Amazon's Kindle Coming to ... Toys 'R' Us?

Kids' store to carry e-reader starting Sunday
By Kevin Spak,  Newser Staff
Posted Jul 28, 2011 11:45 AM CDT
Amazon's Kindle Coming to ... Toys 'R' Us?
Shoppers leave the Toys R Us store in New York's Times Square, Sunday, Dec. 26, 2010.   (AP Photo/Mary Altaffer)

Does Amazon's Kindle count as a toy? It must now, because starting Sunday it’ll be sold at Toys 'R' Us stores, the companies have announced. It’s not the first retail outlet to carry Amazon's e-reader, but it is the least usual suspect of the bunch. Mashable thinks it’s a good move, because it will help push the Kindle as an educational tool and potential back-to-school item. (More Amazon stories.)

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