Look for a flood of Amazon Kindle 2 postings soon, as the very first orders of the popular digital book reader are heading towards customers around the country. According to Engadget, customers are already receiving notices from the bookseller that the orders have shipped.

If you want to see more, the site also links to the Kindle 2 Owners Manual. GalleyCat reported from the Kindle 2 launch earlier this month, scoring that video interview with Stephen King, getting his thoughts about Kindle, iTunes, The Police, and the future of reading.

Here's more from Engadget: "[W]e're seeing a flood of shipment notifications head our way. So far as we can tell, the second iteration of the Kindle e-reader is shipping en masse, and Amazon even lists the thing as 'In Stock' on its website. Of course, the original Kindle had that status for about 3.87 (okay, 5.5) hours before slipping into backorder land for far too long, but we're hoping the supply chain's a bit more ready for the rush this go 'round."