Other What's the deal with Kindle availability?

Iridium

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Kindles have been out of stock on Amazon for a while now - I remember trying to buy one a year ago and seeing its unavailable. Does anyone know when or if they'll be back in stock?

From reading reddit threads it looks like the old ones were discontinued to make way for the new gen, but then for whatever reason the launch was delayed.

On a side note, it looks like that was the perfect window for Kobo to make an appearance.