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The Kindle Dilemma
I think that the Kindle is the most over-hyped piece of hardware since...mmmm...the toaster oven.
I have a running series of comments on my Future of Publishing blog here: http://www.thefutureofpublishing.com/blog/?s=kindle
I know I'm in the minority: most people think it's, as they always say "the most important (whatever) since Gutenberg (probably) invented movable type."
I think it's transitory hardware technology which Amazon is pushing in a VERY cynical way.
That's not to say that the eBooks are transitory, only that dedicated devices for reading eBooks make as much sense as dedicated devices to read your daily horoscope.
I have a running series of comments on my Future of Publishing blog here: http://www.thefutureofpublishing.com/blog/?s=kindle
I know I'm in the minority: most people think it's, as they always say "the most important (whatever) since Gutenberg (probably) invented movable type."
I think it's transitory hardware technology which Amazon is pushing in a VERY cynical way.
That's not to say that the eBooks are transitory, only that dedicated devices for reading eBooks make as much sense as dedicated devices to read your daily horoscope.
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Comment by Thad McIlroy on October 21, 2009 at 2:20pm - That's a provocative, deeply-researched presentation. Fascinating. Thanks for the lead.
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Comment by Andrew Savikas on October 21, 2009 at 9:27am - Absolutely. I was at the BookServer event on Monday, and we'll be among the first with "live" BookServer catalogs. Hearing Morgan Stanley's Mary Meeker at Web 2.0 Summit put some data behind what's happening with the Mobile Web confirmed to me that this is an entirely new stage of digital and connected access -- with enormous opportunity.
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Comment by Thad McIlroy on October 20, 2009 at 4:12pm
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Very funny Andrew!
Please see the following: http://news.cnet.com/8301-13772_3-10378573-52.html
I think the game is changing VERY rapidly!
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Comment by Andrew Savikas on October 20, 2009 at 12:37pm
- I agree about dedicated readers, though I do think they'll find a niche (albeit one probably too small to support the exploding number of vendors). After all, there are people working on horoscope devices....
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Comment by Paul on October 19, 2009 at 3:10pm
- Agree - like with the typewriters (IBM 65xx etc) in the middle of last century. And then they've been wriped out by PC text processors. As soon as normal laptop/netbooks are easy as a newspaper, run for 4+ hrs on battery, have a display that allows me to read in daylight (..) dedicated eBook devices are dead. By the way tehre's a similar tendency with iPhone. A vendor that does (very successful) proprietary hardware and base software.
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