty decent price, especially considering the new model is touchscreen and comes with the handy X-ray tool for skimming 'n cribbing up on characters. Read More >

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Will Electronic Device Use During Takeoff Soon Be Allowed?

Everybody hates having to stop reading ebooks, listening to music and playing Angry Birds during take-off. But it's not a fact of life; over in the States, the FAA is rethinking its policy on using electronic devices during takeoff and landing. About. Bloody. Time. Read More >

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Farewell Print Edition of Encyclopaedia Britannica — But Where’s the Kindle Edition?

"You mean it wasn't out of print already?" That's our first reaction to the news about the print edition of the Encyclopaedia Britannica being discontinued. Our second is, "What's for dinner?" Because the emotional impact of the announcement is fleeting -- how did this publishing dinosaur manage to limp so far into the 21st century? Read More >

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iPad 2 Is Your Antiquated Tablet Deal of the Day

Hosanna! It’s New iPad day, and scores of gadget-hungry chancers have been queuing up outside Apple stores to get their oily paws on the new machine when it went on sale at 8am this morning. Read More >

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Amazon May Have Sold Two Million ‘Kindle Singles’, But Why’s That Impressive?

This morning, the internet is awash with people slapping Amazon on the back, congratulating them for selling two million Kindle Singles—ebooks that are shorter than full-length books but longer than most magazine articles. But is that really a big deal? Read More >

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Colour E-Ink Kindle Due in March?

Yes, there's a question mark in that speculative headline, because this report comes via disreputable, hit and miss manufacturer news resource DigiTimes. But still. It occasionally gets a thing right, like a broken clock. Read More >

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UK Gets Stiffed Over Amazon’s International Kindle Touch Release

You have to wonder why Amazon’s decided to keep the UK out of its international Kindle Touch release – our lucky next-door neighbours over in Ireland can now get their mitts on the touchable reader, so why not us Brits? Read More >

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A Genuine Sony Cassette Tape Walkman Is Your “Retro-Analogue Is Just Better” Deal of the Day

Sometimes we don’t need to be exposed to the white heat of forward-thinking technology. Sometimes it’s nice to bask in the warmth of a classic piece of gadgetry. So today we will. Read More >

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The Amazon Kindle Is Your Reader’s Best Friend Deal of the Day

If you haven’t taken every single book you’ve ever bought or been given, marched out into the garden with them and set them alight, then you’re just not the modernista that you think you are. Read More >

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Dump Everything On Your Kindle With Send to Kindle

Amazon's just released a little PC helper app it calls Send to Kindle, which, as you might be able to work out, has one main function. It adds a right-click menu option to share documents from your desktop to your Kindle. Read More >

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Kindle Just Turned Into an Instapaper for Your Files

I like using my ereader for things other than books, but aside from Instapaper, converting regular files into ereader format is more hassle than it's worth. Now Amazon's making it easier to send non-book files to your Kindle. Read More >