Interesting response. After I got my Kindle, which I had been resisting for at least a year, I went on a book buying spree, and am reading lots more than I had been. It's just so convenient to search for and buy interesting books online.
Yes, I still like the musty smell and treasure hunt experience of browsing in used book stores, but... --Doug On Thu, May 26, 2011 at 11:36 AM, Ted Carmichael <[email protected]> wrote: > 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 >> > > > > > ============================================================ > 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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