Ur

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              ASIN: B001RF3U9K
              Kindle Edition, 182 KB

mehr dazu:
http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B00154JDAI?ie=UTF8&tag=052379122979-20
http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B001RF3U9K?ie=UTF8&tag=052379122979-20

Following a nasty break-up, lovelorn college English instructor Wesley Smith can't seem to get his ex-girlfriend's parting shot out of his head: "Why can't you just read off the computer like the rest of us?" Egged on by her question and piqued by a student's suggestion, Wesley places an order for Amazon.com's Kindle eReader. The [pink?] device that arrives in a box stamped with the smile logo -via one-day delivery that he hadn't requested - unlocks a literary world that even the most avid of book lovers could never imagine. But once the door is open, there are those things that one hopes we'll never read or live through.

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Die Rezensionen bei Amazon sind sehr zweigeteilt. Einige Leser sind von der Geschichte begeistert, andere finden sie schwach und halten sie ausserdem eher für eine Werbeaktion um die Kindles zu verkaufen.
Dies würde auch die Überschrift der eweek bestätigen:


Mobile & Wireless Slideshow:
Exclusive: Stephen King Helps Launch Amazon Kindle 2 in NYC

eWEEK has a behind-the-scenes look at the launch of the new Amazon Kindle 2 electronic reader at an exclusive event in New York City that features author Stephen King reading from his new novella called "Ur," which is available with the new Kindle device. On Feb. 9, Amazon CEO Jeff Bezos announced the release of the Kindle 2 electronic reader at the Morgan Library and Museum in New York, demonstrating the device's improved functionality over its predecessor. The Amazon Kindle 2 features a 6-inch gray-scale screen and can store 1,500 books, or 1.4GB of data. For enterprise users, Kindle 2 has the ability to convert Word and PDF documents, which can then be wirelessly e-mailed to the device.
http://www.eweek.com/c/a/Mobile-and-Wireless/Exclusive-Stephen-King-Helps-Launch-Amazon-Kindle-2-in-NYC/
King reading from Ur:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OoFwm-apl90

und ein Interview:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ffWE-L3MJMI&feature=related

Q&A für USA Today:
http://blogs.usatoday.com/technologylive/2009/02/stephen-king-on.html
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