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Excel Books For Kindle

Amazon's Kindle ebook reader is being updated. Amazon's Kindle 2 Will Debut Feb. 9.

Amazon.com will introduce the next generation of its popular Kindle reader in New York City on Feb. 9.

The company sent out e-mail messages Tuesday announcing a news conference on that date at the Morgan Library & Museum in New York. Amazon.com confirmed that its founder and chief executive, Jeffrey P. Bezos, would host the event.

Amazon would not comment in any more detail about the coming announcement, but the Kindle's detail page on Amazon.com tells the story. It now says the electronic book reader will ship in four to six weeks. It previously suggested a wait of 11 to 13 weeks.

What does that mean for Excel mavens?

Well, currently there are 87 Excel books available in Kindle format. And I wrote eight of them. As I write this, the Excel 2007 Bible is the #1 selling Excel Kindle book, and ranks #729 among all 230,000 Kindle books.