Don’t look now but Amazon has just dropped pricing on their Amazon Kindle from $299 to $249. On October 19 they’ll also introduce a $279 International Kindle with GSM capabilities (AT&T provides the service) in over 100 countries. According to Amazon 48 copies of eBooks are sold for every 100 physical copies of those books. Amazon has a resounding lead in eBook readers with Forrester Research estimating a 60% market share for the Kindle vs 35% for Sony.

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