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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 Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Flamebait

    Fortunately a lot of us aren't as stupid with their money as you seem to be. So go ahead and be an early adopter and then watch as the rest of us buy a better product cheaper in 6 months.

  3. 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