Amazon has scheduled a big announcement tomorrow, Monday, November 19, in New York City to announce its new eBook reader Kindle. While there have been few details, Newsweek managed to get the story. Highlights include:

• $399
• 10.3 ounces device
• dimensions of a paperback
• up to 200 books on the device (more on memory card)
• 30 hours on a single charge
• Almost 90,000 digital books with new books around $9.99 (plus magazines)

I’ll have to see and feel one to be convinced that it could ever replace the reading experience (not counting the books on your shelf that help you recount the many great stories you’ve read). On the road, maybe, but then I only want to take one device, my laptop.

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