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Kindle Will Flop

November 19, 2007 – 4:07 pm

People who like to read books, buy books not bits.

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  1. 9 Responses to “Kindle Will Flop”

  2. I agree; as an avid book reader (and purchaser), this oversized gimmick seems needless.

    I mean, I already have a problem with the price of books. They are overpriced; make them cheaper and more people would actually buy books!

    And really, will Kindle format my new issues of Swank appropriately? I think not.

    By schlomo on Nov 19, 2007

  3. Mo

    Thought for sure you were a Shiksa Sluts reader.

    By Loren Feldman on Nov 19, 2007

  4. I thought the same thing. Who wants to carry around what is basically a second laptop/blackberry to read a book? It’s a $400 POS in my opinion.

    By trish on Nov 19, 2007

  5. You’re dead on, Loren. Not only are the $400 price point and charging for blogs insane ideas, but so is the $20-$30 price range for the “books” it supports. Did Amazon forget they do fulfillment for merchants who sell used *printed* books for less than a dollar in some cases? Amazon is stupid, stupid, stupid.

    By Art Lindsey III on Nov 19, 2007

  6. Art,

    You have a very cool name my man.

    By Loren Feldman on Nov 19, 2007

  7. How do people at Amazon become powerful enough to implement such a stupid idea, if they’re that stupid?

    It defies reason.

    By Vince Williams on Nov 19, 2007

  8. What was Amazon.com thinking?!?

    First, ascetically, its ugly. You might have some artsy people paint it or put stickers on it or something, but the average person is just going to walk on by.

    And also, don’t they realize that the days of the single use device are over? even our cellphones have cameras and GPS in them, and our PSPs have internet access and play movies.

    Major flop, and you are so right Loren.

    By Ryan Graham on Nov 19, 2007

  9. I fully agree Loren….It is so lame. I’m watching the Amazon CEO on Charlie Rose and its just sad.

    By mh on Nov 20, 2007

  10. When i studied economics in university, we learned that there are companies which don’t make much profit, but would have great investment possibilities if they would borrow money for the investment, often CEO’s don’t, because they think it’s to risky. On the other hand, there are companies which have to much money and invest in bad investments…. which one is amazon.com ?????

    By humm on May 2, 2008

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