Big-Screen Kindle As Early As This Week

In case you like to read, keeping books in bookshelves can take up quite some space after a few years. Why not use one of the available eReaders, like Sony's eReader or Amazon's Kindle, to make use of their amazing storage capacities and save some space? You don't like the eReaders' small form factor and prefer reading magazines anyway? Well, then I might have some interesting news for you.

Amazon is about to introduce a new gadget just like their regular Kindle, but it is going to have the size of a standard sheet of paper: "According to people briefed on the online retailer's plans, Amazon will introduce a larger version of its Kindle wireless device tailored for displaying newspapers, magazines and perhaps textbooks.

An Amazon spokesman would not comment, but some news organizations, including The New York Times, are expected to be involved in the introduction of the device, according to people briefed on the plans. A spokeswoman for The Times, Catherine J. Mathis, said she could not comment on the company