I do let people hold my K2 if they are seriously interested. I want them to see how thin and light it is since it looks much thicker clipped into the Amazon case.
I take the GeekBook™ out of its amazon case and let them touch the glorious skin and see how deliciously sensuous it is to hold. Utah folks will talk to anyone. This is the place where 50% of the men have been on missions for their church, so they have no problem talking to strangers.
I was at the ER with my mom and the dr. there said he had a K1 and wanted to look at mine. I told him he needed to sell his k1 and get a k2. A nurse came in and saw us talking she bought his k1 and he is ordering a k2. It was kinda cool to see all the interest.
I'm averaging about one a week in various different places. What's interesting so far is that most everybody that's asked about it already knew what it was -- the conversations almost always start with "Is that a Kindle?" immediately followed by "Do you like it?" -- I suspect most of the folks I've talked to about it were fence sitters --- interested but not enough to buy one yet. And if the comments made are any indication I do believe at least a couple of Kindles got sold because of it.
I used to get a lot of questions, but oddly enough since I skinned Ginger the number of questions I get has decreased. It is almost like she is now incognito.
Of course my DH would simply say that it is because I am not hearing the questions because I am so involved in my book!
I was having an early dinner alone in a nearly empty restaurant the other day. The waitress first asked what my kindle was (which I was happy to answer). She then came back later, actually sat down in the other booth, and started asking specific questions. As she left, she said *your kindle is the talk of the staff*. Sure enough, before I finished dinner I had 3 waitresses, 1 waiter, and what I'm guessing was the manager all stop and ask questions! I didn't get much reading done, and my dinner got a bit cold, but it was worth it to see so many people excited to go home and look up Kindles on Amazon.
That sounds a lot like many of my solo dinners out. It's kind of fun to share the the joys of the Kindle with people, especially people who love to read. I don't get much reading done during those types of dinners, but the excitement of the waitresses and waiters over getting to see an actual Kindle in action and watch me demonstrate mine (I'm not enthused over handing mine over to someone either) is worth a slightly chilly dinner. Some of them have said they need to start saving for their Kindle, and others have said they're going home and placing an order.
On a recent flight, the person next to me was reading her magazine and I was reading my Kindle while we were waiting for the plane to finish loading. She asked me about the Kindle and we talked about it for most of the flight. I showed her a sample I had gotten while waiting for the plane to load on the earlier leg of the flight when I saw someone reading a book that looked interesting. I took my Kindle out of the cover so that she could see how thin and light it was. That was followed by adjustable font sizes, Text-to-Speech, and most of the other features. It seemed to be a very short flight. (It actually was a short flight - LA to San Jose - but it seemed shorter than it was.)
On a flight the week before I was also asked about the Kindle but the conversation was much shorter and we both went back to reading.
I am still hoping to see a Kindle in the wild, especially the original Kindle. I would love to see the silver cursor bar.
I take my Kindle with me any time that I know I will be waiting somewhere. I don't carry it with me every day b/c I am always worried that something will happen to it. The only time I have ever been asked about it was when I was sitting in the hospital waiting room using it and my father-in-law asked me what it was.
I get asked about one out of three times I have my Kindle out in public. I really like giving demos. I have a 30 second demo, a three to 10-minute demo, and an as long as they can last demo. I always demo the ability to change font sizes. It's really not like me (introvert), but I find myself hoping people will ask to see the Kindle. I don't currently subscribe to any papers, but I always make sure I have a single issue of some paper on the Kindle. People often ask about newspapers.
I let people hold and poke and push. There is a fair amount of interest in how much the Kindle weighs. I most often point out that the Oberon cover is NOT standard. I wouldn't want to mislead.
I'm at an Army officer's course right now and just about every student in my class (50 or so) has asked me about it. We also have numerous teachers that rotate in and out. Just about each has asked about it. At church people ask about it, and just about everywhere I go.
It's particularly inviting to soldiers as you can fit a year's worth of books in it and carry it overseas without taking the space or weight of all those paper books.
The most frequent question I get is, "how much?", and "are the books free after you pay that much for the reader?" My usual answer to that question is: "depends on what you read. If you mainly read classics in the public domain like I do, then yes."
I've really been surprised how often I've been asked about it. Downright bothersome at times.
After having gone 2 1/2 months without anyone asking about my Kindle when I was in public with it, today I had conversations with three different people! I was on the roof deck of my building reading next to a woman who had a DTB who asked about my Kindle and mentioned that her husband had one. He then joined her after 45 minutes and then we chatted about his experience; he asked if I had problems with my battery draining if I went more than a few weeks without using it -- I didn't realize there were people out there that could go that long with out using their Kindle! I told him I had never gone that long, as I read on it every day.
Then on the elevator down, a guy asked a few questions about it -- it made for a quick demo and info sharing discussion, as I had to cover everything I could before I got to my floor!
I've had the "price and are the books free question" myself before. I inquired of the last person that asked me that what they paid for their computer and did the additional programs come free.
Yes. It annoys me already. I just want to read and end up having to answer a bunch of questions and they want to know how it works so they end up seeing what I'm reading and my library which I don't want to share.
I think this is a good idea. . . .I also downloaded the nuclear book SAMPLE because it shows how charts and graphs can be well rendered. I usually have a current issue of the paper available too. . . .
I think this is a good idea. . . .I also downloaded the nuclear book SAMPLE because it shows how charts and graphs can be well rendered. I usually have a current issue of the paper available too. . . .
Ann, you are really well organized. I try to have at least one .jpg and one Word document that I have sent to the Kindle and had converted. That's pretty much advanced stuff for a 20-30 minute demo.
I was attending a Derby party given by one of my neighbors last night. Several of the ladies are also in my neighborhood book club and they've seen both my K1 and K2 before. They all dragged their husbands over and asked me to do a Kindle demo. I think they were hinting to their husbands for a Kindle as a gift. Of course, I had it in my purse in its Oberon cover. I don't leave home without it.
They actually sat me on a chair and gathered around like an audience. It reminded me of storytime when I was an elementary school teacher with my students gathered all around me for a story. Fun! I think two ladies are going to get a Kindle for Mothers' Day!
Most definitely. Every time I take it out I am asked about it by complete strangers. Most do not even know what it is. My daughter says she can hardly read at school because everyone wants to hold it, touch it, try it!
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