Comments on: Gadget Lust: Kindle e-Book Reader

By: Brad Isaac

Brad Isaac — Mon, 13 Apr 2009 16:53:36 +0000

That’s true, as long as you turn off wireless ;0)

By: rtyom

rtyom — Mon, 13 Apr 2009 16:31:37 +0000

The main reason for me to use Kindle is a battery life. You can literally read for weeks without recharging. It’s very cool when travelling.

By: Brad Isaac

Brad Isaac — Fri, 13 Mar 2009 13:52:05 +0000

Yes, I used to read all my books on PPC. But the selection was always abysmal – and it’s almost the same with Kindle. However, they do have far more titles – it’s my odd specialty reading that results in lack of material

By: Tony LaRocca

Tony LaRocca — Mon, 09 Mar 2009 19:52:43 +0000

As far as concerns over the lack of available ebooks for the PPC, keep in mind that until Amazon got greedy and decided to corner the market with Kindle, it sold a wide selection of ebooks in lit and pdf formats that you could buy and read on your PPC, Palm, or phone. Tony LaRoccas last blog post..Dear Google News: Stop Shilling for the Kindle, Already!

By: st

st — Wed, 18 Jun 2008 13:49:32 +0000

>>The more i hold onto it, the more non-resaleable, non re-readable content i would be accumulating.<<

How is it different for plain old books? Paper books and Kindle Books are just as non-re-readable as each other. Resell your copy of Snow Crash? That’s a bit of hassle to recoup about $2.00.

By: Brad Isaac

Brad Isaac — Wed, 18 Jun 2008 13:39:25 +0000

I think the thing that bothers me most about DRM is that even with it, publishers don’t want to release enough titles. Let me break down a scenario for you…

Suppose Kindle’s DRM had been hacked or cracked.

Picture if publishers stayed the course and instead of releasing only 150,000 titles, they released 1,500,000 titles. That would be a flood of books on the marketplace.

There would, in fact, be hacked copies floating around the net. But, the sheer volume of books would make finding and acquiring these titles nearly impossible for the average or moderately skilled pirates. It would be like searching for a particular grain of sand in a sandbox.

By: Case Larsen

Case Larsen — Wed, 18 Jun 2008 12:55:10 +0000

I bought the Kindle. I returned it. DRM on content that is really read at most a couple of times (e.g. fiction) is the big killer for me. The more i hold onto it, the more non-resaleable, non re-readable content i would be accumulating.

how many times can you read Snow Crash in a lifetime for instance?

You might enjoy the unboxing and reboxing photos i took: http://flickr.com/photos/clarsen/sets/72157605444991870/

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By: Brad Isaac

Brad Isaac — Wed, 28 May 2008 19:12:00 +0000

@B. Riley, don’t forget, you can always scan your books into the Kindle. Of course, that’s a major chore that is very time consuming.

My son is looking for some stuff to do around the house for money and I am thinking I might hire him to scan some of my marketing books so I can read them on my device.

SRP really is something isn’t it? It’s a great piece of software.

By: Rene

Rene — Wed, 28 May 2008 18:02:33 +0000

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