$50 off Amazon Kindle

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Oprah calls Kindle "her new favorite thing," gives everyone $50 off

Been waiting patiently for the next-generation Kindle(s) to hit the market? Growing increasingly frustrated with the wait? Thanks to the Amazon e-reader becoming Oprah Winfrey's "new favorite, favorite thing in the world (can't you see the jubilation on her face?)," you might just have to finally pull the trigger on the existing iteration. As a special offer for Oprah Show viewers (and by extension, everyone who reads this post), Amazon.com is now offering $50 off of the Kindle's $359 price tag by simply entering the code OPRAHWINFREY at checkout and envisioning Tom Cruise leaping on your computer desk. Better act fast, though -- the offer's only good through November 1st, and yes, that Tom Cruise bit is required.

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Kindle retails for $359 - $50 discount = $309

 

[Schmide]

0413 ?

 

[esquared]

Originally posted by: Schmide
0413 ?

No OPRAHWINFREY

 

[Kaido]

First-gen Kindle blows chunks. It's 99% perfect, but the hardware UI is terrible. Just a really bad design. Your hand will cramp up trying to hold it without accidentally hitting the paddles. The paddles will make you skip pages on accident when you pick it up, shift hand positions, or just try to hold it normally. The rest of the tech is wonderful, but since it's so crappy to use I don't recommend the first-gen model. Sold mine a week or so after buying it.

Wait for Rev 2.

 

[frostedflakes]

Sweet. I'm going to buy one and download over 9000 books.

 

[Ayrahvon]

Nice! So tempted but even at $309 it seems a bit pricey.

 

[Kaido]

Originally posted by: frostedflakes
Sweet. I'm going to buy one and download over 9000 books.

Be sure to get a memory stick to supplement the internal memory. A 2 gig chip can hold something like 2,000 books

 

[Kaido]

Originally posted by: Ayrahvon
Nice! So tempted but even at $309 it seems a bit pricey.

The main reason (aside from being a new product - R&D) is that it comes with a lifetime cellular Internet connection. You don't have to pay a monthly fee or be near a Wifi hotspot, you can just download books anywhere you get a cell phone signal, plus use basic Internet features. It's like having a permanent data plan for your Kindle!

 

[Rike]

My wife loves hers and it has cut down the clutter from books to nothing. It may sound trivial, but if you live with an avid reader, you know what I mean.

 

[rpanic]

To the people that have kindles, do you actually pay for the electronic version of the books they seem kind of pricey on Amazon are there cheaper ways to go? I like the feel of a book in my hands and turning pages not sure if I could get use to this but wife is always complaining about my books being all over the place.

 

[nageov3t]

I've heard that amazon is on the verge of releasing a new version, so I've been holding off for now.

 

[Rike]

Rike's Wife here .

I have always been addicted to the written word (literature degree) and never thought that I would get used to an electronic version. I love the smell of books, the feel of the paper, the act of turning the page...I even took classes on making artist books while earning my other degree (art). I have collected leather bound classics since I was in junior high, but...

I got over it! Now, I love the lack of clutter. I love taking as many books as I want with me wherever I go. I love that it fits in my purse. Some books are only slightly cheaper than the paper versions on Amazon, but I didn't get the kindle for economic reasons--I got it because I love to read but have no more room (4 kids, small house...). Get one. You'll love it.

 

[Kaido]

Originally posted by: Rike
Rike's Wife here .

I have always been addicted to the written word (literature degree) and never thought that I would get used to an electronic version. I love the smell of books, the feel of the paper, the act of turning the page...I even took classes on making artist books while earning my other degree (art). I have collected leather bound classics since I was in junior high, but...

I got over it! Now, I love the lack of clutter. I love taking as many books as I want with me wherever I go. I love that it fits in my purse. Some books are only slightly cheaper than the paper versions on Amazon, but I didn't get the kindle for economic reasons--I got it because I love to read but have no more room (4 kids, small house...). Get one. You'll love it.

Bah, convince my wife that. She shunned the Kindle as soon as I told her about it for those very reasons, lol. I've digitized everything else - photos, music, documents, movies - we just need our books to go digital and we'll be fairly clutter-free. Never, ever gonna happen in my household :laugh:

 

[Kaido]

Originally posted by: loki8481
I've heard that amazon is on the verge of releasing a new version, so I've been holding off for now.

Yeah I've heard that too...personally I love the Kindle, I just hate the physical interface. Hopefully this $50 off deal means they're moving old stock to make room for new ones :thumbsup:

 

[DaveSimmons]

Originally posted by: rpanic
To the people that have kindles, do you actually pay for the electronic version of the books they seem kind of pricey on Amazon are there cheaper ways to go? I like the feel of a book in my hands and turning pages not sure if I could get use to this but wife is always complaining about my books being all over the place.

Yes you pay. A lot of the pricey ones are actually not bad if you realize the Kindle version came out at the same time as the $20+ hardcover, not 6-12 months later with the paperback. Many kindle prices do drop in between the two, and again once the paperback is out.

Kindle can also read text and the non-DRM version of mobipocket, and there are free mobipocket tools for converting other formats.

So you can buy DRM-free SF & fantasy ebooks from baen.com, or read books from the Baen free library and from Project Gutenberg.


I want a kindle, but I'm holding out for the Jasper editio--I mean for Kindle 2.0

 

[Ayrahvon]

Originally posted by: Rike
Rike's Wife here .

I have always been addicted to the written word (literature degree) and never thought that I would get used to an electronic version. I love the smell of books, the feel of the paper, the act of turning the page...I even took classes on making artist books while earning my other degree (art). I have collected leather bound classics since I was in junior high, but...

I got over it! Now, I love the lack of clutter. I love taking as many books as I want with me wherever I go. I love that it fits in my purse. Some books are only slightly cheaper than the paper versions on Amazon, but I didn't get the kindle for economic reasons--I got it because I love to read but have no more room (4 kids, small house...). Get one. You'll love it.

As a lot of have complained about the physical interface on the kindle in terms of comfort holding it and the page turn buttons being in position to accidentally turn them, I was wondering what your thoughts were on it as I've never held a kindle before.

 

[unclebabar]

I saw the Sony e-book thing at Target for $300 last week. Seems like that's the price I see it at most often. Don't know if it has anything comparable to "lifetime cellular Internet connection" or how it compares otherwise.

 

[Rike]

Originally posted by: Ayrahvon

Originally posted by: Rike
Rike's Wife here .

I have always been addicted to the written word (literature degree) and never thought that I would get used to an electronic version. I love the smell of books, the feel of the paper, the act of turning the page...I even took classes on making artist books while earning my other degree (art). I have collected leather bound classics since I was in junior high, but...

I got over it! Now, I love the lack of clutter. I love taking as many books as I want with me wherever I go. I love that it fits in my purse. Some books are only slightly cheaper than the paper versions on Amazon, but I didn't get the kindle for economic reasons--I got it because I love to read but have no more room (4 kids, small house...). Get one. You'll love it.

As a lot of have complained about the physical interface on the kindle in terms of comfort holding it and the page turn buttons being in position to accidentally turn them, I was wondering what your thoughts were on it as I've never held a kindle before.

It definitely takes some getting used to, but I took it on a cruise for two weeks and by the time I was through the first book, I had adjusted to it. I like the size of it (comfortable to hold) and really don't have issues with the buttons unless one of the kids walks up and grabs it...

 

[Skott]

I was thinking of getting a Kindle for myself this Xmas. Has anyone heard if or when a rev2 is planned? Last I looked Amazon's site hadnt mentioned one planned. Hate to buy one then have a new revision come out a couple months later.

Edit: Rumors of a Kindle 2.0 have been denounced. Maybe 2009 but nothing definite.

http://www.engadget.com/2008/0...-on-kindle-2-0-rumors/

 

[DaveSimmons]

Originally posted by: unclebabar
I saw the Sony e-book thing at Target for $300 last week. Seems like that's the price I see it at most often. Don't know if it has anything comparable to "lifetime cellular Internet connection" or how it compares otherwise.

You need a PC to download books, so you can't buy them away from home like with Kindle. Also, Sony and Amazon use different DRM schemes so a Sony reader only has access to Sony's much smaller selection of books.

 

[Kromis]

Originally posted by: frostedflakes
Sweet. I'm going to buy one and download over 9000 books.

I see what you did there

 

[PokerGuy]

I'm guessing (and hoping) that this discount is their way of pushing all the Rev 1 machines out the door before releasing the new Rev 2 ones. I'm also hoping the new revision will handle PDF's as well, but I dunno.

Still too pricey, and I'm not getting the rev 1 device with the rev 2 just around the corner.

 

[Sesopedalian]

I read an article about why the electronic book readers have never caught on, and I see most the of the reasons right in this thread. It will be interesting to see if they gain in popularity or just die off.

 

[BladeVenom]

Originally posted by: DaveSimmons

Originally posted by: unclebabar
I saw the Sony e-book thing at Target for $300 last week. Seems like that's the price I see it at most often. Don't know if it has anything comparable to "lifetime cellular Internet connection" or how it compares otherwise.

You need a PC to download books, so you can't buy them away from home like with Kindle. Also, Sony and Amazon use different DRM schemes so a Sony reader only has access to Sony's much smaller selection of books.

Sony loves their DRM too much. Their first attempt had to be the most worthless POS in the history of electronics.

 

[LongTimePCUser]

The reason I am holding off and waiting for 2.0 are the reports I have read that say that graphic figures, diagrams and phots are difficult to read on the Kindle 1.0. Since I read a lot of technical books with illustrations, I want to wait for the next version.