Comments on: Kindle 2.0 Coming Around October 2008

By: BP

BP — Sat, 29 Nov 2008 15:54:09 +0000

A friend has the first generation Kindle and apparently really likes it. I’ll probably wait for the second generation and hopefully the price will come down.

For those who want to read newspapers on their Kindles, why aren’t more newspapers available? The Washington Times or a smaller circulation newspaper such as the Harrisburg Patriot News would be great additions to the list. Why can’t there be more choices?

By: sailsmart

sailsmart — Mon, 03 Nov 2008 12:31:24 +0000

I’d like to replace all my Toronto papers to be read on the Kindle plus the New York Times, blogs and some rss feeds. How long does it take to do a download from the Internet to my PC via my Rogers cable and can I automate this easily?

By: Ralph

Ralph — Tue, 28 Oct 2008 04:54:29 +0000

I believe Casey meant that “they are losing nothing” since they still have the product. Electronic downloads are the gift you can keep on giving. (and keep a copy or two for yourself. Actually, there is still a service or a transaction that requires labour which involves a cost.

By: BookHound

BookHound — Fri, 24 Oct 2008 06:04:05 +0000

The comment that ended up under Ni’s intelligent scribble was actually meant for you, Trent. “Like all other things, I’d bet we’ll be waiting for a long time. Of course, the advantage is that we’ll hopefully have a good product by the time it gets here. Always a silver lining.”

By: BookHound

BookHound — Fri, 24 Oct 2008 06:02:17 +0000

Well, Einstein, if you read the shipping info, it clearly states that they only ship within the US. SNAP!

By: BookHound

BookHound — Fri, 24 Oct 2008 05:39:46 +0000

Like all other things, I’d bet we’ll be waiting for a long time. Of course, the advantage is that we’ll hopefully have a good product by the time it gets here. Always a silver lining.

By: BookHound

BookHound — Fri, 24 Oct 2008 05:33:55 +0000

Is your comment a joke? Can you even locate Canada on the map?

By: BookHound

BookHound — Fri, 24 Oct 2008 05:30:11 +0000

‘Dummy’ is as ‘Dummy’ writes… read the shipping info, Einstein: it only ships within the US. If someone is asking about the availability in Canada, it’s because they’ve actually read the information on the website. Furthermore, how deep are you in the swamp for calling someone a ‘Dummy’ for asking a question. It’s better to have some of the questions than all of the answers, as James Thurber once commented. People who ask questions actually think. And read.

By: Ni

Ni — Wed, 08 Oct 2008 02:41:36 +0000

I’ve seen another blog with a “leaked” picture, it is not much larger, certainly not 8 1/2 by 11. I hope that it does come out and that the price is substantially less as I would love to get one but haven’t because of..

1. The price
and
2. I usually wait to get feedback from blogs “like this one” as to what the use, functions, etc. were worked out.

Version 2.0 usually gets the kinks out so I usually wait for it. Before I became a Mom I was not so concious about where my money went, now I am.

By: Ni

Ni — Wed, 08 Oct 2008 02:32:52 +0000

LOL @ DMO!

By: jim schrempp

jim schrempp — Wed, 24 Sep 2008 21:04:57 +0000

A friend just got a Kindle. I borrowed it for one day to see how it would go. I loved it. I read the newspaper every morning at my local coffee house. I always feel bad tossing away all that paper every day; even worse about the sections I don’t read.

With the Kindle, knowing nothing at all about it, I was able to buy the day’s copy of the Merc News and it downloaded in the blink of an eye - really. I read it over coffee and found the experience enjoyable. I had to read the news in a more linear fashion than normal, and I read more of each story than I would otherwise.

The Kindle felt great in my hand; it was in the cover. The screen was excellently readable in and out of the sunlight. (I noticed the laptop user next to me was squinting.) Navigation was easy to understand.

On the downside, the time to flip to a new page took me a few minutes to adapt to. I did hit the Go Back button accidentally a few times and had to navigate back to where I was - not hard, just annoying. Clicking the wheel was not a great feel. It worked but I’d suggest lowing the force required. I tried the annotation feature and the web browser. Typing on the keypad is disconcerting as the screen was several characters behind me; I had to do a lot of backspacing. At the top of each article there was a “go to next article” link; I wish that was always available. I often read the first five paragraphs and then want to jump to the next article - with the Kindle I had to page down or back up to the link. Lastly, the thing hung on me twice that morning. Luckily I had been shown the ALT-Aa (or whatever it is) secret to do a reboot. Each time it came back quickly, but I was surprised that my reading the newspaper could put it into a funk so easily.

In the end? I’m buying one.

By: DMO

DMO — Sun, 21 Sep 2008 22:38:21 +0000

Why no just order it off of amazon.com dummy

By: Holly

Holly — Tue, 09 Sep 2008 16:01:10 +0000

I’ve heard this is a false rumor, and that it’s more likely to be the following year before a new generation Kindle comes out.

I’m interested in Kindle, I have a e-Bookwise 1150 and absolutely love it. But Kindle has a larger selection of books and more quickly. (for example, if only Breaking Dawn were available right now in the eBookwise format, I’d be thrilled).

I’d also go for a $199 price. The $340 price is just that too much to make me go ahead and purchase one.

Holly

By: Ron Burgandy

Ron Burgandy — Tue, 09 Sep 2008 15:21:41 +0000

No one cares about canada. Right?

By: Jivester

Jivester — Sat, 30 Aug 2008 12:09:51 +0000

I agree with Jobe. Being a graduatre student, I read 20 -30 journal articles a week. I try hard to read most of them on the computer to save paper (1000’s of pgs) but get so tired of having to switch from adobe to word to write about the articles. Having a journal article printed and easy to pick up and read and flip through and put down is essential!!! Kindle Scholar!!!! Possible connected to Google Scholar and in the future and Endnote Interface able to sync with computer. Must be life size reader for usability!!!! I would lay down cold hard loan money right now to buy something that cool!! Textbooks also!

By: Aleks

Aleks — Fri, 22 Aug 2008 04:26:54 +0000

How did you receive a product that hasn’t been released or announced yet? And if my daughter said hot like that, I’d assume she wanted pink too. And I’d drink a lot.

By: Guy

Guy — Fri, 22 Aug 2008 03:16:31 +0000

I read somewhere (NYT? WSJ?) that Amazon has to pay the publisher the same price for the e-version of the book they sell for the Kindle as for a hard copy. This means, according to the article, that Amazon is losing money by selling ebooks at $10. So they are subsidizing the content to help sell the hardware. I don’t think we’re gonna see Amazon drop the price unless the publishers do.

By: Erin

Erin — Thu, 21 Aug 2008 05:20:34 +0000

I am very pleased to hear of a large Kindle. My father would really love a Kindle but his vision requires such large text that only a few lines can be displayed at any time. Very annoying. Hooray for Amazon, recognizing the older crowd.

By: Jobe

Jobe — Mon, 18 Aug 2008 01:15:50 +0000

I have to disagree with the poster who said that noone wants to carry around a kindle “that large”. Have you considered the academic market? A larger screen permits marginalia notes and is considerably easier on the eyes. Furthermore, the ergonomics are an issue that needs to be addressed and I (as well as most of my friends and colleagues in English Depts. across the nation) am waiting for a better version before investing so much money on something. Consider this: we spend at least fifty percent of our day reading books. The ease of use, familiarity, and accessibility of the medium for that activity needs to be taken into consideration.

Has Amazon considered something like Kindle Scholar?

By: Jeremy

Jeremy — Wed, 13 Aug 2008 16:44:28 +0000

I’ve heard that the problem with international access is publishing rights. If the publisher has given electronic rights in the USA but not in France, for example, the idea is that it would be too easy for a person in France to get the book electronically. As posted elsewhere, if you have (or can use) a USA address to get a Kindle, you can get around that by purchasing the book on Amazon and then loading it via USB, as you can already do with the free.kindle email address.