Amazon has updated the Kindle app for iPhone and iPad, adding some basic improvements to the standard assortment of reader functions.
Borders is jumping into the mix by announcing a number of deals on its assortment of e-readers in time for the holiday shopping season.
Mr. King helped Amazon promote the Kindle 2 e-book reader and has an assortment of other e-readers, but on this day he was reading a chunky hardback edition of "Silken Prey," a thriller by John Sandford.
Readers had an assortment of ideas, as well as asking for advice on giving.
They offer readers a dizzying assortment of sex, violence, gore, celebrity scandal, strange news, spirited opinion and personal advice.
When they click through, readers will see an assortment of articles from the national desk and team sites running beneath.
When Mr. Hamill arrived at Little, Brown, Mr. Pietsch spread out an assortment of electronics — iPad, iPhone, Kindle and Sony Reader, all of which he carries with him every day — for Mr. Hamill to inspect.
These hifalutin asides, however, are artfully woven together with funkier descriptions of the tournament and trial that provide Mr. McManus with ample opportunity to introduce the reader to a raffish assortment of characters.
An assortment of disparate, subjective and sometimes inaccurate points of view confront the reader, and the reader may not safely presume that a favorite character will prevail, or even survive.
If they miss the opportunity to browse and shop during the story, readers can explore the children's closets and purchase an assortment of clothing, from an academy wool pea coat for $195 to a Fair Isle dress for $185.
