`` There 's nothing like reading a nice paperback , '' she says . Amazon.com 's electronic Kindle reader celebrates its first birthday . The device is the brainchild of Amazon founder and CEO Jeff Bezos, who has been working on it for more than a decade. Sales have been steady , but the device so far remains mostly a tech novelty . Oprah Winfrey has praised it , but J.K. Rowling vows no e-versions of `` Harry Potter ''
Amazon.com 's electronic Kindle reader celebrates its first birthday . The device is the brainchild of Amazon founder and CEO Jeff Bezos, who has been working on it for more than a decade. Sales have been steady , but the device so far remains mostly a tech novelty . Oprah Winfrey has praised it , but J.K. Rowling vows no e-versions of `` Harry Potter ''