Hoping to snag a Kindle DX as a last minute Christmas gift? Sorry, pal, you’re out of luck. The large-screen Kindle now has an estimated shipping date of 4 to 6 weeks according to its Amazon product page. It looks like ebook readers are the hot item this year, eh?

It’s kind of ironic that I found this TechFlash story minutes after I stated at the bottom of the latest Nook story that we haven’t heard of any Kindle shipping issues. It seems like I need to get another monitor just for ebook news these days. That will make a total of five.