The new commercial for the Sony Reader features superstar Justin Timberlake, the world’s fastest speed reader, actress & author Amy Sedaris and her book, and a silent Peyton Manning. Watch it out below. While Amazon has used author endorsements to advertise the Kindle, this appears to be the first...

It was no secret that Dan Brown’s follow-up to the best-selling The DaVinci Code was going to be huge, but did anyone predict that The Lost Symbol was going to be huge on Kindle? A recent CNet article has a screenshot of the Mystery & Thrillers section of Amazon’s site, showing the Kindle...

What appears to be the first mugging involving a Kindle was reported in Brooklyn, New York on September 10th. The report says three muggers pulled a knife and stole the Kindle – along with an iPhone, credit cards, and ID – from a woman. The report does not say if the items were recovered,...

Apple’s CEO Steve Jobs has never been a Kindle fan, making this statement last year: It doesn’t matter how good or bad the product is, the fact is that people don’t read anymore. Forty percent of the people in the U.S. read one book or less last year. The whole conception is flawed at the top...

Reports have been circulating that consumers are willing to pay between $50 and $99 for an e-reader. With the Kindle at $299 and other e-readers not far behind, consumers have been out of luck for a while. They’re about to get a little closer to their wishful price point. Asus, maker of netbooks,...

The story of Amazon removing Orwell books from Kindles has been big news over the past month. Amazon CEO Jeff Bezos issued an apology, but that didn’t stop some customers from suing. CNet.com reports that Amazon is now offering affected customers the return of the books or a $30 gift certificate...

It seems all the celebrity Kindle owner scoop has been coming from Twitter lately. Earlier today Twitter legend (I hear he also acts…) Ashton Kutcher mentioned his Kindle while traveling: The tweet was made before a series of tweets about poor storage on airplanes and the pitfalls of the upright...

There’s no shortage of Kindle covers and cases to choose from, but what if you don’t like the designs the major companies are offering? You could always make your own… A do-it-yourself website called Chica and Jo has offered detailed instructions on how to make your own Kindle cover...

Ever since the Kindle 1 was released, M-Edge has been releasing quality Kindle covers for all three versions of the Kindle. To add to their offerings, they have released a new Kindle bag. It’s called the M-Edge Journey Bag, and looks like a small messenger bag. It holds either the Kindle 1 or...

Micro-blogging website Twitter is becoming more mainstream every day. Talk show hosts Oprah and Ellen Degeneres have joined, while Twitter power-user Ashton Kutcher has surpassed 3 million followers (and counting!). Authors have started to utilize Twitter for book promotion, giving away Kindles, answering...