Rival e-books are piling into Amazon.com’s Kindle space - Puget Sound Business Journal (Seattle):

Irex, Cool-er, Asus. Not exactly household names. But these companies are among the legion of device makers and others that are trying to get a foothold in the nascent electronic book market.

The buzz around Amazon’s Kindle electronic reader has sparked growing interest in digital books, and the universe of players in this space is growing almost weekly. But the still modest revenue associated with e-books raises questions about how many companies the space can support — and whether it’s headed for an eventual shakeout...