Yes. It certainly seems so. Here’s the transcript from a mini-interview of Steve Jobs by Walt Mossberg – Mossberg: Why should she buy a book for $14.99 on your device when she can buy that for $9.99 on the Amazon Kindle? Jobs: Well, that won’t be the case. Mossberg: Meaning you won’t be $14.99 or they won’t [...]
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Confirmation bias is basically our tendency to interpret facts in a way that just reinforces what we already believe. We tend to ignore facts that goes against out beliefs. We also actively search for and pick facts that supports our beliefs. Finally, we interpret data in a biased way. Understanding Confirmation Bias Before we jump into why Confirmation Bias is important when it comes [...]
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The Kindle Store has 4 free pre-orders. They ship Feb 1st – However, you can (and should) order them now – Celebutards by Andrea Peyser. The New York Post columnist’s book is heartily endorsed by Sean Hannity. It’s also endorsed by Amazon customers – 4 stars on 34 reviews. Crossing the Gates of Alaska by Dave Metz. It’s [...]
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There has been a flurry of articles proclaiming the death of eReaders. Thought it’d be fun to compile all the reasons people think eReaders are doomed and see whether any patterns show up. What are the main reasons people think eReaders are dead? The iPad is revolutionary. iPad can do multiple things – it’s not limited to [...]
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Finally, we get confirmation from Mr. Bezos that Kindle sales are in the millions – This was in Amazon’s earnings release and also brought up during Amazon’s Q4, 2009 earnings call. Amazon had a pretty good quarter as it blew away earnings estimates with a sales jump of 42% and $9.52 billion earnings in Q4, [...]
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