Yeah. Both my mom and my aunt got a Kindle this year. It's kind of killed the "book as Christmas/birthday present" for me. I mean, once you take away the physical gift and the wrapping, you might as well just skip buying a particular book, and buy a gift certificate instead. And that is never very satisfying.
I wonder if Christmas sales (which have traditionally been huge for publishers) will be affected as eReaders gain ground. -Ted On Fri, May 20, 2011 at 11:28 PM, Robert Holmes <[email protected]>wrote: > 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 > > ============================================================ > 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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