12-20-2009, 01:39 PM | #31 |
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12-20-2009, 02:07 PM | #32 | |
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Oh, please. It's trivial to fake a normal URL if someone wants to dupe you:
http://www.bloggingstocks.com/2009/12/18/amazon-kindle-sets-record-e-reader-race-is-over/ Quote:
I don't think that's what the article is suggesting at all. They're saying that B&N and Sony are missing a critical sales window, while Amazon has enough stock to exploit the hype / interest during the time of year where a lot of product is sold. (Plus Sony isn't a "newcomer," it preceded Amazon in this market.) I.e. he's focusing on the "missed opportunity," not manufacturing skills. Thus, the real question is whether or not this holiday season will be critical in terms of determining long-term market share. And while Amazon can say "we're selling more Kindles than ever," without hard numbers it's very difficult to determine the true status of this horse race.... |
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12-20-2009, 02:28 PM | #33 | ||
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Add in 'Meanwhile, Amazon, an old pro in this market,' which is clearly meant to imply that they know what they're doing and obviously have had no supply problems of their own during past holidays, despite the fact that the DX now has a 4-to-6 week shipping delay. If all the article did was say that Sony ad B&N were missing an important sales window, it would be fine, but the article does more than that: it implies that the newcomers are incompetent and the All-Perfect Amazon has its act together - like always. The line that Amazon 'managed its supply chain well and can continue to fulfill' implies that it always has done so, because, well... they're the best! Quote:
They are obviously banking (not unreasonably) that by pounding home the party line that "we're the biggest, we're the best, we out-sell'em all" without proof that they will do so at some point buy discouraging purchases of other units. The "if you build it, they will come" school of hype. Last edited by Dahak; 12-20-2009 at 02:28 PM. Reason: changed 'that' to 'about' |
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12-20-2009, 04:55 PM | #34 |
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Well it's the perfect christmas gift so no suprises here. It's especially great for older relatives, the amount of mothers/fathers and grandparents receiving these this year from tech savvy kids must be huge.
I've already bought my mom one and she LOVES it. More readers on ebook devices means more market share, all the better for the technology! |
12-20-2009, 05:55 PM | #35 | |
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As to Amazon's press releases, they aren't doing anything different from any other competitor. No one is releasing numbers, and everyone is spinning whatever news, information, marketing and PR as they can to their advantage. |
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12-20-2009, 10:44 PM | #36 |
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Amazon wouldn't lie
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12-20-2009, 10:48 PM | #37 |
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Nobody's saying anyone's lying. They're saying that this article looks like shilling for Amazon (and I agree, it does), and that "more than" is pretty useless unless you have some idea of what they sold before and now...which we don't. Heck, is there any sales data for a reader out there?
It's hardly unique behaviour by a long way, but it is PR puffery. |
12-21-2009, 06:56 AM | #38 |
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I think the most current and relevant statistic published to date remians the Wired interview in October where Bezos claims 48% of sales of books where Kindle and paper versions exist are Kindle sales.
http://www.wired.com/gadgetlab/2009/...tional-kindle/ Annoying as the original article is for all the reasons above, I bet Amazon have shipped boat loads of Kindles in the past couple of months. Still haven't seen one in the UK, and Sonys are getting less rare on the commuter trains these days amjb |
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