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To: Smiling Bob who wrote (14862)	12/5/2008 8:59:52 AM
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AMZN - Either WSJ and CNBS or YHOO is not giving up in their cheerleading efforts, rehashing the same stories from earlier in week -- Want an Amazon Kindle? Too Bad—So Sad! Posted By:Jim Goldman Topics:Wireless Communications \| Video Games \| Information Technology \| Internet \| Technology Sectors:Software and Computer Services \| Software \| Telecommunications \| Internet \| Technology Companies:Amazon.com Inc \| Nintendo Co Ltd Adr \| eBay Inc \| Apple Inc Ahh the Oprah effect. Consider that the talk show world's version of King Midas recently featured the electronic book reader from Amazon.com dubbed Kindle on her show, hailing it as the greatest thing she's ever seen, and even had Amazon CEO Jeff Bezos on to tout Kindle's virtues. --- Better Scratch That Kindle Off Your List Amazon's E-Book Gadgets Sell Out After Oprah's Plug; Calculating the Whim Factor * Article * Comments more in Gadgets & Games » By JEFFREY A. TRACHTENBERG and CHRISTOPHER LAWTON For the second holiday shopping season in a row, Amazon.com Inc.'s Kindle e-book reader is out of stock, and more of the devices won't be available until mid-February, at the earliest. Amazon thought it had plenty in stock, but then the most powerful person in book publishing intervened. In late October, Oprah Winfrey described it as her "favorite new gadget" on her TV show. And just as Ms. Winfrey's reading selections turn no-name books into best sellers, the demand for Kindles soon overwhelmed Amazon.