Why the Kindle Will Fail [Kindle Edition]

Rick Munarriz (Author)

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Product Description

Written in 2007 as the Kindle hit stores, a brief overview on the Kindle's shortcomings but why it will ultimately succeed as the champion of self-publishing.

Product Details

• Format: Kindle Edition
• File Size: 12 KB
• Sold by: Amazon Digital Services
• Language: English
• ASIN: B00101WARY
• Text-to-Speech: Enabled
• Lending: Enabled
• Average Customer Review: 1.4 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (19 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #126,298 Paid in Kindle Store (See Top 100 Paid in Kindle Store)

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153 of 162 people found the following review helpful:

1.0 out of 5 stars Read the Kindle Customer Reviews instead, January 8, 2008

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Paul Kotas (Seattle, WA) - See all my reviews

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This review is from: Why the Kindle Will Fail (Kindle Edition)

This 'book' is really nothing more than a customer review of the Kindle. It claims that Amazon was generating hype about the device by purposely limiting the initial supply, does some brief prognostications about the future of the device and how self-publishing of fluff pieces like this will proliferate with the Kindle.

Note: you can't download a free sample of this 'book' because it is shorter than a typical Kindle sample.

Save a dollar and read the customer reviews instead.

68 of 72 people found the following review helpful:

1.0 out of 5 stars Don't Read Kindle reviews by non-Kindle owners/users, February 29, 2008

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David S. White - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Why the Kindle Will Fail (Kindle Edition)

It is an extraordinary waste of time to read a review by somebody who does not own/use a Kindle. I have had mine since Dec 10, 2007, have hundreds of books, magazines and blogs on there, take my Kindle with me everywhere including business travel, and spend hours a day reading multiple books on my Kindle.
It is frankly insulting to be told that the 'Kindle will fail' by an ignorant non-owner/user, when I have logged the hundreds of hours that I have on my Kindle and sincerely believe that the Kindle will NOT fail- evidenced by the probably 15 other people who I have shown mine to and who have subsequently ordered one for their very own! And not a one has come back and told me that I misled them. Don't even wast your time unless you just have a negative orientation and you really like to slam things that you know little or nothing about. As Lincoln said, paraphrased- "It is far better to keep your mouth shut than to talk and remove any doubt about your ignorance."

95 of 109 people found the following review helpful:

1.0 out of 5 stars Inaccurate, completely biased book., February 2, 2008

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Judith Crichfield (Phoenix, AZ) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Why the Kindle Will Fail (Kindle Edition)

I actually purchased this book to simply evaluate what the author had to say about something he seemed to be informed about. However, the author admits that he has never haed a kindle, abd it seems like he is basing his opinions on brief overviews that do not comr close to ezplaining all of the features: however, some of his observations are partially correct. Sure you can buy a dictionary seperate, but once you come across a few words on a page that you dont understand, you will truely appreciatee the speed at which you xan find definiyions with minimal effort. amother invalid observation is that the kindle only crawls across the internet; it is faster than dial up and free so why complain? i simply believe the author wrote this book as a cheap trick to get you to spend your money on something tyhat will surely@attract your attention.
Simply put, i took the time to write this review to tell you that there is no truth to this article,and to not waste your money on it.