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Originally Posted by desertgrandma
Just look at the people over on the Amazon Kindle discussions page. One person bought TWO and then realized there was no whispernet coverage in her area. Didn't have the sense to check it out on the Amazon site first. Thats the Oprah mentality I hate. People will take what she says, buy a product, or book, not even beginning to wonder if there is any information missing that may be important.
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Well, to be fair, plenty of celebrities have that effect on people... that's why they do commercials. So I'd call it the celebrity-shill mentality, not to pin it all on Oprah. Besides, if people weren't responding to their shilling, often with a comical lack of forethought, it wouldn't matter what the celebrities did.
Sure, a lot of people are probably going to check out the Kindle, and a few of them may be disappointed in the experience. On the other hand, getting the Kindle that public exposure will be great for e-books in general, and should lead to a greater public awareness of the market overall. It might even help other readers work on homogenizing themselves into just a few popular formats (bandwagon, ahoy) and thereby give people better hardware choices.