[Note: the offer below appears to have ended.]

If you’re in the market for an Amazon Kindle as well as for a new credit card, this offer might be of interest to you.  Essentially, you apply for a credit card at the Amazon.com website and, if approved, you’re able to get $100 off the regular retail price of the Kindle.

That means that, rather than paying $359, which is the regular retail price, you’d be able to get your Kindle for $259.

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Noted Atlantic magazine author (and devoted blogger), James Fallows, has more positive words about the Kindle in a recent posting.  Among the benefits of Kindle he addresses, he speaks highly of the ability to import DOC and PDF files into the Kindle (either for a slight fee or for free) and of the ease with which documents can be read on the Kindle.

This one-page review by Glishara is an inviting, balanced take on the Kindle.  At first, physical books seemed like an absolute necessity, but now — having bought and used the Kindle — there are lots of advantages to the electronic world as well.  On balance, a vote in favor of Kindle.

According to the U.S. News & World Reports, one analyst predicts that Amazon.com will pull in $1 billion in revenue from Kindle in 2010 - up from prior estimates of $450 - 750 million.  That’s very impressive.

TechCrunch reports that Amazon.com has sold some 240,000 Kindle units since the Kindle was introduced to the market in November 2007.  It also speculates in a posting entitled “Kindle 2.0 Coming Around October 2008” that a new Kindle model will hit the stores in time for the holiday season.  It looks like the Kindle is becoming a permanent part of the book-reading world.