Comments on: The Future of Books: Why the Kindle Is Here to Stay

By: Lupe Beckles

Lupe Beckles — Mon, 11 Oct 2010 22:14:07 +0000

One of the reasons I love my Kindle is that it has helped me improve a lot on my efficiency and utilize my time. Before I have the Kindle, waiting time like when I’m waiting for friends or waiting for shuttle bus or some thing like that is simply wasted. Now I just need to bring the Kindle along with me, and all my favorite books are inside it. Another thing I like the most is the text-to-speech function, which means I can “read” books without even holding or looking at the Kindle. Now I like to use this function when I’ve myself busy on some boring things, say when I’m on the step machine or doing some housework…

By: betty jo

betty jo — Sun, 12 Jul 2009 02:31:22 +0000

I just gotta say I love my kindle and the cheap books. My taste is a bit rough but I enjoyed "The Misogynist" by Emily Downs. It's only a dollar for a new artist with great talent. It can be a bit vulgar at times. Be warned. But it's cheap. http://www.amazon.com/The-Misogynist/dp/B001V5J4V... She is the bestselling author of "Lisa Loves Girls" http://www.amazon.com/Lisa-Loves-Girls-ebook/dp/B... 2 books for under 2 bucks. THe kindle will own publishing.

By: Marco Gustafsson

Marco Gustafsson — Fri, 19 Jun 2009 10:02:42 +0000

Ebook readers are not only change the nature of what, and how, we read. I think we are close to revolution in library system because eReaders open another dimension for share of information on public level. It potentially extends amount of content available in any library, therefore the way of providing/processing.

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By: Andrew W

Andrew W — Fri, 27 Feb 2009 19:15:05 +0000

I'm a typography lover myself (heck, I win over my bosses when I design their publications simply by having acquired better typefaces than anyone else). And someday we'll have an e-reader that matches print typography, but in the case of the Kindle, typography isn't the point. The Kindle is a way to quickly communicate complex information without the author and reader being in the same room, just like a book does. But it currently comes with a trade-off: if you want that information in minutes (rather than ordering a book or going to a bookstore), you should be willing to sacrifice certain tactile and typographic qualities.

The discussion on this post is interesting, in that it could be replaced with almost any other discussion about a new tool. On a 1998 post about AOL Instant Messenger, someone could have said, "But what about looking into someone's eyes? An emoticon can't capture actual emotions." Or earlier, "But what about imagination? Won't the television take all the wonder out of what we've come to expect from radio?" Yet instant messaging and TV found their niche, thrived, and the Kindle may thrive too, in it's own niche.

It's not going to replicate the feeling of viewing an illuminated manuscript. But it just may save a couple hundred dollars a year in novels that you'd read on the subway.

By: OldLuddite

OldLuddite — Fri, 27 Feb 2009 18:33:27 +0000

Last year when I bought a Kindle, I did not own much in the way of electronics (owned a decrepit sepia-toned color TV) and was proud of it. I was saving money towards retirement and had simple needs.

I was so thrilled with my Kindle that I bought another to gift my daughter. After buying two Kindles, I literally fell into opportunities to buy three Wii consoles. One was for me and the others were gifts. The feeling of having lost my ever loving mind was inescapable but didn't matter. When my retirement stock tanked, I figured that I could trash my money as well as the stock market. So, in November, I bought a Nintendo DS and some games for it.

Abruptly, my sense of self ceased to be defined by electronic material acquisition. I thought that it was time for this madness to stop. Everything was going along just fine until there was news of the launch of Kindle2.

Well, Kindle2 is in my grubby hands and truth to tell: its text-to-speech feature is fascinating. I'm not buying anymore electronics, though.

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By: Michele

Michele — Wed, 25 Feb 2009 23:26:33 +0000

I can not imagine sinking into the curves, lines and exclamations of the yet to be read written page of a book without holding it so very close to my breath, inhaling the journey to come. I will miss the natural scent of each and every book once held since I was a child, deciding which books I want to read by a simple sniff.

By: ckc

ckc — Wed, 25 Feb 2009 20:30:54 +0000

mcwhite, as I understand it, Amazon IS discounting kindle books significantly (especially from hardcover prices), but paying publishers the same amount they would get for print. So they're taking a hit and effectively giving a discount to the buyer and the publisher in order to grow their market. DRM is the publisher's option.

For me personally this device doesn't make sense, but if I actually had time to read a novel or two a week, or even per month, I could see the usefulness. For the niche, it seems perfectly designed to me.