Re: Re: Kindle media reviews sometimes a little bizarre

> I dunno, Bill.  Your response seems pretty speculative, especially
> when you say that my analysis "merely reflects your internal hopes"

Really -- without data, what else could it reflect?  I guess, Amazon's
marketing.  Good point.

> We can also observe, as you can confirm for yourself, that the sales
> ranks of Kindle editions rise and fall in the Kindle store, which is
> evidence that there are people out there with Kindles buying ebooks.

Again, "evidence" from Amazon.  Any independent data?

> As far as early reviews are concerned, actual customer reviews by
> people who've received Kindles almost invariably give it four or five
> stars and have titles like "A few weeks in, and it's certainly not
> going to back to Amazon!" and "We need two," both posted today.  The
> only exception I've found in checking the newest customer reviews
> periodically was one titled "I returned mine: waiting for 'real' one"
> by Glenn Fleishman, the Seattle Times reviewer.

Again, "evidence" from...  Do I really need to say it again?

> What likelihood would you assign your scenario of Amazon trying to
> artificially discourage

A minor point -- it's not "my scenario" -- just an example of another
possible scenario equally well supported by the available data.  I doubt
it, myself, but don't have any data one way or the other.

I don't know which way the Kindle is going to shake out, but I'd sure
like to find some independent data on how well it's doing.

Bill


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