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The Amazon Kindle and other E-Book Readers
RedLion:
--- Quote from: Tom on 22 Dec 2008, 19:38 ---Words are tangible?
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When they're printed on a page, yes.
Ozymandias:
So is music.
TimA:
My agent has a kindle and loves it, with reservations. It functions very, very poorly in cold weather. And by cold, I think the breakoff point is somewhere under 40 F. Screen failures, battery failures, recharge errors. But he reads all his manuscripts on it, and is very pleased with the functionality. When importing stuff not specifically formatted for it, like manuscripts, it doesn't preserve things like page numbers, so that kinda sucks.
I think it's inevitable that something like this will eventually replace books, just from a standpoint of practicality. I love books, honest I do, but it'll happen eventually. Books will still be around as fetish objects, same as records these days, but they won't be the dominant form.
Joseph:
Jen's picture summed up why I don't want a kindle.
I love the objects, I love the mess, I love the ability to reach out and grab one at random. I enjoy the weight of the book in my hand, the feeling of the flipping pages, the ability to lend to friends. The Kindle just holds no appeal to me.
Throw in Jon's observations about economic sense (which he got a bit wrong, as only classics are $2, so most books one is likely to buy on it would be $10. Also, where in the world is the average price of a non-used paperback $7) and I'm baffled as to how anyone could want one.
Tom:
The average price for a new book in Sydney is somewhere between $20 and $25.
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