The Future of Reading (a play in 6 acts)

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by karthikv • 19 years ago

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daniel-cussen• 19 years ago

Like I'm buying a kindle now.

comatose_kid• 19 years ago

I doubt a good reader can ever be created by an entity that profits from the content.

ctkrohn2• 19 years ago

Why not? I don't see what makes books so much different from the iPod in this sense. Apple's certainly profiting from the content on many iPods...

run4yourlives• 19 years ago

Big difference being Apple was providing content for their platform, and Amazon is providing a platform for their content.

lsb• 19 years ago

Amazon already has a partnership with Borders. Why not have Borders install Espresso Book Machines?

On-demand publishing at a bookstore/music store/cafe? Just imagine some dreamy-eyed teenager, who writes bad poetry (oh noetry) all day and can make a book out of it in the evening! And publishing your work is an even better conversation starter than a dog.

Espresso Book Machine: http://www.engadget.com/2007/06/21/new-york-public-library-g...

Tichy• 19 years ago

Do we really have to go through the same mess as with music once again? Hopefully not - in any case, the outcome will most likely be the same... ("We were wrong, we should not have treated our customers like dirt etc...").

I would really like to create the iTunes equivalent for books...

edw519• 19 years ago

Kindle: $400. Asus eee: $400. Duh.

henning• 19 years ago

Just because something is evil and shitty doesn't mean it will fail. Examples: SUVs, Windows.

downer• 19 years ago

The difference is, while Americans love cars, most of 'em don't read books.

sammyo• 19 years ago

Look at the Sony reader sometime. I remember seeing a single letter on a breadboard E-ink display years ago, and since then I've wanted a reader with that surface. It seems like everyone that handles one wants it. The ideal is an entire library of books in your back pocket, that 'feels/reads' like a regular book. It is getting closer, but the Kindle does seem like a baby step back from the Sony reader.

ctkrohn2• 19 years ago

I saw a Sony reader on the Subway the other day. I had to do a double take -- at a 5ft distance, it looks _exactly_ like paper. I didn't get a chance for a closer look, unfortunately.

The Future of Reading (a play in 6 acts)

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