# What?!? No Kindle Edition?

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-no-kindle-edition/462166>\
**Category:** Factual Questions\
**Created:** [September 5, 2008, 12:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-no-kindle-edition/462166 "2008-09-05T12:36:01Z")\
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**Author:** ![Athena](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/35a633/32.png) [@Athena](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Athena)\
**Post date:** [September 5, 2008, 12:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-no-kindle-edition/462166/1 "2008-09-05T12:36:01Z")

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In fact, none of the Dope books appear to have a Kindle edition available. You know how impatient we dopers are. How the heck do you expect us to wait and then have to read it in actually book form?!?

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**Author:** ![Alan\_Smithee](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/2acd7d/32.png) [@Alan\_Smithee](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Alan_Smithee)\
**Post date:** [September 11, 2008, 10:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-no-kindle-edition/462166/2 "2008-09-11T22:20:03Z")

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I’m curious about this, too. I don’t have a Kindle yet, but I’ve thought about it, and I may get one for Christmas. I’ve been disapointed at how many book I read that aren’t available, though. Is a Kindle edition likely? What does it take (from the publisher and from customers) to get one?

ETA: Sorry, **Athena** , that I’m not Ed posting an answer to your question!

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**Author:** ![Ed\_Zotti](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/fbc32d/32.png) [@Ed\_Zotti](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ed_Zotti)\
**Post date:** [September 12, 2008, 7:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-no-kindle-edition/462166/3 "2008-09-12T19:53:51Z")

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No Kindle edition is currently contemplated, but I’m sure if we rack up big sales numbers they’ll give it some thought.

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**Author:** ![Athena](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/35a633/32.png) [@Athena](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Athena)\
**Post date:** [September 18, 2008, 5:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-no-kindle-edition/462166/4 "2008-09-18T17:28:09Z")

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> [@Ed\_Zotti](#):
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> No Kindle edition is currently contemplated, but I’m sure if we rack up big sales numbers they’ll give it some thought.

Can I ask why? From reading the Amazon copy about how to get your book published via Kindle, it seems relatively easy/cheap to set it up. Am I wrong about that?