Amazon.com lowered the price on the Kindle 2 e-book reader form $359 to $299, letting future customers save $60. However the newer, Kindle DX’s price still remains $489. the Kindle DX features a 9.7″ screen, an upgrade from the Kindle 2′s 6″ screen and it also includes a PDF converter. Both the Kindles can wirelessly download books “in under 60 seconds” says Amazon.

A spokeswoman for Amazon told the Associated Press that that the price is permanent and will not raise. “We’ve been able to increase the volume of Kindles we’re manufacturing and decrease the cost of doing so,” she said.

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