Curmudgeonly & Skeptical presents Boned Jello: Kindle

Thursday, October 30, 2008

Kindle

Today's $50

I'll predict that one of the hottest gift items this year (adjusted for the economy) will be Amazon's Kindle. Since I'm the only person here who watches Oprah (wife has the TIVO remote at dinner time), I'll pass this on. As the Oper said, she's tried all the E-Books that are out there, and found them wanting. She was so enthused over Kindle that she devoted a major portion of her show with Amazon founder Jeff Bezos, and a priceless promotion of the product (just like she's done for The HIM). Trust me, you will want the former as much as you hate the latter. At $359 it's expensive. But if you're going to buy it, do it before Midnight, November 1st, and you can use this

Code for $50 off the price of Kindle: OPRAHWINFREY

PS ... I know how you feel about Oprah, I do too. But this isn't about her. It's about $50.

Rodger the Real King of France 10/30/2008 11:56:00 AM 15 Comments

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15 comments:

Anonymous said...: I understand Oprah endorses this product also... vigorously, in fact.

http://www.headostate.com/#; 10/30/08, 12:17 PM
Anonymous said...: PSALM 2008-2012

FIRST BOOK OF DEMOCRAT

OBAMA IS MY SHEPHERD, I SHALL NOT WANT.
HE LEADETH ME BESIDE STILL FACTORIES
HE RESTORETH MY FAITH IN THE REPUBLICAN PARTY.
HE GUIDETH ME IN THE PATH OF UNEMPLOYMENT
YEA, THOUGH I WALK THROUGH THE VALLEY
OF THE BREAD LINE, I SHALL NOT GO HUNGRY.

OBAMA HAS ANOINTED MY INCOME WITH TAXES,
MY EXPENSES RUNNETH OVER MY INCOME,

SURELY, POVERTY AND HARD LIVING WILL
FOLLOW ME ALL THE DAYS OF MY LIFE.

THE DEMOCRATS AND I WILL LIVE FOREVER
IN A RENTED HOME.

BUT I AM GLAD I AM AN AMERICAN,
I AM GLAD THAT I AM FREE.
BUT I WISH I WAS A DOG,
AND OBAMA WAS A TREE

stolen from ethernet
RAK; 10/30/08, 12:27 PM
Rodger the Real King of France said...: PS ... I know how you feel about Oprah, I do too. But this isn't about her. It's about $50.; 10/30/08, 12:46 PM
Anonymous said...: Well shit Rog, sell the product. Why would I want a Kindle? I can buy a lot of books at that price.

Casca; 10/30/08, 1:00 PM
Anonymous said...: Why dat screen not in color?

o-m-w; 10/30/08, 1:26 PM
Anonymous said...: I happened to be home sick that day and watched the Kindle promotion. I do believe it is worth it. You can download all the newspapers you want, daily, as well as books. The books are $10 cheaper for the Kindle that in hardback, so it will eventually pay for itself. The download seemed to be fast.

I agree. I am not an Oprah fan, but this is a nice product and the $50 off is nice.; 10/30/08, 2:25 PM
Anonymous said...: NO!!!

Absolutely not!

First, if Oprah recommended breathing, I would stop! Second, if price matters, go to the library and get yourself a card; you can read anything they have, you can ask them to get books or publications you want to read, and if you're REALLY squirlly, you never bring the books back! Just let them pile up in your basement, spare bedroom, attic, hallways, etc., till you have more books than the library and you become a lead feature on the six o'clock news when the SWAT team raids your house to get the over-due fines and the books back.

Hey... fifteen minutes of fame is fifteen minutes of fame, however you get it.; 10/30/08, 3:04 PM
Anonymous said...: First it's the big book of lesbian horse stories, next it's the amazon reader's kindle. Is there a connection here?

c.umulus n.imbusi; 10/30/08, 3:27 PM
Braided Hemp said...: I don't buy 1.0 of anything. Check Steve Gibson's great review http://tinyurl.com/69c63p

Keith in Kingwood; 10/30/08, 3:53 PM
Anonymous said...: Extras for the wife: they're selling pink Kindle silicone cases on eBay.

pinky gomez; 10/30/08, 4:34 PM
BlogDog said...: That's nuthin! Obama (the other negr O) has endorsed the Swindle at $50 a pop.; 10/30/08, 5:03 PM
Anonymous said...: I got a kindle a few months back (used my property tax refund check) and I'm loving it. Not only are the top line books cheaper than hardcover, they price the older books lower than the paperback price.

Plus, there are a handful of other sources for books that are in a compatible format. Baen.com is my favorite (they've got a nice free library of SciFi to peruse as well)

The only drawback of it that I've seen so far is that Oprah has endorsed it. But I got mine first, so I have no Oprah taint.

All in all, I'd say it's as good a purchase as my computer, and a better value than an Xbox... for me anyways.; 10/30/08, 7:28 PM
Anonymous said...: gebiv, "so I have no Oprah taint". Gee, I hope not, where would you warehouse that?

o-m-w; 10/30/08, 8:47 PM
Anonymous said...: Here's a little something everyone will like. I'll bet you can't listen to it just once. Thanks Hank!

Casca; 10/30/08, 10:29 PM
Anonymous said...: Well, after a year of dithering, I finally bought a Kindle. Not caring about any Opra taint, except now I know there is an 'h' at the end of the name. Fifty bucks is fifty bucks. It'll show up in a few days, and I may or may not offer my review.

I did notice that at least one blog is conspicuously absent from their feeds.; 10/31/08, 6:07 PM

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