{"id":887,"date":"2009-02-10T07:17:33","date_gmt":"2009-02-10T12:17:33","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.ebookrumors.com\/?p=887"},"modified":"2009-02-10T07:17:33","modified_gmt":"2009-02-10T12:17:33","slug":"of-course-its-brand-new-technology-so-theyre-still-paying-for-research-and-development-yah-its-ridiculous","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ebookrumors.com\/?p=887","title":{"rendered":"Of course it&#8217;s brand new technology, so they&#8217;re still paying for research and development, yah? It&#8217;s ridiculous."},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"size-full wp-image-889 aligncenter\" title=\"kindle_2_ad\" src=\"https:\/\/www.ebookrumors.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/02\/kindle_2_ad.jpg\" alt=\"kindle_2_ad\" width=\"458\" height=\"388\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.ebookrumors.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/02\/kindle_2_ad.jpg 458w, https:\/\/www.ebookrumors.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/02\/kindle_2_ad-300x254.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 458px) 100vw, 458px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Kindle 2 is <a title=\"Kindle 2 Expensive\" href=\"http:\/\/www.amazon.com\/Kindle-Amazons-Wireless-Reading-Generation\/dp\/B00154JDAI\/ref=sr_tr_1?ie=UTF8&amp;s=electronics&amp;qid=1234208514&amp;sr=1-1\" target=\"_blank\">here<\/a>. You know <em>I<\/em> think it&#8217;s too expensive. And Stephen King signed on for the pillaging tour\u00c2\u00a0with an &#8220;original&#8221; story\u00c2\u00a0of a <em>POSSESSED KINDLE!\u00c2\u00a0(Can you imagine a machine with\u00c2\u00a0special powers? Honestly, Stephen, can you? This is like the umpteenth time&#8230;)<\/em><\/p>\n<p>I always say there&#8217;s nothing that will capture the imagination of the average Joe like a bajillionaire writer pitching an overpriced eBook Reader during a recession. Go look if you <a title=\"Kindle 2 Expensive\" href=\"http:\/\/www.amazon.com\/Kindle-Amazons-Wireless-Reading-Generation\/dp\/B00154JDAI\/ref=sr_tr_1?ie=UTF8&amp;s=electronics&amp;qid=1234208514&amp;sr=1-1\" target=\"_blank\">want<\/a>. New functions, old functions, dreamy new lines&#8230; I&#8217;m sorry, I just think this is piracy. And worse, it is not priced for the average family. GET REAL!<\/p>\n<p><script type=\"text\/javascript\"><!--\ngoogle_ad_client = \"pub-7668795789683211\";\n\/* ebookrumors1 *\/\ngoogle_ad_slot = \"8573945280\";\ngoogle_ad_width = 234;\ngoogle_ad_height = 60;\n\/\/-->\n<\/script><br \/>\n<script type=\"text\/javascript\"\nsrc=\"http:\/\/pagead2.googlesyndication.com\/pagead\/show_ads.js\">\n<\/script><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Kindle 2 is here. You know I think it&#8217;s too expensive. And Stephen King signed on for the pillaging tour\u00c2\u00a0with an &#8220;original&#8221; story\u00c2\u00a0of a POSSESSED KINDLE!\u00c2\u00a0(Can you imagine a machine with\u00c2\u00a0special powers? Honestly, Stephen, can you? This is like the umpteenth time&#8230;) I always say there&#8217;s nothing that will capture the imagination of the average &hellip; <\/p>\n<p><a class=\"more-link btn\" href=\"https:\/\/www.ebookrumors.com\/?p=887\">Continue reading<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[5,8,1],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ebookrumors.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/887"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ebookrumors.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ebookrumors.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ebookrumors.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ebookrumors.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=887"}],"version-history":[{"count":10,"href":"https:\/\/www.ebookrumors.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/887\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":898,"href":"https:\/\/www.ebookrumors.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/887\/revisions\/898"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ebookrumors.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=887"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ebookrumors.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=887"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ebookrumors.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=887"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}