Amazon’s new Kindle could be making advances towards not only being a bigger and more accessible bookstore, but a melting pot for new and hopeful authors as well.

At this year’s CES, Samsung has released two e-readers that feature note taking capabilities and come loaded with access to Google’s one million title library.

Over the last several months, Seth Godin has been organizing the thoughts of over 70 innovative thinkers (including PSFK’s Piers Fawkes) into a free ebook, What Matters Now.

A number of smart libraries in the UK have started to lend ebooks in addition to their normal circulation.

The last few weeks have been busy ones in the eBook space. Amazon launched its man-hole cover sized Kindle DX to generally favorable reviews. There’s talk about them launching a color version in the near future and one analyst is forecasting sales of 900,000 units in 2009, rising to 1.4 million in 2010. When you consider these babies start at $350 and go up from there, even if you believe Amazon’s claim that it costs them $150 to manufacture each unit – Which is absolute bullshit – It’s no wonder Bezos has an idiotic grin perpetually plastered on his face. [...]