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I don't know how to say this but... are you paid by Amazon?

Perhaps I'm being a bit too paranoid, I'll assume you're an honest kindle fan.

It is not the kindle that I hate, it is the Amazon marketing.

The kindle is in fact not selling well. It can't both: sell to a niche and sell well at the same time.

Not if you go by the standard definition of well.

It only sells well if you go by Amazon's much lowered sales expectations.

But honestly I sort of admire Amazon's hutzpa, they know what they're doing and they're dong it well.

The kindle, I don't hate, it's not for me, but I wish you the best with it.

Selling to a niche is a great way to sell well. Look at any company except the obvious humongous ones; they all specialize to niche markets. I don't know if the Kindle is intended to be a niche product or if it sells well according to the expectations of Amazon, but your general premise is wrong.

> the kindle is in fact not selling well.

  Availability
  Due to heavy customer demand, Kindle is sold out. Please
  ORDER KINDLE NOW to reserve your place in line. We 
  prioritize orders on a first come, first served basis. 
  Note that Kindles cannot currently be sold or shipped to 
  customers living outside of the U.S.

...Wow. I say I like something and you accuse me of being from Amazon? No consideration that it's a good product?

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