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back in april, i said:
> oh, by the way, i think it's hilarious that the web echo-chamber
> has announced to itself that this thing will debut "this spring"...
>
> by my calendar, spring is 1/3 sprung already, and i haven't heard
> one word of this from amazon itself. have you? i didn't think so.
>
> is it really our opinion the p.r. department for the world's biggest
> bookstore has been struck deaf-dumb-and-blind? no sir, children.
>
> i can't say for sure, because i am not them, but if i _were_ them,
> i'd announce this along about june and have 'em available september
> for positive reviews aimed at the year-end holiday gift-giving season,
> when conspicuous consumption is the order of the day, doncha know?
well, it's june. two weeks until the end of "this spring". any new word?
no? well, um, gee, exactly what i thought. heard any good echoes lately?
and if nothing is announced by the end of july, there will only be a lump of
coal in your christmas stocking, no $50 e-book reader-machine for _you_!
-bowerbird
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