Tuesday, November 20, 2007
Books on Their Way Out?
Amazon.com has introduced an electronic book reader that some say, will change the book industry. The Kindle, will be for books, what the ipod is for digital music. Amazon.com allows the user to download books in under a minute from their online book store. Amazon.com will also offer readers the opportunity to subscribe to newspapers and blogs at a monthly rate. (The NY Times: $13.99/mo, The Wall Street Journal: $9.99), as well as a number of blogs.
Some say the Kindle is nothing special. I think the only thing that this device has going for it is that it connects to the internet wirelessly. Opinions on the Kindle's impact on readers are definitely mixed:
"30 lbs of textbooks","Price Tag","Ripple Effect"
Amazon.com founder Jeff Bezos and Bestselling Authors
The trend towards online newspaper readership and e-books is one that will not outlast their physical counterparts.
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A good post. Try to clean it up by removing all of the blank spaces.
The Kindle is a risky experiment that has been tryed before. Perhaps the time is right, perhaps Amazon has the resources and market-share to make it into a success thjis time.
The book will not disappear but it is just a matter of time before it becomes an anachronism, replaced by readers and screens of all shapes and sizes. Books will still be published as a luxury item for nostaligic elites and other types of resisters and luddites.
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The Kindle is a risky experiment that has been tryed before. Perhaps the time is right, perhaps Amazon has the resources and market-share to make it into a success thjis time.
The book will not disappear but it is just a matter of time before it becomes an anachronism, replaced by readers and screens of all shapes and sizes. Books will still be published as a luxury item for nostaligic elites and other types of resisters and luddites.
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