Archive for October 2008
Oprah loves her Kindle – and offers you a discount!
This summer, Oprah received a gift that she says changed her life. “I’m telling you, it is absolutely my new favorite thing in the world,” she says.
As a special offer for Oprah viewers, Amazon.com is giving $50 off the price of Kindle. Enter the promotional code OPRAHWINFREY during the checkout process at Amazon.com to receive the discount. This offer is valid through November 1, 2008.
Code for $50 off the price of Kindle: OPRAHWINFREY
(Thanks, Sarah!)
No New Kindle in 2008
From Publishers’ Weekly’s daily email today, a report on Amazon’s quarterly notice says no new kindles this year:
CFO Tom Szkutak said that while sales of the Kindle have exceeded expectations, it does not plan to release a new version of the e-reader until 2009 “at the earliest.” He noted that Amazon has ramped up manufacturing capacity for Kindle, and the device is in stock. When the Kindle was introduced last November, the readers quickly went out of stock. Amazon said the e-book reader now accounts for more than 10% of unit sales for books that are available both in digital and print formats. Bezos said purchase of e-books is “additive” to sales of print books with Kindle e-book buyers tending to buy as many print books in addition to e-books.
Some kindle news this morning:
First, rumors of the Kindle version 2.0 found at the Boy Genius Report:
BGR reports that it’s a little wider, a little longer, and the buttons are shifted around, leading to no more turning the pages by accident. I know some people who would be grateful…
The photos show they’re also changing the keyboard to round buttons, as well as switching the scroll wheel to a joystick, on the right side. They say that the back will have a brushed metal finish … but will not be removeable, meaning no battery switching — and no SD card slot.
photos can be found here, with a backup at slashgear if BGR’s site gets overwhelmed.
(thanks for the early morning update, Scott!)
