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Amazon's Kindle Sells Out In 5.5 Hours

Posted by ryuzaki0 on from the kindling-burns-quickly dept.

necro81 writes "As reported on Engadget, Amazon's Kindle e-book reader has sold out. Charlie Rose's interview with Jeff Bezos reveals that the Kindle sold out within just 5-1/2 hours of going on sale. Amazon hasn't revealed how many it had in stock at launch, so it may just be that they didn't anticipate early demand. A check of the Kindle's product page shows that more will be rolling out starting December 3rd." Wired also has a brief head-to-head of the more prominent ebook readers and PCWorld has a review of the new gadget from Amazon.

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  1. How did Sony screw up? by heroine · · Score: 0, Flamebait

    Sony screwed up so badly with e-books, they're the only company which would fail to sell oil. Sony's only successful invention this decade is Blu-Ray.

  2. Re:At first I was ready to buy... by SageMusings · · Score: 0, Flamebait

    Whining? Don't have $400 to spend? All I said was the price would have to come down before I would buy one. If you are going to put words in my mouth, at least chose the correct ones.

    I really hope you do blow $400 on this thing. It would be a valuable lesson for you when you realize the product (in its current form) will likely not take off and become orphaned. Early adoption of over priced tech is a foolish thing.

    that sucks for you

    Are you 15 years old?

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    -- Posted from my parent's basement