Kindle DX Sold Out; Try Again Wednesday

sirbruce · 06-14-2009, 10:46 PM

http://www.pcworld.com/article/16663...ml?tk=rss_news

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The Kindle DX, which started shipping on June 10, is now listed by Amazon.com Inc. as out of stock until June 17.

Apparently, the pre-orders and first-day orders of the 9.7-inch wireless reading device, priced at $489, exhausted Amazon's supply. Amazon officials were unavailable to comment immediately.

Analyst Van Baker of Gartner Inc., said Amazon is probably intentionally keeping the DX supply low to attract more interest.

Modern Bear · 06-14-2009, 10:56 PM

Cool now we can look forward to people selling Kindle DXs on eBay for $5000 to the desperate types

HarryT · 06-15-2009, 03:36 AM

I wonder why anyone would expect "Amazon officials to comment"? Things go out of stock at Amazon all the time, and one doesn't expect an "official announcement" about it.

Who are you? · 06-15-2009, 04:27 AM

Because this time it's likely to be picked up by the media, and thus generate additional interest and exposure for the DX.

GeoffC · 06-15-2009, 06:27 AM

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Originally Posted by Who are you?

Because this time it's likely to be picked up by the media, and thus generate additional interest and exposure for the DX.

as a marketing ploy it is often a very successful one....
in fact it makes me wonder if the "selling out" could be a ruse to generate this kind of interest (not that there has been a shortage of media activity on the Kindle in all its 3 guises)....

but I'm probably just being cynical seeing there are other manufacturers with the same excuse......it's likely just a problem with supply of e-ink displays.

HarryT · 06-15-2009, 06:29 AM

Bookeen are sold out of the Gen3 at the moment. As you say, it's almost certainly the supply of screens that's the limiting factor.

Sweetpea · 06-15-2009, 06:34 AM

Hmm, isn't that a good thing? It would imply that people are picking up on the technology (reading from a device, instead from a book).

Unless you're waiting for your device, then it's a bad thing

cheese bogart · 06-15-2009, 06:56 AM

[quote=Sweetpea;492121]Hmm, isn't that a good thing? It would imply that people are picking up on the technology (reading from a device, instead from a book).

But how many of the people who have bought the DX already owned an ereader compared to new users of the technology?

Sweetpea · 06-15-2009, 07:19 AM

Good point there...

purl4peace · 06-16-2009, 12:45 PM

Right now, the website says it is out of stock until June 22 so looks like either their second shipment was delayed, or lost of folks who got the first ones had to return them due to defects (thus depleting the second shipment)... or that the demand is starting to ramp up for the DX...

sirbruce · 06-19-2009, 04:25 AM

And now it's out of stock until June 26.

Hope you got yours early, folks!

poohbear_nc · 06-19-2009, 09:14 AM

Anyone have any idea/guesstimate how many units were sold in this initial roll-out?

purl4peace · 06-19-2009, 09:38 PM

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Originally Posted by poohbear_nc

Anyone have any idea/guesstimate how many units were sold in this initial roll-out?

This is a total swag but....

The Kindle DX has been out a little over a week and currently has 136 reviews.

By contrast, when the Kindle 2 had been out for roughly the same time period, it had around 450 reviews.

Not all reviews in either case are from people that actually own the device -- in both cases, there are a fair number of "I don't own a Kindle but I'm going to voice my opinion anyway..."

Extrapolate from this what you will.

06-15-2009, 03:36 AM	#3
HarryT eBook Enthusiast Posts: 24,773 Karma: 43285 Join Date: Nov 2006 Location: UK Device: Gen3, Opus, DR1000S, iPod Touch, Pocketbook 360, PRS-600, Kindle 2	I wonder why anyone would expect "Amazon officials to comment"? Things go out of stock at Amazon all the time, and one doesn't expect an "official announcement" about it. __________________ Harry

06-15-2009, 06:29 AM	#6
HarryT eBook Enthusiast Posts: 24,773 Karma: 43285 Join Date: Nov 2006 Location: UK Device: Gen3, Opus, DR1000S, iPod Touch, Pocketbook 360, PRS-600, Kindle 2	Bookeen are sold out of the Gen3 at the moment. As you say, it's almost certainly the supply of screens that's the limiting factor. __________________ Harry

06-15-2009, 06:34 AM	#7
Sweetpea Wizard Posts: 4,096 Karma: 9260 Join Date: Dec 2008 Location: Krewerd Device: Pocket Loox 720; JoinTech JE100; Mini	Hmm, isn't that a good thing? It would imply that people are picking up on the technology (reading from a device, instead from a book). Unless you're waiting for your device, then it's a bad thing __________________ War of the Worlds Tour 2010 coming up!

06-15-2009, 07:19 AM	#9
Sweetpea Wizard Posts: 4,096 Karma: 9260 Join Date: Dec 2008 Location: Krewerd Device: Pocket Loox 720; JoinTech JE100; Mini	Good point there... __________________ War of the Worlds Tour 2010 coming up!

06-19-2009, 09:14 AM	#12
poohbear_nc Compulsive Reader Posts: 946 Karma: 4810 Join Date: Feb 2009 Location: Durham, NC Device: Kindle 1 & 2 & DX!	Anyone have any idea/guesstimate how many units were sold in this initial roll-out? __________________ "I read about that in a thing with actual pages in it. A quaint thing where you flip the paper over. A book. That was it" (Ford Prefect in And Another Thing) Now reading: The Great Hunt - Robert Jordan The Labours of Hercules - Agatha Christie Moby Dick - Herman Melville More Work for the Undertaker - Margery Allingham

06-14-2009, 10:56 PM	#2
Modern Bear Member Posts: 17 Karma: 48 Join Date: May 2009 Location: New York, USA Device: Sony PRS 505 & 700	Cool now we can look forward to people selling Kindle DXs on eBay for $5000 to the desperate types

06-15-2009, 04:27 AM	#4
Who are you? Groupie Posts: 177 Karma: 3543 Join Date: May 2009 Device: 505	Because this time it's likely to be picked up by the media, and thus generate additional interest and exposure for the DX.

06-15-2009, 06:56 AM	#8
cheese bogart Connoisseur Posts: 69 Karma: 76 Join Date: Feb 2009 Location: Brighton, England Device: prs-505 (Silver)	[quote=Sweetpea;492121]Hmm, isn't that a good thing? It would imply that people are picking up on the technology (reading from a device, instead from a book). But how many of the people who have bought the DX already owned an ereader compared to new users of the technology?

06-16-2009, 12:45 PM	#10
purl4peace Mommy of Many Interests Posts: 139 Karma: 660 Join Date: Sep 2008 Location: Wake Forest, NC Device: Kindle DX, Sony PRS-505, Cybook Gen3	Right now, the website says it is out of stock until June 22 so looks like either their second shipment was delayed, or lost of folks who got the first ones had to return them due to defects (thus depleting the second shipment)... or that the demand is starting to ramp up for the DX...

06-19-2009, 04:25 AM	#11
sirbruce Provocateur Posts: 1,859 Karma: 5727 Join Date: Feb 2009 Location: San Jose, CA Device: Kindle 2, Kindle DX, iPhone 3GS	And now it's out of stock until June 26. Hope you got yours early, folks!

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