Oprah’s favorite new gadget is confirmed to be the Amazon Kindle

By on Oct 23, 2008 at 11:54 PM
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Yeah we know this post sounds like something you might read at “People Magazine” but it does have some pretty serious gadget implications, so read on. If you don’t watch daytime TV, then you probably don’t know that Oprah has been hyping her October 24th show, during which she will announce her favorite gadget, like there is no tomorrow. Teaser videos are on her show’s website and on the front page of Amazon’s website. If you consider the fact that Oprah is the leader of the world’s biggest book club, it isn’t too hard to deduce that her favorite gadget just might be the Amazon Kindle. It also helps if you look at the source code of the XML file on her website and see that the keywords for Friday’s show include:

Oprah Fridays Live, gadget, favorite things, favorite new gadget, kindle, kindel, kindle device, amazon.com, edgar sawtelle, obc, oprah’s book club, Cristina Ferrare, Mattie Stepanek, money, economy, savings, dollars, recession, cooking, meals for less,

Cha-ching, can you hear the sound of Amazon’s virtual cash registers ringing up infinitive sales? The show will air on Friday, so if you want an Amazon Kindle, better buy one now. Who knows what will happen when the Oprah nation descends upon Amazon tomorrow. You have been duly warned.

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  • Jeremiah

    That sounds so sad that the Kindle will be backordered for so long after tomorrow’s show, yet it’ll be so true.

    Unless Amazon’s prepared with an overstock. Still–judging from her popularity, one should definitely get a Kindle YESTERDAY.

  • Pythagoras

    just purchased 1 for each of my extended family members and their pets + 20 more to bury in the back yard in a sealed safe just in case

  • Jose

    Oprah could say PBR is her favorite beer and that would be the best selling beer of 08′!!!

  • http://www.bgr.com The Boy Genius

    Maybe it’s a scam to move the rest of the first generation Kindles before… ah, nevermind! :)

  • UnseenLlama

    That’s what I was thinking… :-) Bring on the new Kindles! (my Mom wants one..hehe)

  • http://www.bgr.com Kelly Hodgkins

    One rumor mill was even saying Oprah would be rocking the Kindle 2.0 today. pure and utter speculation, though.

  • 1adonis1

    Wow, I bet they will be selling a shitload of kindles now.

  • Jim

    So now that Oprah has announced her pick for electronic gadget, can we expect her to never showcase another opposing electronic gadget on her show now? She is a racist ya know…

  • http://www.k5live.com likeabite

    lolol @ Jim…I’m sure she’ll show other gadgets but the Kindle’s days of being in stock are over as of this post. Opera has more fanboys/fangirls than all of Jobs Co. put together so Amazon is probably going to be shut down for the weekend.

  • Queen4111

    Price: $359.00

    This gadget has been available since Nov 2007.

    Anyone heard of this item before Oprah?
    Clever that she shows this to the world before Christmas……

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  • Ka Ching

    Never mind buying a kindle buying a kindle buy amazon stock now and sell it in the afternoon. You could get a free kindle

  • http://thepugetnews.com/2008/10/24/the-oprah-bump-for-kindle/ Eric Franklin

    Well now it’s official. The Oprah site has posted actual links to the Kindle and you can get $50 off the purchase price of a Kindle by typing OPRAHWINFREY in the checkout pipeline at Amazon (through November 1st). I bet that’ll move some units!

  • http://aol mary corbett

    I watched the oprah show and there was a 50.00 rebate for the kindle but I can’t find it also Iwanted some chicken receipes and I can’t find them either at oprah.com Your help would be appreciated!

  • http://Juno Shirley Schultz

    I also would like to find the chicken receipes from Oct. 24, but no luck. Can you tell me where to find them? Thanks Shirley

  • Dandurand

    I would like to find the chicken recipe with marinade (mustard, soy sauce,…?) from Oct. 24. Could you tell me where to find them. I looked on Christina recipes website, but did not find that rec
    ipe.
    THANK YOU
    / Liette

  • naomi

    I will get a kindle. Where have you been all my life.I buy a lot of book on cds.What a wonderful gaget.

  • alfred dammann

    on the Oct.24th show you inerviewed ceo of amzon and showed and gave all the kindle. ceo stated he was going give everyone ordering a kindle in seven days a discount of $50.00. I ordered three kindles Oct. 26th and have not been able to get the discount. Any suggestions.

  • Oprah Fan

    Sorry you had to get a code from the Oprah site (which was “OPRAHWINFREY” by the way, without the quotes) and plug it in during the checkout process. I remember I entered it in a box that was for “coupon” codes. It worked and I got the $50 discount.

  • Kat621

    If Oprah told her devoted followers to jump off a bridge, they would be dumb enough to do it. I don’t buy books that she recommends, I don’t have to vote for someone she endorses, because she does not speak for me.

  • Queen4111

    http://www.barnesandnoble.com/nook/compare/?cds2Pid=30197

    I’m glad I didn’t drink the kool-aid.

    I bought a Nook from Barnes and Nobles for 1/2 the price!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

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