Once I've finished a paperback ( particularly a "junk food" one) I like to give it away. Either to a friend I guess will enjoy it or simply abandoning it in a coffee shop. There doesn't seem to be an equivalent for kindle.
It just reminds me that you never really get to own a kindle ebook, you only get to lease it at Amazon's pleasure. Not quite the same.... - R On May 20, 2011 2:01 PM, "Owen Densmore" <[email protected]> wrote: > I'm not sure I believe this, but Amazon apparently sells more ebooks than both paperback and hardback books (105/100 ratio): > http://www.iclarified.com/entry/index.php?enid=15202 > http://goo.gl/0oSPk > > I've been buying all my tech books in digital format(s) and most hip tech shops now give you 4 or more formats: kindle/mobi, pdf, epub, apk (android). And ditto for most of my "junk food" reading: scifi etc. > > There are a LOT of formats: > http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Comparison_of_e-book_formats > And I'm amazed how quickly Amazon and others have provided readers for not just the eBook devices (kindle, nook, etc) but for all computers, phones and the iPad and other tablets. > > I certainly prefer use of my iPad to my Air for reading .. its just more intimate. And searching is nicer than using indices as long as the reader software is well design and the book well structured. I still HATE the lack of page numbers, for the kindle anyway. > > I do miss "flipping thru the pages" to find something, however, and many of the formats differ in how well they support images. But its getting there. > > I do, however, think lots more has to settle for this market to really succeed. Apple, for example is *forcing* Amazon to sell through the iPhone/iPad (iOS device) app rather than through Amazon's store. That sucks and hope it fails in court. And like CDs, media theft remains unsolved. > > -- Owen > > > ============================================================ > FRIAM Applied Complexity Group listserv > Meets Fridays 9a-11:30 at cafe at St. John's College > lectures, archives, unsubscribe, maps at http://www.friam.org
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