by Eric Franklin on November 2, 2009
I always think it’s a bit *ahem* manufactured when the Top 100 books of 2009 are announced with 16.66% of the year still left to go, but I guess that’s how you help drum up holiday sales. Anyways, Amazon announced its top 100 Books of the Year today.
The full list is here.
Here are the [...]
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by Eric Franklin on August 21, 2009
You deserve a break to click this:
Whole rabbit
Please read the customer reviews and check out the customer uploaded images. They’re great.
Three Wolf Moon and Tuscan Whole Milk, here it comes again!
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by Eric Franklin on August 12, 2009
Possibly the best Customer Video Review on Amazon I have ever seen. Professionally done and funny.
Just remember, you saw it here first!
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by Eric Franklin on May 11, 2009
Amazon today announced that the Kindle iPhone app supports purchasing of Kindle e-books. This should bring a compelling e-book offering to the more than 35 million iPhone and iPod touches already in the marketplace. In one simple update, the market for ebooks just got a whole lot bigger.
I’ve seen a lot of sites discussing [...]
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by Eric Franklin on December 8, 2008
Here’s a trend I think Amazon should push – hotels offering Kindles loaded with classic books to their guests during their stay.
I stayed at a hotel last year that offered Sealy Posturepedic mattresses, you know the ones with “your sleep number.” While I didn’t rush out to purchase one after the experience, I thought [...]
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by Eric Franklin on October 24, 2008
Well, not a huge shocker but it appears that Oprah’s “favoritest ever” and “life-changing” gadget being teased on Amazon’s homepage and on the Oprah site is indeed (drumroll please) the Kindle.
I believe I’ve endorsed this product on this site here as well but I’m not quite as powerful or well-followed as Oprah, so… now [...]
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by Eric Franklin on September 24, 2008
Some of the folks at Amazon.com have been working on a new, multi-sensory, multi-media shopping experience. It’s called Windowshop and I think it’s pretty intriguing and led me to several products I probably wouldn’t have found otherwise.
Give it a look-see and let me know what you think!
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by Eric Franklin on May 27, 2008
If you’ve been waiting for the price to lower on Kindle before you pick one up, wait no longer. Amazon has just dropped the price from $399 to $359 (and it still ships to you free via 2-day air). It may be a while before you see any further price drops…
I picked up a Kindle [...]
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by Eric Franklin on April 19, 2008
The Kindle is finally back in stock at Amazon. The flood gates are open.
Watch the promo video for more information on the device.
I’ve now ordered a Kindle twice and canceled my order prior to shipment, both times after waiting more that 4 weeks. I was really close to a delivery on one of those shipments. [...]
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by Eric Franklin on December 11, 2007
A great hour-long interview with Jeff Bezos, mostly centered on the new Amazon Kindle e-book reader but with other interesting tidbits on innovation in general.
101 of 112 current New York Times Bestsellers
Represents all major publishers
Most new releases are $9.99 (although I want to read “War and Peace” and that one is only $2.80)
“Think of [...]
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