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Originally Posted by eGeezer
Hmmm.
If Astak is trying to hold onto releasing the Plus until the EZ is gone, but doing so is harming sales for the EZ because everyone is waiting for the Plus, they should give away an EZ with every Plus sold. "Give away" could mean anything from literally giving them away to selling them at a deep discount so they recover at least some of their investment.
Then they would have twice as many units out there, people could give them to their friends who are on the fence about switching to ebooks, and they run less chance of winding up with a warehouse full of EZ's AND Pluses that missed their chance to be seen in the apparently fast-closing ereader market soon to be dominated soley by those who have ebooks to shore up their ereader losses.
Just a thought.
But then, I'm no businessman.
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You make more business sense than you think you do. I just registered specifically to post my thoughts on the matter, and I'm an example of what the delay has led to.
I was excited and fully on board with getting a Plus. I was even willing to put up with the delay. I wanted the best screen, pdf compatibility and more formats was a definite plus. I was doing my usual status check here when I noticed that the Kindle 3 was up for pre-order; I wasn't terribly interested, but went to take a look anyway.
After looking over the stats(particularly the screen) and then noting the price, I bit the bullet and put one on order. Had Astak simply done as you suggested, I'd happily have a Plus right now and never bothered with the Kindle.
By trying to save pennies Astak is losing both dollars and market share at an alarming rate. They really need to bite the bullet and save what is left of their customer base.