Comments on: 10 Million Americans To Own Kindle http://www.jeffbennett.com/2009/08/10-million-americans-to-own-kindle/ Sharing experiences as an entrepreneur, social media man, e-commerce pioneer, and student of life Sat, 07 Jan 2012 21:29:07 -0500 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.4 hourly 1 By: dealsbennett http://www.jeffbennett.com/2009/08/10-million-americans-to-own-kindle/comment-page-1/#comment-11166 dealsbennett Sun, 20 Sep 2009 18:07:50 +0000 http://www.jeffbennett.org/?p=2196#comment-11166 I love swaptree.com. Great service for trading books...and cd's, dvds and video games. Thanks for the comment. Come back again soon. I love swaptree.com. Great service for trading books…and cd’s, dvds and video games.

Thanks for the comment. Come back again soon.

]]> By: S Moore http://www.jeffbennett.com/2009/08/10-million-americans-to-own-kindle/comment-page-1/#comment-11161 S Moore Sun, 20 Sep 2009 16:17:47 +0000 http://www.jeffbennett.org/?p=2196#comment-11161 I just stumbled on here while surfing and had to leave a message to thank you about your reference to swaptree. I just bought a kindle (two days ago) after I got tired of selling my used books on Amazon. I never seemed to have enough space for my books and hate loaning my books out and never seeing them again. The Kindle will solve my space problem and swaptree will solve my loaning problem. Trading my books instead of loaning them out or selling them make so much more sense. Thanks again! I just stumbled on here while surfing and had to leave a message to thank you about your reference to swaptree. I just bought a kindle (two days ago) after I got tired of selling my used books on Amazon. I never seemed to have enough space for my books and hate loaning my books out and never seeing them again. The Kindle will solve my space problem and swaptree will solve my loaning problem. Trading my books instead of loaning them out or selling them make so much more sense. Thanks again!

]]> By: Jules Pieri http://www.jeffbennett.com/2009/08/10-million-americans-to-own-kindle/comment-page-1/#comment-10541 Jules Pieri Sun, 06 Sep 2009 15:10:00 +0000 http://www.jeffbennett.org/?p=2196#comment-10541 Do you remember the surprise email that initially released the Kindle to the Amazon customer base? It was in November 2007, just before Thanksgiving. I did not see it, but it was deeply inspirational to me in forming Daily Grommet. Here's why. A friend told me, "I got the email. I had no interest in the Kindle. It's not my kind of thing. But I saw the Maya Angelou and Michael Lewis talking head videos about using the Kindle. They seemed real, honest, and compelling. I immediately bought a Kindle, on the spot." I knew he was onto something. Especially the "real, honest" part. And the idea of how videos are more powerful than any other communication mechanism in e-commerce. For a person to spend $350 ish on a technology for which he previously had no interest is a big deal. (This friend is not an impulse purchase buyer, normally.) Do you remember the surprise email that initially released the Kindle to the Amazon customer base? It was in November 2007, just before Thanksgiving. I did not see it, but it was deeply inspirational to me in forming Daily Grommet. Here’s why. A friend told me, “I got the email. I had no interest in the Kindle. It’s not my kind of thing. But I saw the Maya Angelou and Michael Lewis talking head videos about using the Kindle. They seemed real, honest, and compelling. I immediately bought a Kindle, on the spot.”

I knew he was onto something. Especially the “real, honest” part. And the idea of how videos are more powerful than any other communication mechanism in e-commerce. For a person to spend $350 ish on a technology for which he previously had no interest is a big deal. (This friend is not an impulse purchase buyer, normally.)

]]> By: Lou Mindar http://www.jeffbennett.com/2009/08/10-million-americans-to-own-kindle/comment-page-1/#comment-9567 Lou Mindar Sun, 23 Aug 2009 15:29:08 +0000 http://www.jeffbennett.org/?p=2196#comment-9567 Jeff -- I just found your blog. Well done! This month's issue of Fast Company has an interesting article about amazon founder Jeff Bezos and the Kindle. The article talks about the potenial battle between Amazon and Apple via their iTunes store to capture the ebook market. Apple has some real advantages. Interesting reading. Jeff —

I just found your blog. Well done!

This month’s issue of Fast Company has an interesting article about amazon founder Jeff Bezos and the Kindle. The article talks about the potenial battle between Amazon and Apple via their iTunes store to capture the ebook market. Apple has some real advantages. Interesting reading.

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