Amazon has launched its Kindle DX device, which has a 9.7 inch screen, internationally with people in more than 100 countries able to download e-books. It is available for pre-order now and is priced $489. The devices will ship on January 19th. This is the equivalent of £305 but the cost of the device does not include any import duties....

A number of students from Princeton University have said they are dissatisfied with the new Kindle DX, after they received free devices as part of a pilot scheme encouraging less paper usage. According to campus newspaper The Daily Princetonian, just two weeks after 50 students received the unit, many said they were unhappy and uncomfortable...

On Monday (4th May), journalists and publishers were summoned by an email cryptically dropped into their inboxes. On Wednesday, they came, to hear Jeff Bezos announce the third iteration of the "Kindle family": the DX.

This time, it wasn’t Stephen King sharing the stage, as he had at the launch of Kindle 2, but Arthur...