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  1. movies
    Amazon and Warner Bros. Team Up on a New Studio ProjectThe web giant will hold American Idol-like monthly contests for screenplays and films. The entertainment giant will get the first shot at the winners.
  2. Where (On the Internet) To Watch Every Comedy This SeasonMaybe you don’t have a TV. Maybe you don’t want to pay for cable, or rent a satellite dish. Maybe you don’t like accommodating the odd and […]
    By John Herrman
  3. Amazon to Bring Streaming Movies, Shows to TVsAccording to the WSJ, Amazon is following in Netflix and Hulu’s footsteps, prepping a service that will stream movies and TV shows for a flat […]
    By Adam Frucci
  4. sales
    Amazon Cancels Accidental Comics SaleAmazon has temporarily removed the “buy” buttons from a huge portion of its comics inventory.
    By Matthew Perpetua
  5. whoops
    Amazon Also Confused by All Those Rebirth DelaysThe site just sent out 500 preordered copies of Lil Wayne’s new album, even though it’s now not officially out until February.
    By Amos Barshad
  6. the future
    Microsoft Joins the War on BooksFree Kindle software with the new Windows!
    By Logan Hill
  7. e-rilfs
    Barnes & Noble Unveils World’s First Non-Ugly E-ReaderNow here’s an e-reader we wouldn’t mind being seen on public transportation with.
    By Lane Brown
  8. free stuff
    Update: Nicholson Baker Runs Up Awesome Set of Expenses For New Yorker Kindle ReviewHow nervous is ‘The New Yorker’ about the Kindle? Almost $3,000 worth of nervous!
    By Lane Brown
  9. gadgets
    Barnes & Noble Prepping What They Hope Will Be a Kindle-KillerBut it won’t be out until sometime next year.
    By Mark Graham
  10. sour grapes
    How Should the Times Frame Its Next Anti-Kindle Story?Another day, another anti-Kindle story in the ‘Times.’ We’ve helpfully brainstormed a few angles for their next article on the dangers or e-readers.
    By Lane Brown
  11. the future
    Amazon Announces Huge KindleNewspapers are saved!
    By Lane Brown
  12. the future
    Amazon to Announce Huge KindleWhat if you could have the flexibility and convenience of Amazon’s successful e-reader in an enormous, unwieldy package?
    By Lane Brown
  13. snobs
    Kindle to Take All the Fun Out of Being Pretentious, Claims the TimesWill the Kindle impair literary snobs’ ability to impress strangers by whipping out a copy of ‘Ulysses’ on the subway?
    By Lane Brown
  14. disasters
    Hacker Possibly Responsible for Amazon.com Gay-WashingWe suppose this explanation makes a lot more sense than a retailer whose ostensible goal is to sell books to literate customers ceding its parental controls to the lunatic fringe.
    By Lane Brown
  15. disasters
    ‘Glitch’ to Blame for Gay-Washed Amazon.com, Says SpokespersonWell, this is certainly a debacle.
    By Lane Brown
  16. the future
    Kindle iPhone Application to Revolutionize Book-Reading, Battery-DrainingIn their ongoing effort to eradicate every single job in publishing, Amazon last night announced plans to sell e-books books for the iPhone.
    By Lane Brown
  17. kindle
    Will the New Kindle Make for Amazon’s iPhone Moment?Kindle 2 is really a kind of thought experiment, asking how many “serious readers” are left.
    By Boris Kachka
  18. kindle
    New Kindle Slightly Less of an EyesoreYou still won’t confuse it for an Apple product, though.
    By Lane Brown
  19. IMDb Now Good for Two ThingsAt last, the site will useful for more than answering the question “Who the hell was that guy in that movie?”
    By Lori Fradkin
  20. the take
    Hey J.K. Rowling! Free ‘Beedle the Bard’!Amazon.com is holding an essay contest to win a rare copy of Rowling’s latest. Just let us buy the stinking book!
  21. apropos of nothing
    Amazon.com Buys J.K. Rowling’s £2 Million Book; You Still Can’t Read ItBut you can read an Amazon review of the book!
  22. apropos of nothing
    Amazon.com Invents an iPod You Can ReadThis morning, Amazon founder Jeff Bezos announced the details of Kindle, the company’s new e-book viewer, which is being described as an “iPod for reading.”
  23. the early-evening news
    Williamsburg Hipster Horror Movie Gets Picked Up … by Mark Cuban?Plus, news on Ben Affleck, Ramona Quimby, and Johnny Drama.
  24. ranters and ravers
    Today in Book-Critic Obsolescence: Amazon.com Empowers the Unwashed MassesPlus reviewer Joshua Cohen turns the conventional wisdom into found poetry.
  25. apropos of nothing
    Are Canadians Just Way Smarter Than Us?Two obscure academic texts beat out Harry Potter on Canadian Amazon.
  26. the take
    Will DRM-Free Downloads Help Amazon Against Apple? You Might Be Surprised