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« Reply #1 on: December 08, 2008, 04:43:50 PM » |
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I betcha that if you like it and ask where to buy it, that the hotel gives you a special link to buy one so they get a kick back. . .much like our link on this board.
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« Reply #2 on: December 08, 2008, 04:51:19 PM » |
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Pretty expensive hotel to boot. It's in a beautiful area. I wonder how many Kindles the hotel owns...
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« Reply #3 on: December 08, 2008, 05:39:39 PM » |
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I betcha that if you like it and ask where to buy it, that the hotel gives you a special link to buy one so they get a kick back. . .much like our link on this board.
Ann
I bet the hotel sells you that Kindle, complete with the book you are reading/listening to. They surely have purchased many Ks. |
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« Reply #4 on: December 08, 2008, 05:55:04 PM » |
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It is very cool and I like the fact that it spreads the word about the greatness of Kindles.
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« Reply #5 on: December 08, 2008, 06:20:49 PM » |
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« Reply #7 on: December 08, 2008, 06:31:07 PM » |
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I spent my wedding night at the Algonquin.
Seriously. But I wasn't reading a Kindle. Or anything else for that matter. LOL
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« Reply #8 on: December 08, 2008, 07:33:46 PM » |
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This is really cool. I hope Kindles start popping up everywhere. I spent my wedding night at the Algonquin.
Seriously. But I wasn't reading a Kindle. Or anything else for that matter. LOL
Leslie, I'm sure you must have been out sight seeing |
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« Reply #9 on: December 08, 2008, 07:36:39 PM » |
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I wonder if it comes with a Bible...
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« Reply #11 on: December 08, 2008, 11:38:19 PM » |
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I spent my wedding night at the Algonquin.
Seriously. But I wasn't reading a Kindle. Or anything else for that matter. LOL
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« Reply #12 on: December 08, 2008, 11:42:33 PM » |
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Quote: Kindle available, loaded with your favorite book, in keeping with our literary tradition
I wonder what they do if your favorite book is that $6,000 one ?  |
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« Reply #13 on: December 08, 2008, 11:44:58 PM » |
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Tac it onto your final bill of course, just like the movies, the 'special' movies.  |
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« Reply #14 on: December 09, 2008, 10:02:27 AM » |
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While the extra publicity for Kindle is really great...my question is why would they load it with an AUDIO BOOK ??
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« Reply #15 on: December 09, 2008, 10:21:58 AM » |
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While the extra publicity for Kindle is really great...my question is why would they load it with an AUDIO BOOK ??
Yeah, I saw that too, and thought, What??Maybe the person writing the article was just clueless. . . . .no, wait, that couldn't happen. . . . Ann |
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« Reply #16 on: December 09, 2008, 10:26:29 AM » |
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so the people can 'read' in the dark
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« Reply #17 on: December 09, 2008, 10:48:18 AM » |
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I must be missing the part about the audio book because it now read Quote: Kindle available, loaded with your favorite book, in keeping with our rich literary tradition Maybe some one saw their mistake and changed the wording. |
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« Reply #18 on: December 09, 2008, 11:08:29 AM » |
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Well, we have some friends who -- well, maybe they have more money than brains, as they say. But anyway, they went on a trip and stayed at some deluxe hotel in San Francisco, and the bed was really comfortable. And my friend's husband has a bad back, and he swore it was the best sleep he'd had in ages, and then he found out that he could actually BUY that bed from the hotel. (Well, a new one, not the one in the room.) And they paid over $6000 for the bed and the bed linens (because the wife liked the bed linens so much.)
So if the hotels can sell beds and bedding, why not Kindles? Or flat-screen TV's? Or anything else you happen to have in your hotel room?
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« Reply #19 on: December 09, 2008, 11:16:08 AM » |
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We've stayed in Hiltons and Hamptons, much more mid range, and they've had info in the room about the beds -- where to buy them, etc.
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« Reply #21 on: December 09, 2008, 01:41:19 PM » |
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So if the hotels can sell beds and bedding, why not Kindles? Or flat-screen TV's? Or anything else you happen to have in your hotel room?
Let that nice thick robe come up missing after checkout and see how fast the 'sale' appears on your charge card. Not that I've ever filched a robe from the hotel..... |
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« Reply #22 on: December 09, 2008, 03:15:49 PM » |
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I did not check the rates at the Algonquin, but I am guessing you could buy your own Kindle for the price of one night's stay.  |
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« Reply #23 on: December 09, 2008, 03:17:17 PM » |
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I did not check the rates at the Algonquin, but I am guessing you could buy your own Kindle for the price of one night's stay. |
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« Reply #24 on: December 09, 2008, 04:38:09 PM » |
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« Reply #25 on: December 09, 2008, 04:57:03 PM » |
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I wonder if that has anything to do with the current backlog? Or will it add to it?
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« Reply #27 on: December 09, 2008, 06:35:57 PM » |
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I see Betsy. . . .she has a hat!
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« Reply #28 on: December 09, 2008, 06:43:07 PM » |
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I see Betsy. . . .she has a hat!
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« Reply #29 on: December 10, 2008, 08:22:06 AM » |
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Cripes almighty, I can't believe they found a picture of me in my wedding ensemble! Which one of those handsome dudes is my husband? You guess, I guess! LOL  I thought the round table would have been larger.... |
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« Reply #30 on: December 10, 2008, 08:29:15 AM » |
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It was but due to hard times, it was shaved down to make Kindling
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« Reply #31 on: December 10, 2008, 07:24:42 PM » |
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When you check out: You find out that they charge 1 dollar per page turn...and you read 8 classics....lol.
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« Reply #33 on: December 11, 2008, 12:54:35 AM » |
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Thanks, mimikoh! I hadn't seen that blurb. (Here's an excerpt:) In keeping with the hotel’s literary history, the Algonquin’s eBooks on Demand offers Kindles loaded with a variety of best-sellers, modern classics, and, of course, books penned by the hotel’s Round Table members such as: Fanny Herself and Buttered Side Down, by Edna Ferber and Love Conquers All by Robert Benchley. Additional titles can be added upon guests’ request. Kindles are loaned on a first come, first serve basis for use in the hotel’s legendary lobby or in the comfort of one’s own guest room. Note: we have another thread going on this topic, so I'll be merging this thread over there shortly. Will lock this one for now. Here's the thread: http://www.kindleboards.com/index.php/topic,1366.0.html |
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« Reply #34 on: December 11, 2008, 01:05:17 AM » |
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Oops, sorry! I still have some digging to do as a newer KB'er!
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« Reply #35 on: December 11, 2008, 01:10:58 AM » |
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No problem - thank you for posting that link!
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