Notes：
Kindle キンドル(2007年11月米国アマゾン社が発売した携帯型電子書籍端末);
ubiquitous 至る所[あちこち]にある，おなじみの;
gadget ガジェット(小型の電子機器);
publishing houses 出版社;
through the back door こっそりと;
keep one’s eyes peeled. 睨みをきかしておく，用心を怠らないようにしてお;
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I know it’s early, but ask me what I want for Christmas. Okay, it’s a Kindle. I am not sure that you have heard of it as I have not even seen one out in the streets of Japan yet. Instead I see the ubiquitous iPhone – everywhere!
As gadgets go the Kindle is reasonably cheap (25,000JPY; $279;) yet even so it seems not to have caught on. This may be due to the fact that there are as many as 50 publishing houses in Japan as opposed to just 6 in the US. The Kindle however may come in through the back door via the iPhone and iPod Touch as Amazon has also developed applications allowing users of the iPhone to access Kindle books via these tools. Keep your eyes peeled. (by Prof. Simon Smith)
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