"I’m not against having a touchscreen on an ebook reader. Tapping on a book to open it makes perfect sense, even if it does mean that the screen gets dirty. But having a touchscreen doesn’t preclude you from also adding a hardware button that makes the one single thing people do the most often with your device as easy and seamless as possible."

Robin Sloan writes about the Kindle as the ultimate travel gadget.

"By June 2010, the rate was so unwavering that he could easily forecast the date at which the Kindle would be free: November 2011."

Marco's viewpoint on why there is still space for the Kindle.

Short interview with Jeff Bezos about Amazon and their efforts for the future of publishing.

A brilliant move by Woot.com after the AP printed excerpts from their blog post announcing an acquisition by Amazon.

"The key risk for Google is that they are heavily dependent on online purchasing being a two-stage process:  the user does a search on Google, and then clicks on an ad to buy something on another site."