Update 12/5/08: Unboxing pictures now available – Click here! Amazon had a very special announcement for today, the birthday of fictional character Harry Potter and his creator J.K. Rowling. On December 4th, fans will be able to buy the story-within-a-story The Tales of Beedle the Bard. The book...

Julia Keller of The Chicago Tribune wrote a fantastic article about the connection readers feel with books, and why it’s so hard to abandon an unfinished book. She points out that turning off a TV show, walking out of a movie theater, and walking out of a play somehow make you feel less guilty...

As an avid reader, I’m constantly finding books I’m interested in reading but don’t have time for right now. Pre-Kindle this would frequently result in me leaving Barnes & Noble with a pile of books that would sit in the corner until I got around to reading them. Thanks to the...

The Kindle comes with a perfectly good leather case that protects it from damage. If you’re looking for an alternative, however, you might want to check out M-Edge’s Genuine Leather Executive Kindle Case. It’s similar to the case that comes packaged with the Kindle, with a few added...

Looking for a specific e-book and can’t find it on Amazon’s Kindle store? You can now use eBdb.net to find what you’re looking for. It searches across multiple e-book sites to bring you results.

I’m always wary of cleaning electronic products, fearing a spill naturally. Unfortunately for my Kindle, I frequently read while eating. Often I’ll find little spots on my Kindle screen (and on my laptop) from splashed foods (Cheerios falling back into the milk are the most frequent culprit)....

Craigslist.org founder Craig Newmark has a Kindle, and really enjoys it. In a recent interview with The Seattle Times, the interviewer asks some interesting questions about Craig’s Kindle: Q: I hear you have an Amazon Kindle. A: I do have a Kindle, I like it a lot. It does have flaws, but it is...

Amazon CEO Jeff Bezos spoke at a conference sponsored by Fortune and gushed about the wonders of the Kindle. When asked what Amazon will do when Google and Wikipedia create a digital database of books that can be downloaded and printed in minutes, Bezos replied, “I don’t know why anyone would...

Best-seller Mitch Albom (Tuesdays With Morrie, The Five People You Meet In Heaven) has released a piece of material exclusively for the Kindle. Albom delivered the commencement speech at his nephew’s high school graduation recently and has made the entire speech available for download on the Kindle....

I absolutely love the show How I Met Your Mother which tells the tale of how Ted Mosby meets his future wife and the mother of his children. The show stars Josh Radnor as Ted, but the scene-stealer is Neil Patrick Harris as Barney Stinson, Ted’s best friend (according to Barney). Barney is a womanizer...