Runaway Bestseller ''The Last Lecture'' is Sold Out Everywhere, But Not For Amazon...

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Runaway Bestseller ''The Last Lecture'' is Sold Out Everywhere, But Not For Amazon Kindle Owners

SEATTLE--(Business Wire)--
The extraordinary national best seller "The Last Lecture" by Randy
Pausch and Jeffrey Zaslow has become so popular that it is sold out
everywhere, but not for owners of Amazon Kindle (NASDAQ:AMZN), a
revolutionary portable reader. Kindle owners can get "The Last
Lecture" downloaded wirelessly onto their Kindle and be reading this
inspirational book in less than 60 seconds. Furthermore, "The Last
Lecture" is only $9.99 on Kindle compared to its print list price of
$21.95.

"One of the advantages for readers is that Kindle titles never go
out of stock," said Steve Kessel, Senior Vice President, World Wide
Digital Media at Amazon.com. "That's good for readers, and it's good
for publishers too."

"The Last Lecture" is based on what was in fact, Randy Pausch's
last lecture as a computer science professor at Carnegie Mellon
University. Mr. Pausch had recently been diagnosed with terminal
cancer, so he took to opportunity to impart his wisdom as if he would
never be given another chance. According to an editorial review on
Amazon.com, "... Randy Pausch has combined the humor, inspiration and
intelligence that made his lecture such a phenomenon and given it an
indelible form. It is a book that will be shared for generations to
come."

Learn more about Amazon Kindle at amazon.com/kindle.

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