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Amazon Kindle sold out again way beyond Christmas
i4u.com - 11/28/2008
Amazon Kindle sold out again way beyond Christmas
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How is it possible that Amazon screws up again on the Kindle supply? If you would order a Kindle ebook reader right now the shipping is estimated to take place in 11-13 weeks, missing December 24th by an eternity. Is Oprah to blame? She recommended the ...
bits.blogs.nytimes.com - 11/26/2008
Amazon.com Tries User-Generated Public Relations
— bits.blogs.nytimes.com — Who do you trust more for holiday gift tips: Amazon.com employees or customers who get free trips and merchandise? (more) Amazon.com Tries User-Generated Public Relations

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amazon.com - 11/26/2008
Amazon's Holiday Customer Review Team
— amazon.com — Saving money is just as important as picking the perfect gift for your loved ones this holiday. I hope to give you as much detailed information as possible about the best gifts for 2008. The best thing you can do to make sure you pick the perfect ... (more) Amazon's Holiday Customer Review Team

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businesswire.com - 11/26/2008
Amazon.com Announces First-Ever Holiday Customer Review Team
— businesswire.com — SEATTLE--( BUSINESS WIRE )--Amazon.com, Inc. (NASDAQ: AMZN) today announced it has formed a Holiday Customer Review Team comprised of six of its top Customer Reviewers. These tell-it-like-it-is consumer advocates will provide fellow Amazon customers ... (more) Amazon.com Announces First-Ever Holiday Customer Review Team

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SlashGear:  Amazon Kindle sold out: three month delay

Obsessable News Feed:  Amazon Kindle sold out, new stocks due in three months

Gadgetell:  Amazon Kindle sold-out, refurbs available in limited quantities

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Amazon Kindle sold out: three month delay
SlashGear — ... store. Oprah Winfrey warmly endorsed the Kindle on her show back in October, in a move that was predicted to see sales of the ebook reader rapidly rise.  However Amazon are also rumored to be preparing the Kindle’s replacement, once expected to be on the market by this holiday season, but now believed to be delayed until Q1 2009.  It’s unclear what sort of overlap, if any, existing Kindle orders will have with shipments of the new device. [via I4U] ...

Amazon Kindle sold out, new stocks due in three months
Obsessable News Feed — ... Conversations: Amazon Kindle sold out again way beyond Christmas [I4U News] ...

Amazon Kindle sold-out, refurbs available in limited quantities
Gadgetell — ... course, as of this posting even those are sold out as well.  However, there are some alternative methods, but as you can expect, they are not going to be cheap.  The Amazon marketplace currently has some “used - like new” models that are available, which are priced anywhere from $500 even up to $1,500. Finally, for those that are really desperate, there is always eBay.  Heck, with prices like this, I am almost tempted to part with mine. Via [I4U]  Via [The Kindle] Full Story » | ...

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Amazon Kindle Sold Out Through Christmas (AMZN)
alleyinsider.com 11/26/2008 — Hoping to buy an Amazon Kindle for the book lover on your gift list? Wait 'til next year. Or pray. Or try eBay. Amazon says its Kindle will take "11 to 13 weeks" to ship and that it will arrive "after December 24." We assume that means the Kindle ...
Hey, Amazon: Start Selling Kindle 2.0 Tomorrow (AMZN)
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As holiday season closes in, e-books exploding in popularity
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Amazon Kindle 2 Slated For “Early Q1″
techcrunch.com 11/25/2008 — Update on the Kindle 2: It was scheduled to be released in October in time for this holiday season, but Bezos himself reportedly pulled the plug for last minute changes to the software. Our sources now say it’s tentatively scheduled to go on ...
Amazon Kindle 2 Might Ruin Christmas By Not Showing Up [Rumor]
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Kindle 2.0 to Hit Stores Early 2009
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Amazon Kindle 2 coming in early 2009?
boygeniusreport.com 11/26/2008 — It’s been almost two months since we scooped the Kindle 2 and since then, crickets. For those who need a quick recap, we’re talking about the sexied-up successor to Amazon’s popular Kindle eBook reader, set to further popularize ...
WSJ: "E-book readers are for real" — Amazon & the online retail blog
The Wall Street Journal reports that the fact that Kindle is sold out for its second holiday season "supports a realization that is slowly creeping through the industry: E-book readers are for real."
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Sony has sold 300,000 Sony Readers globally , according to the company as cited in Wall Street Journal. Time for Amazon to come out of the shadows and tell us how many Kindles it’s sold? Forrester Research puts that at 400K, but we don’t know if the estimate is accurate.  ...
Will e-book tech stand still for Amazon’? And what about this estimate of 400,000 units sold? — TeleRead: Bring the E-Books Home
In Why Amazon Doesn’t Need Kindle 2.0 , has a Forbes writer unwittingly provided ammo for those of us worried about Amazon’s excessive clout in the e-book world? Perhaps. Andrew Greenberg writes that E Ink, whose tech Amazon uses, isn’t planning major changes for around ...
Amazon's Sold-Out Kindle Their Best-Selling Gadget On Cyber Monday (AMZN) — Silicon Alley Insider
Today is "Cyber Monday," the day that comScore says is supposed to be an "accurate bellwether" for holiday e-commerce shopping. So what does it say that Amazon's (AMZN) best-selling electronic gadget , according to Amazon, is its back-ordered Kindle e-book reader -- which won't ship for three ...
Amazon Kindle Sold Out for Holidays — Gearlog
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A $1,495 Kindle — TeleRead: Bring the E-Books Home
Kindle sellers are aiming for “Buy It Now”  prices as high as $1,495 on eBay. The $1,494 is hardly typical, but it still reflects the demand, now that customers must wait weeks and weeks for new Kindles to arrive from Amazon itself. Related: Get a Refurbished ...
Want A Kindle Before Christmas? Get Ready To Pay — TechCrunch
Last year Amazon had trouble filling orders of the then-new Kindle, so eBay took over and prices rocketed to $1,500 . This year, same problem. Amazon says orders for Kindles will take 11-13 weeks to fulfill (which is, we believe, when they will launch the Kindle 2 ). So you aren’t getting ...
Amazon Kindle sold out well into 2009 — Electronista | The Macintosh News Network
The Internet-connected Kindle e-book reader sold exclusively at Amazon will not ship in time for Christmas, instead arriving at buyers' doors in between 11 to 13 weeks, according to a Friday report. The device was also sold out for the holidays last ...
Amazon Kindle 2 by Q1 2009? — Boing Boing Gadgets
Techcrunch — who have been wrong about the Kindle 2 release date before — are trotting out the rumor again, this time for a release in early 2009. According to Arrington, their earlier reports of a slimmer, longer Kindle with a less cubist keypad were not mistaken: Bezos himself ...
Amazon: No Kindles For You This Year — BARRONS.com: Tech Trader Daily
If you were planning to buy that special someone on your holiday shopping list an Amazon (AMZN) Kindle e-book reader, you better come up with something else. Amazon notes on its Web site that “due to heavy customer demand, Kindle is sold out.” Amazon advises ordering now though ...
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Haven't Ordered Your Holiday Kindle Yet? Never Mind — paidContent
Amazon is promoting the heck out of its Kindle digital reader on its front page and across the e-commerce site but won't be shipping any until well into Q109. The current wait time: 11-13 weeks. Dan Frommer confirmed with the company that it has sold out of the devices. There's also this note ...
An author’s experience with Kindle publishing — TeleRead: Bring the E-Books Home
I found this story at Joe Wikert’s Kindle Blog . It is the first one I’ve seen which describes what the Kindle experience is like from the sending, not the receiving side. Here are some excerpts. You can read the whole thing here . The first draft of THE HOLE has been available ...
Rumored: Amazon Kindle 2 to Arrive Q1 2009 — Mobilewhack.com
In case you were secretly planning to get yourself the new Amazon Kindle this Christmas then you should reconsider your choices. It looks like the new Kindle will only be available in the first quarter of next year. We've come a long way from Amazon's denial of the second Kindle. ...
Rumorama: Kindle 2 In Early '09 — Homotron.net
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Rumor: Amazon Kindle 2 for Q1 2009 — Ubergizmo
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Gadget Rumor: Amazon Kindle 2 Available Q1 2009? — GadgetReview
According to rumors, the successor to the Amazon Kindle is expected to arrive Q1 of 2009. The Amazon Kindle 2 looks to have smoother edges and rounded buttons on the QWERTY keyboard. It also has smaller page-turn buttons, joystick, larger screen, and a rumored 1.5GBs of storage. Expect an ...
Amazon Kindle 2 now rumored to be launching early-2009 — Gadgetell
Section: Gadgets / Other , Miscellaneous This certainly is not the first we are hearing about the Kindle 2 , however it looks like anyone who was holding out is going to have to wait a little longer.  Initially, the Kindle 2 was expected to hit the market this past October, which ...
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