Totally unrelated to anything Kindle, but Tim Russert the God of politics passed away on Friday. He actually has a couple of good books that are now available on the Kindle. This one is a keeper.

So I did a search for the term Web 2.0 on Amazon.com, and to my surprise there were a few number of technology books available for the Kindle platform. That wasn’t the case a few weeks back, but it goes on to show that Amazon is willing to put 150% behind Kindle to gain a wider degree of adoption. Books such as Unleashing Web 2.0, How to do everything with your Web 2.0 blog, and how to do everything with Web 2.0 mashups are just some of the great technology books available for the Kindle platform. Let’s all hope Amazon doesn’t change its mind about the support it has put behind the Kindle.

Finally, after months of waiting Amazon Kindle is in stock and eligible for one-day shipping. No queue, no waiting time whatsoever. It’s almost like a dream as we used to wait days and weeks to get a message from Amazon about the availability of this awesome product. Well, Kindle away folks before all these are gone. While I anticipate Amazon to have some available in stock, you don’t want to wait for Kindle to go out of stock again.

You can’t do anything but feel for some of Amazon Kindle customers. Some have been waiting for close to two months to get their Amazon Kindles, and like many they don’t understand why Amazon is offering a product that is not going to be available for months. The good news is that Amazon Kindle has received a very strong support from avid readers which means we will see a Kindle 2.0. The bad news is that some of Amazon loyal customers are absolutely gutted with the company which means we could see a negative word of mouth marketing going against Amazon unless they start delivering those Kindles. Even Nintendo Wii did not have such long delivery delays.

So now that Amazon.com is shipping Kindles faster, I doubt eBays can ask for the amounts they were asking a few weeks back. But if you need to have a Kindle right now, you have a few options:

One way to go is of course eBay. I think you will be able to get a Kindle for as low as $420 on eBay depending on your luck. You want to make sure you are getting a healthy Kindle though as you don’t want to spend days sending the Kindle back and waiting for a replacement. Also, make sure you don’t get ripped off by people who claim your money and don’t send you your product.

Craigslist is another way to go if you are disparate to get a Kindle. You can search for Kindles in your local community and you may get lucky to find a buyer who’s feeling a buyer’s remorse with his/her Kindle (though that is hard to believe). Again, one needs to be aware of the scammish offers on Craigslist.

But you can also choose to wait for a Kindle from Amazon. This option probably takes the longest but is the surest bet out there. It only takes a month to get your Kindle and shipping is free too. Besides, you know that you are less likely to end up with a defective item if you buy it directly from Amazon. If you are on fire and need a Kindle to put it off, then this option won’t work for you. Otherwise, save your money and buy from Amazon.

Now when you hear about the latest gadgets, you don’t expect to see the older generation and baby boomer generation to be among the early adopters. But that is what has happened with the Amazon Kindle. To be quite honest, books are now competing against the Internet, games, and all kinds of other 21st century activities that were not available to our grand fathers. So it is pretty much given that the fairly older (wiser) generation would put more value on reading and learning new things as they go along. Kindle is unique as it satisfies both the gadget-crazed and fairly senior citizens at the same time. Amazon Kindle is cool and offers many hot features that any gadget fan would look for in a gadget (e.g. mp3 play, GPS, games). But at the same time, Kindle makes it convenient to buy books and read them immediately. In addition, you can change the font, use a dictionary, check Wikipedia, and do all kinds of neat stuff with Kindle. So instead of dealing with a useless gadgets that only appeals to teenagers or people in their 20s, Amazon has created a learning/reading tool that appeals to the people of all ages. Forget the early-adopter late-adopter mambo jumbo. When it comes to Kindle you are either an adopter or a laggard.