Kindle on Oprah


Page at Oprah’s website about the Kindle.

Here is a link to a video of Bezos and Oprah giving a presentation called Kindle Class.

October 25, 2008 by Uncategorized 10

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  1. Bibliofuture says:
    October 25, 2008 at 5:25 pm

    $50 off
    If you were considering getting a Kindle the Oprah show did do one thing for you. They have a promo code for $50 off of the Kindle.

    Code for $50 off the price of Kindle: OPRAHWINFREY

    Link to Kindle on Amazon:Kindle: Amazon’s Wireless Reading Device

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  2. Bibliofuture says:
    October 25, 2008 at 5:58 pm

    Article in InformationWeek
    Oprah Endorses Amazon.com’s Kindle

    From article: Winfrey’s endorsement of the Kindle could lead to more than just a sales boost. It could go a long way toward moving the Kindle to the mainstream from a niche market.

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  3. mdoneil says:
    October 26, 2008 at 12:00 am

    What is that picture?
    Just looking at the picture it looks as if Oprah is endorsing postage stamps and holding a minipad.

    I wholly support the United States Postal Service; I am ambivalent about minipads, and I am never going to read a book on a Kindle or any other ebook device.

    I like a nice old fashioned book. You can’t throw a Kindle against the door so the cat will quit yelling at 3AM. Well you can, but not a second time.

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    • Bibliofuture says:
      October 26, 2008 at 1:14 am

      SD card
      She is holding up the SD card that provides extra storage for the Kindle.

      >>I am never going to read a book on a Kindle or any other ebook device.

      Why not? I am against reading off screens that are hard on your eyes but an e-ink screen is a physical thing just like a piece of paper. I also read every book on electronic book readers in the big font mode to make it even easier on my eyes than paper with a normal size font.

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      • mdoneil says:
        October 26, 2008 at 2:06 am

        Battery
        The battery in my book can’t go dead.

        I can take a book with me and read it on the airplane without anyone freaking out about electronic devices.

        If I roll over on my book after falling asleep I am unlikely to break it.

        Every book I want to read is available in book form.

        And the most significant reason, because I am old and crabby and I hate to see people staring at their phones, blackberrys, pdas, ebook readers and not communicating with others.

        I rode MARTA Monday and everyone was staring at some phone or game or other electronic device. When I flew back to Florida everyone flipped open their phones as soon as the wheels hit the ground. We rely on asynchronous and impersonal communication rather than just saying hello to one another.

        Books can be conversation starters… “Hey I read Obama Nation as well, but I am voting for him,” or “I love Chesterton’s Father Brown, have you read all of them?”

        I own a book from 1789 Transactions of the American Philosophical Society, it is a work of art – not in the sense that it is a painting or sculpture, but the idea that something was important enough to put all of the work required to make the paper, typeset, print, make the decorative end papers, calfskin binding and marbled covers. That is something worth treasuring and I will pass it along to my children in the hope that they will pass it along to theirs.

        The Kindle will be in the rubbish heap in a few years after it breaks.

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  4. effinglibrarian says:
    October 27, 2008 at 1:54 pm

    I would buy a Kindle for the free Internet.
    I’d need to research how much Internet I can get for free… could I post to my blog from Kindle? Could I post here? Can I get a map to display? I bet those answers are, No.

    So I would only get one if I figured out a way to get usable Internet for free. I don’t think I would ever pay one penny more for any accessory or download.

    Maybe some bunny or unicorn stickers so everyone knows it’s mine.

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  5. Anonymous says:
    December 22, 2008 at 3:10 pm

    Oprahs rich, maybe she’ll
    Oprahs rich, maybe she’ll give me one!?! or two even, c’mon ms winfrey – share the wealth share the deucation. Kindles come to africa i can see it now!!

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