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By Caroline McCarthy

Published: 23 November 2007 12:51 GMT

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Amazon.com CEO Jeff Bezos has unveiled the company's e-book reader, the Kindle - the latest entry into the long unspectacular market for electronic handheld devices for reading material ranging from novels to newspapers.

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