Saturday, December 06, 2008

Thanks to Oprah?







Come on, Jeff.


  1. Dang, and I was hoping for one under my tree!!! :D

  2. I absolutely love my Kindle! I'm not sure about why Amazon so misjudged the demand but to give them the benefit of the doubt they probably did not expect Oprah to rave about it. Never underestimate the power of Oprah. I know when I ordered mine I had no problems getting it fulfilled in a couple days. Within days after Oprah's show the availability of the Kindle changed to a long wait.

  3. I guess the kindle is turning out to be more popular than I expected.

  4. Don't give up, Maggie - maybe you'll get one from an "early shopper."

  5. Debbie, Oprah's influence is amazing to watch. We are a nation of "sheeple."

  6. Come on Jeff is right. I am one of the people who has ordered a Kindle for the holidays and I won't be getting it until the end of February. I'm a little grumpy about it but there isn't much I can do. sigh.

  7. Jeane, with Amazon's clout and marketing ability, I'm not too surprised.

    BUT, Amazon has so far refused to publish actual sales figures so it's hard to judge just how successful the Kindle has really been.

  8. Stefanie, I wonder if you'll be getting the new version. I've heard rumors that the Kindle2 will be out sometime early in 2009.

  9. Sam, I wondered that too and inquired at Amazon. they said I will receive the version I ordered, which is version one. I'm wondering how true that is though since if they are relasing version 2 early next year, why would they continue to make version one at the same time? I guess I will find out in February!

  10. That's a bit weird, Stefanie. I have to assume that Version 2 offers something that Version 1 does not have, so wouldn't you prefer Version 2? Why would they send you the older one?

    Is it too late for you to cancel and re-order the newer one?