Apparently I got very lucky as I ordered my 600BC on Tuesday. I thought about pre-ordering way back when they were first announced, then thought it best await the news conference to make sure the rumors were correct. I checked the Best Buy website yesterday and some of the new Readers were listed as available and some as backordered. At least sony shipped the first ones before their self-imposed August 31 date. As I recall, most people who ordered the first Kindles had to wait months for their backorders to be filled. I'm sure hoping this new Reader blows my Kindle2 out of the water. I think it will.