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Is anyone else as excited about this as I am? It's supposed to do for books, what iPod did for digital music. I'm a tech geek and a book nerd. Best of both worlds! ;) Big difference from previous ebooks are the screen, and it's built in amazon connection. Like iPod had iTunes, Kindle is linked wirelessly to Amazon, so you have the full amazon library at your disposal. The screen is really cool, it's not a LCD or OLED, so it's visible in sunlight. From what I've read, it's like tiny little balls, that flip back and forth between black and white, to make it appear just like type font on paper. Only downside I can see, is that you're tied to Amazon. 95% of my book purchases are with Borders, and i save a lot of money with their weekly email coupons/border book club savings. Although looks like NY times bestsellers (fiction or non fiction) are all just 9.99. That's super cheap. |
Can you load pdf's you already have to it? That would make it interesting. If it's only books acquired from Amazon, it will probably be less interesting for non-English speakers, at least initially, due to limited offer. Just my 2 cents, Timo | ||
I object to this on the basis that electronic information can be so easily lost. Granted, books are susceptible to general lack of care, age, weathering, and fire, but given proper love and tenderness, a printed book you can hold in your hands lasts forever. That's the bad thing about the internet. If - for whatever reason - the world goes batshit and we're back to the Wild West era, there's an amazing amount of information that'll be lost or inaccessible due to electronic media/storage. Some things should be left alone. My opinion, of course. I hope I haven't dampered your enthusiasm, Jerry. |