There are geniuses at work over at Amazon. Don't let the overpriced, first-gen-iPod looking Kindle 2 fool you. Jeff Bezos may never talk me into believing the Kindle is worth the hefty $360 tag, but last week they almost snared me. Amazon's sticky web of relevancy and impulse-buying intelligence has gotten to me before (users who purchased Buffy the Vampire Slayer, Season Two also bought Angel, Seasons One through Five!), but never before has my consumer willpower been so tested. It began three weeks ago with an email from John, a coworker who knows I'm a Stephen King junkie. The truth is, anyone visiting my "library" at home would immediately recognize it as a Stephen King shrine. Proud first-editions gloat on the best shelves, lording over obviously less-favored books. The email's subject read Stephen King sells out again with Kindle. Looking past the...
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