Stats for any given page, word frequency
New feature: X-ray
Kindle Touch has a nice grey matte finish on the face
(We'll go hands on after the keynote to see how this thing feels)
Kindle Touch's tap zones rearranged—small top area for the menu, small area for previous page on the left, next page fills most of the screen.
Kindle Touch great for reading left-handed
E-ink display looks clear from where I'm sitting, ~20 feet from Jeff.
Nice thin bezel on this little guy
It's smaller, lighter
No buttons seen
No extra layer atop e-ink display
IR touch display
Bezos holding the e-ink Kindle Touch
Kindle Touch
Bezos says short reads are the next important thing for Kindle—40, 60 pages long.
Hey Sam, you are awesome #liveblogcrasher
Real page numbers? They're hard.
Just waiting for the "AND NOW WE'VE MADE IT EVEN BETTER" moment here.
Bezos still taking Kindle background. This guy has a very pleasant voice.
Can I say I love Jeff Bezos? I love Jeff Bezos.
"No interfering with sleep cycles."
A million books available, plus public domain goodness.
This is just paid books, and mostly for dedicated Kindle devices--not like iPad apps. Crazy. Like Jeff Bezos' eyes at the beginning.
Bezos isn't even including free downloads in Kindle book popularity.
Physical book sales growing. Hugely.
Jeff Bezos' "screw you guys" slide.
Bezos is quoting early Kindle skeptics. Egg on their faces! Eggs delivered via Amazon Prime!
Bezos talking about reinventing the book. It's tough! But he says they did.
Jeff Bezos on stage, looking fly.
Apparently people love this Kindle thing.
They're talking about e-ink Kindles right now, and how great they are.
Holy holy holy. Amazon is launching a $79 Kindle too!
Video of lots of good looking people talking about how much their love their old Kindles.
Lights dimming. Let's do this.