So, the Kindle 2 is now available. I've been ignoring it while it was in Version 1, but it might be time to start looking at this new one. Although part of me is arguing for waiting until V3. Any thoughts?
..on a device which really only does one thing, when for the same money you can buy a nice netbook and stick mobipocket on it? People are already hacking netbooks into tablet format; it is only a matter of time before we have a netbook tablet available COTS.
And while I do take autopope's comment about printing only being 10-15% of the cost of a physical book, much of the other costs are moving the printed book, or stacking it on shelves in high rent, high street bookstores, staffed by underpaid but keen booksellers. Ebooks cuts out all of those costs as well, so they should be significantly cheaper than paper.
I'm a luddite as far as ebook readers go - I do carry quite a lot of academic journal articles as pdfs on my eee, but for fun reading I do prefer actual paper
I was thinking the same, but in terms of usability and comfort, the Kindle really is fantastic. I saw the one cartographer has last year, and really, it's leagues beyond anything you can do with a netbook/notebook.
For the amount of reading I do, that added comfort factor means a lot.
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And while I do take autopope's comment about printing only being 10-15% of the cost of a physical book, much of the other costs are moving the printed book, or stacking it on shelves in high rent, high street bookstores, staffed by underpaid but keen booksellers. Ebooks cuts out all of those costs as well, so they should be significantly cheaper than paper.
I'm a luddite as far as ebook readers go - I do carry quite a lot of academic journal articles as pdfs on my eee, but for fun reading I do prefer actual paper
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For the amount of reading I do, that added comfort factor means a lot.