October 1, 2009

US heaves sigh of releif as Jeff Bezos announces plans to go to Britain and bray like a donkey at British people for a while

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A report in The Bookseller says the trade mag “has heard from authoritative sources that Amazon.com will finally announce the arrival of its e-book device the Kindle in the UK next week.” The report says publishers have signed non-disclosures so can’t confirm on the record, but it’s clearly sourced by a publisher whose signature means nothing. Full disclosure: Qualcomm is lined up to provide wireless service, and Amazon has selected next week for the announcement to “avoid the general kerfuffle of Frankfurt.”


Dennis Johnson is the founder of MobyLives, and the co-founder and co-publisher of Melville House.

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