Living Oprah Kindle Follow-Up
About a week ago I wrote about Oprah declaring the Kindle as her favorite gadget. I was interested to see how her choice would affect one of my favorite blogs, Living Oprah. In case you haven’t heard of it, Living Oprah is a project run by a woman who is following Oprah’s advice to the letter. Everything on her show, her website and in her magazine is fair game. If Oprah says to exercise five times a week, she’s doing it. If Oprah says to buy Celine Dion tickets, she’s doing it (and actually has).
LO (as she signs her posts) had a very interesting day the day Oprah announced the Kindle as her favorite gadget. You can read all about it on LivingOprah.com, but here’s an excerpt:
Oprah told us, “I just love it…” While she, of course, gave them to her audience (each already containing her newest Book Club pick), she told us at home to get one “if you can afford it.” I start to consider how I will broach the subject with my husband when he gets home from work.
LO received a call that her caller ID identified as “The Oprah Show” and was told that an employee was downstairs with a package for her.
I met a woman downstairs who had a wrapped package for me. It’s clearly the same package that Oprah’s audience all opened, containing a Kindle. I looked at this package and said, “I know what this is.” I thanked her and asked her to tell Oprah thank you. I think I also said something along the lines of, “Well this has turned into an odd morning.”When I got back up to my apartment, I opened the package. There was a Oprah Winfrey notecard with the Kindle. It read:
Enjoy Robin(sic),
Wanted to save you a few dollars on this one!
Thanks for watching.
Oprah Winfrey (This was her actual signature.)
Go to on LivingOprah.com to read the rest of this fascinating post. You won’t believe what happened next.
I’ve been fascinated with the Living Oprah project for a couple of months now, despite not really being an Oprah fan myself. I read it daily, and definitely recommend it to anyone else.
Are there any Oprah fans out there that were influenced to buy a Kindle by her choosing it as her favorite gadget?
