Comments on: No Oprah Effect For Amazon Kindle? http://www.bestebookreaders.com/no-oprah-effect-for-amazon-kindle/ Everything Ebooks Mon, 06 Sep 2010 01:25:05 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0.1 By: Did We See an Oprah Effect? | K.indledhttp://www.bestebookreaders.com/no-oprah-effect-for-amazon-kindle/comment-page-1/#comment-189 Did We See an Oprah Effect? | K.indled Tue, 23 Dec 2008 14:41:30 +0000 http://k.indled.com/?p=253#comment-189 [...] the ears of so many folks in the nation. I got to admit that when Oprah endorsed Amazon Kindle, I was a bit skeptic. I wasn’t sure if Oprah could encourage ordinary folks to pick up this revolutionary device. [...] [...] the ears of so many folks in the nation. I got to admit that when Oprah endorsed Amazon Kindle, I was a bit skeptic. I wasn’t sure if Oprah could encourage ordinary folks to pick up this revolutionary device. [...]

]]> By: P. Radhttp://www.bestebookreaders.com/no-oprah-effect-for-amazon-kindle/comment-page-1/#comment-188 P. Rad Sun, 16 Nov 2008 00:38:36 +0000 http://k.indled.com/?p=253#comment-188 I completely agree with you that Kindle is a hard to resist product. Call me naive but it pains me to see folks paying more attention to everything except books these days. I think the technology has made a few of us lazier than before. We rather watch DVD books instead of reading books. We rather watch movies instead of spending time learning or enjoying books.But then again, I own Kindle and a bunch of other gadgets and I seem to find time for all of them. I completely agree with you that Kindle is a hard to resist product. Call me naive but it pains me to see folks paying more attention to everything except books these days. I think the technology has made a few of us lazier than before. We rather watch DVD books instead of reading books. We rather watch movies instead of spending time learning or enjoying books.

But then again, I own Kindle and a bunch of other gadgets and I seem to find time for all of them.

]]> By: Len Edgerlyhttp://www.bestebookreaders.com/no-oprah-effect-for-amazon-kindle/comment-page-1/#comment-187 Len Edgerly Sat, 15 Nov 2008 13:03:30 +0000 http://k.indled.com/?p=253#comment-187 I wonder if the Kindle and reading in general may actually benefit from the coming hard economic times, the way Hollywood flourished in the Great Depression. If people understood the literary riches available for free via the Kindle, and the savings on each book purchased, the initial outlay might be easier to handle. And your ideas about ways to finance the purchase etc. also seem worth Amazon's consideration.I also wish there was a way for Amazon to answer Sony's placement of their readers in stores, because the more people have a chance to get their hands on a Kindle, the more they'll be inclined to buy one.In all the interviews I've done for my weekly podcast, The Kindle Chronicles, I've never found anyone who has give the device a serious try and decided they didn't like reading on it. I wonder if the Kindle and reading in general may actually benefit from the coming hard economic times, the way Hollywood flourished in the Great Depression. If people understood the literary riches available for free via the Kindle, and the savings on each book purchased, the initial outlay might be easier to handle. And your ideas about ways to finance the purchase etc. also seem worth Amazon’s consideration.

I also wish there was a way for Amazon to answer Sony’s placement of their readers in stores, because the more people have a chance to get their hands on a Kindle, the more they’ll be inclined to buy one.

In all the interviews I’ve done for my weekly podcast, The Kindle Chronicles, I’ve never found anyone who has give the device a serious try and decided they didn’t like reading on it.

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