Amazon Is Letting Publishers Ruin The Kindle [Kindle]
Mat Honan
I'm reading IQ84, Haruki Murakami's long-awaited new book. In hardback, it's 944 pages and weighs several pounds. I am a pasty blogger with weak arms and soft hands, so the Kindle version seemed like a no-brainer. More »


source: gizmodo.com
1 Nov 2011
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