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We can't really express in words how cool we think Amazon.com's head honcho Jeff Bezos is. We're super-obsessed, think he's brilliant, and pretty much want to be him. Anyway, he's awesome, and now he's making a tablet. Yes, in case you hadn't already heard, an Amazon Android tablet is about to hit the market. And today, the Observer reported that three of the biggest publishing houses have already inked content deals with Amazon: "Amazon has already cut deals with Conde Nast, Hearst and Meredith to offer magazine subscriptions and today the company announced a deal with Twentieth Century FOX that allows all Amazon prime members to stream FOX videos and movies." [Observer]