Jon Cog of the Me and My Kindle blog gave us a very convenient heads-up yesterday about Amazon's Black Friday plans for the Kindle Fire. As he reports on his site: Amazon’s retail-store partners, like Best Buy, OfficeMax, Staples, or Office Depot, [are] reportedly not allowed to lower the actual price of the [Kindle Fire], but they’re doing the next best thing. If you purchase a Kindle Fire tablet, they’ll just give you some money back in the form of a gift card! Check out Jon's post for details on the sales being offered by the four brick-and-mortar retailers mentioned above. Of course, it's worth bearing...

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E-book readers are infiltrating more big-box stores. Mediabistro’s eBookNewser reports that Office Depot is going to be carrying the Kindle, while Radio Shack is going to start selling the Nook. Not so very long ago, it was believed that the lack of retail outlets carrying these e-readers would be a handicap to their adoption. But the Kindle has since found homes in several retail chains, and the Nook has likewise expanded beyond the brick-and-mortar walls of Barnes & Noble’s stores. Now anybody who is interested can run across one or both of the major brands without even meaning...

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