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The Future of Reading (a play in 6 acts)
- daniel-cussen 19y agoLike I'm buying a kindle now.
- comatose_kid 19y agoI doubt a good reader can ever be created by an entity that profits from the content.
- ctkrohn 19y agoWhy not? I don't see what makes books so much different from the iPod in this sense. Apple's certainly profiting from the content on many iPods...
- run4yourlives 19y agoBig difference being Apple was providing content for their platform, and Amazon is providing a platform for their content.
- lsb 19y agoAmazon already has a partnership with Borders. Why not have Borders install Espresso Book Machines? On-demand publishing at a bookstore/music store/cafe? Just imagine some dreamy-eyed teenager, who writes bad poetry (oh noetry) all day and can make a book out of it in the evening! And publishing your work is an even better conversation starter than a dog. Espresso Book Machine: http://www.engadget.com/2007/06/21/new-york-public-library-gets-first-espresso-book-machine/ http://www.engadget.com/2007/06/21/new-york-public-library-g...
- Tichy 19y agoDo we really have to go through the same mess as with music once again? Hopefully not - in any case, the outcome will most likely be the same... ("We were wrong, we should not have treated our customers like dirt etc..."). I would really like to create the iTunes equivalent for books...
- edw519 19y agoKindle: $400. Asus eee: $400. Duh.
- henning 19y agoJust because something is evil and shitty doesn't mean it will fail. Examples: SUVs, Windows.
- downer 19y agoThe difference is, while Americans love cars, most of 'em don't read books.
- sammyo 19y agoLook at the Sony reader sometime. I remember seeing a single letter on a breadboard E-ink display years ago, and since then I've wanted a reader with that surface. It seems like everyone that handles one wants it. The ideal is an entire library of books in your back pocket, that 'feels/reads' like a regular book. It is getting closer, but the Kindle does seem like a baby step back from the Sony reader.
- ctkrohn 19y agoI saw a Sony reader on the Subway the other day. I had to do a double take -- at a 5ft distance, it looks _exactly_ like paper. I didn't get a chance for a closer look, unfortunately.