I’ve been meaning to write this post for about 4 months, and as is inevitably the case when you delay, someone else writes it for you. Today that was Ars Technica, so at least I’m in good company :)

I’ve started traveling more regularly for work, and at the start of this year I set myself a goal of reaching 26 books. That works out to roughly 20 pages a day, so I tend to need multiple books on a 2 week work trip. That’s a nonstarter for me, so I asked (begged) my wife for an Amazon Kindle for my birthday. She arranged it, a few friends chipped in, and I happily read books now in predominantly digital form. This week I read Call of Cthulhu, by HP Lovecraft. It was deranged and brilliant!

But this post isn’t about the Kindle, it’s what Amazon needs to follow up the Kindle with… and I can’t think of a better name for it, than the Ignite. (more…)