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Amazon Announces Top 100 Books of 2009

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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Customer Reviews for Whole Rabbit

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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Three Wolf Moon Singing Video Review on Amazon.com

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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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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Algonquin Hotel offering loaner Kindle’s to guests

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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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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Amazon Windowshop

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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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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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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Charlie Rose – An Hour with Jeff Bezos

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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