It appears that Amazon is about to release the second version of their popular ebook reader, the Kindle.

The first Kindle was released on November 19th, 2007, while they have been sold out most of the time since they were released, and it is estimated Amazon sold 500,000 units in 2008, they have gotten to be a popular item due to their usability, and being endorsed by Oprah.  While people have gotten use to frequent updates of products, and people kept expecting an update priror to the holiday 2008 shopping season, Amazon seemed to be taking a more reasoned approach to releasing a second version of the device.

Over the weekend pictures appeared on Engadget that purported to be the second version of the Kindle, and while they looked to be fairly official, there was no word from Amazon.  That changed later in the day and it was announced they would be officially launching the product on Monday at a press event.  While no details have been released on what the new technical specs will be, it appears the price will be the same as the original release, $359.00.

While a new version is always exciting to see what upgrades it will have, lets contain our excitement until we see if they can keep it in stock for more than a day at a time.