Re: Kindle sold out in hours despite largely negative customer reviews

--- In [email protected], "John Landahl" wrote:
> The initial stock of the Amazon Kindle sold out
> within six or eight hours yesterday...

Did they say how many were sold?

> A third is that purchasers find some specific
> aspect of the Kindle, like the free wireless
> Internet connectivity, so useful for their own
> particular needs that they don't pay much attention
> to the overall product rating.

Really free?
No existing cell phone account necessary?

Also, has anyone read Amazon's publishing contract?
I read something about authors getting 35% *less taxes*, including
sales taxes.
What? When did sales taxes become an author expense?
Thought I bookmarked it. Gotta re-find that link.
Ed Howdershelt - Abintra Press
Science Fiction & Semi-Fiction
http://www.AbintraPress.com
My Fictionwise Ratings: http://tinyurl.com/26v45



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