From TeleRead: Declining Kindle screen contrast – Good customer service from Amazon

Customer reports he has had two Kindle2 screen issues in a row he has had to send back for repair. Looks like you should compare your screen to another working model if you think you are having issues reading due to contrast.

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Amazon Announcement here…
Kindle has become the most gifted item in Amazon’s history. On Christmas Day, for the first time ever, customers purchased more Kindle books than physical books.

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Bit-Tech: Kindle DX Rejected By Universities
Seems Amazon’s hope of getting the Kindle accepted into academia is being served on toast after listening to the Author’s Guild threats and crippling one of their few accessibility features of the Text-To-Speech function. Seems The Reading Rights Coalition and The National Federation of the Blind might be a little [...]

CNET UK: Amazon now has provided a way to read eBooks on your computer!
Wow! Thanks Amazon without you I might not be able to read those eBooks things of which you speak. And as soon as I find out what one of those computers is I just might get an eBook. Oh and let me [...]