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• Five reasons Amazon e-books are outselling hardcovers

  Are you still holding out to see what happens with this whole ebooks "fad" before deciding whether to embrace it for your business? Well, the times they are a changin' and there are a variety of reasons that ebooks are outpacing printed books.

• Apple iPad vs Kindle DX: Which is better for education?

  If the iPad doesn't succeed as a consumer electronics device--its initial target market--it may find a successful second career as an electronic textbook reader.

• Privacy guide for Kindle, other E-Book readers

  If you're concerned about the privacy implications of reading digital books, take a look at a nice guide put up yesterday by the Electronic Frontier Foundation.

• Google's move into e-books could be explosive

  E-books may have been a niche technology so far, but Google Inc.'s entry into the market could burst the online business wide open.

• Budget ebook reader debuts

  Move over, Kindle, a new e-book reader is in town -- and it's coming from a newcomer to the consumer electronics universe. Britain-based Interead is the first company beyond heavyweights Amazon and Sony to offer both a hardware reader and a sales pipeline for acquiring ebook content.

• The new Kindle DX is bigger, but is it better?

  If the excitement leading up to the introduction of the Kindle DX is any indication, you'd think Amazon would have the e-book market wrapped up and ready to deliver with a tidy pink bow.

• Apple iPhone 'mediapad' could be a Kindle diller

  Is Apple's rumored "mediapad" entertainment device a threat to Amazon's Kindle e-book reader? I think it is, but the only people who may care are current Kindle owners, some of whom may end up wishing they had waited on their purchase.

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  Don't have a Kindle 2? Try these online book sites

  Amazon's Kindle 2 makes it easy to download a variety of books, but bibliophiles can find reading material in other ways.

• DRM a drag on ebook growth, say critics

  Imagine bringing home a music CD from Best Buy and discovering that it will only play on some of your stereo equipment. Moreover, you're limited in the number of times you can switch the CD from one stereo to another.