Kindle?

[yveskleinsky]

What do you guys think of the Kindle? Fad or wave of the future? What kind of effect/affect do you think this will have on bookstores and/or magazines?





Kindle: Amazon's New Wireless Reading Device
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"This is the future of book reading. It will be everywhere." Michael Lewis, author of Moneyball and Liar's Poker.


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[Yankees338]

Looks pretty cool. Hadn't heard of it up until now.

 

[Bilgefisher]

Interesting name. When I saw the title of this thread, my only thoughts were kindling for fires.

I like the concept. I was wondering when someone would finally pull it into a user friendly interface. $400 is a bit steep though. They'll have to get it down to less then $100 and maybe near $50 for me to even consider it.
Also it must have a way to download any form of ebook. Word adobe, whatever's out there.

 

[LightHouse]

Tons of readers around, fact is paper is easier to read than online or on a screen, thus why newspapers are still around.

 

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[Bilgefisher]

The kindle has some sort of paper screen. Its suppose to be easier on the eyes. Anyone used one that could elaborate?

 

[CRBFL]

Very cool product, but I must say I agree with JScott: Someone will grab this before it blows up and do it much better.