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After years and years of holding out, I never thought I’d see the day that Amazon would voluntarily loosen its grip on the Kindle ecosystem. But here we are: Last week, the biggest online bookseller ...

Correction: This story has been updated to correct a misspelling of Erin Kodicek's name. Get ready to get your tissues out – Amazon’s best books of the year list is full of heartfelt weepers that will ...