Amazon’s Kindle e-book reader has been the one certified success in the electronic books market, but unfortunately sales have always been restricted to US buyers. That will change on October 19, when the Kindle will become available to customers worldwide. Amazon will begin shipping an international version of the device for $US279 (about $320 at today’s exchange rates), complete with a library of about 200,000 titles that can be downloaded. (That’s not the complete range; the US Kindle boasts more than 350,000 books.) - Jay