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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. OMG all 3 units sold out in 5.5 hours!!!!! by Adeptus_Luminati · · Score: 3, Funny

    1. Market new product & advertize initial sale date
    2. Do not reveal how many (hand fulls) of product units are available
    3. On day of initial sale, reveal that product was sold out in 4 hours!!!!
    4. Let lame media pick up stories
    5. Enjoy free advertizement & viral marketing
    6. Pick another date to release a few more units
    7. PROFIT!!!!

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  2. But then again... by Joce640k · · Score: 5, Funny

    A lifetime of free wireless access to Wikipedia for $399 - that's a pretty good deal.

    I'm surprised it doesn't include "amazon email".

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  3. Re:Low production run? by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 1, Funny
    Call me a cynic, but I'd say its more likely a case of a limited production run so they can get sites like Slashdot to report how they sold out in just 5.5 hours.

    You mean they only made 5.5 units?

  4. Re:That's OK by MightyYar · · Score: 3, Funny

    I heard that "Christmas Lights 1.0" used to set fires and drip wax all over the tree.

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  5. Re:As a Sony ebook user by doyoulikeworms · · Score: 5, Funny

    Esoteric? Typical American attitude. Why, Korean Automotive Foreign Direct Investment in Europe: The Effects of Economic Integration on Motivations and Patterns of FDI and Industrial Location (Kindle Edition) is standard bedside reading for many of us 50 million South Koreans, thank you very much.

  6. Re:Low production run? by Prof.Phreak · · Score: 5, Funny

    I wonder how many units were made available.

    Only 1. It was bought 5.5 hours after launch by Jeff to ensure amazon.com was still up.

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  7. Re:DRM Suckage by QRDeNameland · · Score: 4, Funny

    Is it just me, or is there something a bit weird about naming a product for reading books with a word which means "to set on fire"? Now, maybe as a name for Dell laptop...

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  8. Re:That's OK by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 1, Funny

    There's an old rule in the computer biz: Don't ever buy anything whose version number ends with an even digit.

    Yeah, stick with stable software, like Windows 3.1, and Windows 95.

  9. Re:why bother? by Blakey+Rat · · Score: 2, Funny

    and if you insist on having access that isn't via WiFi, add a

    The suspense is killing me!!

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