Book 2.0

Lincoln Russell 19 Nov, 2007 at 5:08pm ET Article published in Tech

The last bastion of analog? Bezos thinks he’s got it covered.

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19 Nov 2007 ~ 5:41pm CB I've been waiting for the well-done digital long-form reader for a while. This looks promising and has the Amazon name behind it, but I'm not going to let myself get my hopes up again. We'll just have to see how it follows from here.
19 Nov 2007 ~ 5:52pm BuddyJ I want a library with bookshelves floor to ceiling and those neat ladders all around. Where it smells like leather and old paper. This device is not helping.
19 Nov 2007 ~ 7:47pm primesuspect Does your house smell of rich mahogany?
19 Nov 2007 ~ 7:52pm primesuspect This thing is certainly generating buzz. I hadn't heard about it before today, and then simultaneously read three news posts about it, heard about it on NPR, and saw this thread.

I like epaper, but... the free EVDO might actually push this thing over the edge of "meh" into "hmmm.. interesting"

How long before it gets hacked to get on the net? Free EVDO for everyone
20 Nov 2007 ~ 8:36am GHoosdum As the article states, books really are the last bastion of analog, and in my opinion it's mostly because reading on a digital medium over long stretches usually leads to eyestrain. Hopefully basing it on that e-ink will decrease eyestrain if the device is to succeed.
20 Nov 2007 ~ 10:45am Thrax I really want one.
20 Nov 2007 ~ 11:41am Linc

Thrax wrote:

I really want one.

Ditto... if it performs As Advertised.
20 Nov 2007 ~ 12:42pm CB I just got two e-mails about it. One from PC Magazine, and one from Amazon. It looks like they're putting the effort into getting the word out, something that past attempts have failed to to.
20 Nov 2007 ~ 1:21pm GHoosdum I had a 12:45 meeting with my manager today, and when I got to his desk he's browsing the Amazon site. The first thing he said to me was, "Hey, have you heard about this Kindle thing?"

Yup, word really has spread far and wide on this one.
20 Nov 2007 ~ 1:29pm primesuspect Who's their PR firm ?
20 Nov 2007 ~ 1:42pm GHoosdum The Internet.
20 Nov 2007 ~ 3:22pm Nomad Nothing can replicate an actual printed novel. The distance this device creates is rather troubling.
21 Nov 2007 ~ 4:36pm Linc I read a page of 1-star reviews, and a page of 5-star reviews. What did I learn? 90% of the 1-star reviews didn't actually buy one. 90% of the 5-star reviews did.

I want it for newspapers and magazines; I'm a little worried about the DRM on my books.
21 Nov 2007 ~ 4:41pm Thrax If I can load PDFs, and the price is halved, we have a winner.