New York - Publisher Simon & Schuster announced on Friday that it plans this year to make 5,000 additional titles available for the Kindle, Amazon's (NASD: AMZN) eBook reader device. The move will double the publisher's commitment to the service, which was launched in November and currently counts some 125,000 available titles.

Los Angeles - Amazon's (NASD: AMZN) recently introduced Kindle electronic e-book reader device now accounts for 6% of titles sold through the site -- or an estimated 125,000 units, chief executive Jeff Bezos said on Wednesday at the All Things D conference, PaidContent reported. The $359 Kindle also features wireless Web access, a Web browser, and delivery of newspapers, magazines and blogs in addition to books.

Do you have a Kindle yet? All the buzz about the Wii aside, the most lusted after gift this holiday season for media pros may just be Amazon's new digital content reader called the Kindle (which sold out within 5.5 hours upon first release a few weeks ago). The device may not have an Apple-esque level of sex appeal, but it does represent a huge shift in thinking that may just propel portable digital content and ebooks in particular to the kind of widespread adoption that digital music has already enjoyed.

Today Amazon announced its foray into selling hardware with a data service. The device is called “Kindle,” and it represents a daring move for an “online bookstore.” You’re going to see two kinds of reviews: bad ones from people who haven’t used it and good ones from people who have. It’s that kind of product—plus Jeff Bezos’s reality-distortion field isn’t as large as Steve Jobs’s. I have used it and if someone gave me a choice of receiving an iPhone or a Kindle, I’d pick the Kindle. Here are the reasons I like it so much:

Seattle - Online retail giant Amazon.com (NASD: AMZN) plans to launch its long-awaited e-book reader device, the "Kindle," in New York on Monday, CNET News.com reported. Expected to sell for $399, the Kindle will feature a Wi-Fi connection for purchasing content from Amazon's e-book store, and will also reportedly offer broadband wireless access through Sprint.

San Francisco - Online retail giant Amazon.com is set to introduce its own e-book reader device next month that can connect wirelessly with the company's online e-book store, The New York Times reported on Thursday.