Comments on: Dear Amazon, here’s how to sell even more Kindles

By: Cyber Akuma

Cyber Akuma — Fri, 04 Sep 2009 07:59:41 +0000

Possibly, but then again, YOU ARE THE ONLY ONE COMMENTING ON A NEARLY YEAR OLD ARTICLE!

By: منتديات

منتديات — Fri, 04 Sep 2009 03:48:41 +0000

Am I the only one here who sees that the suggested pricing plan’s math doesn’t work?

By: مركز تحميل

مركز تحميل — Fri, 04 Sep 2009 03:40:17 +0000

All in all, I won’t be coming around any time soon to purchase the Kindle at its current price and in its current form. By form, I mean its hardware and the electronic method of reading, for which I only prefer for the computer. Real books are still preferable.

By: Dave Craige

Dave Craige — Thu, 18 Dec 2008 22:07:56 +0000

Kindle + http://www.Instapaper.com = epic win.

By: Alan Bradford

Alan Bradford — Fri, 05 Dec 2008 06:39:44 +0000

Classic reference. I love the tiered payment idea. The price is definitely the obstacle for me. I have a feeling I would purchase one if this were in place.

On the other hand, if it was slime-proof…I would probably pay full price.

By: Sean

Sean — Thu, 04 Dec 2008 11:46:44 +0000

Amazon Kindle: I love it! I want to get one but can’t. WHY?!?!?!?!?
I’m Canadian. NOT Fair. It hurts.
TechCrunch, Can you find out why this product isn’t available to your NAFTA trading partners up North?

By: Pat Hawks

Pat Hawks — Tue, 02 Dec 2008 23:56:10 +0000

You think libraries make their money on late fees?
It’s all subsidized.

By: acai berry diet

acai berry diet — Tue, 02 Dec 2008 14:46:23 +0000

good tips

By: jack

jack — Tue, 02 Dec 2008 07:29:25 +0000

As usual, the obvious point is overlooked:

It’s *not* geeks who are buying the Kindle. Read some non-tech blogs, speak to people on the street, read some online reviews and you will realize that *regular* folks, who are fond of reading, are loving the Kindle.

By: Cyber Akuma

Cyber Akuma — Tue, 02 Dec 2008 01:37:25 +0000

Can you say iPods?

By: Doug Aamoth

Doug Aamoth — Mon, 01 Dec 2008 22:49:07 +0000

At least 240,000 units Kontra — and that data is from back in August.

http://www.techcrunch.com/2008/08/01/we-know-how-many-kindles-amazon-has-sold-240000/

If you double dare me, I will absolutely be taking the physical challenge.

By: keegan

keegan — Mon, 01 Dec 2008 21:38:22 +0000

I meant to include a link – http://voxp.wordpress.com/2008/11/25/whats-next-for-newspapers/

By: keegan

keegan — Mon, 01 Dec 2008 21:36:37 +0000

What about a partnership between a major newspaper and the kindle? I think it would do wonders for both the popularity of the kindle and help reverse the trends of newspaper readerships. I just wrote a recent post on my company’s blog about this.

By: Jeff

Jeff — Mon, 01 Dec 2008 21:32:41 +0000

It’s big, ugly and no self-respecting man would be caught carrying anything called a “kindle”. I think I’ll go snuggle up by the fire with my kindle and read some Jane Austen… sniff, sniff…

By: PakG1

PakG1 — Mon, 01 Dec 2008 20:23:58 +0000

Am I the only one here who sees that the suggested pricing plan’s math doesn’t work?

By: rUilliterate?

rUilliterate? — Mon, 01 Dec 2008 19:13:44 +0000

Because that one copy of Nancy Drew is looking pretty worn out and has a few pages missing. Grow up Constance TV. Especially in the non-fiction dept., by the time a book makes it to the library, it’s old hat and sometimes even irrelevant. Kind of like your Windows 98 OS.

By: Kent Smith

Kent Smith — Mon, 01 Dec 2008 19:11:13 +0000

My thought is that the Kindle is a great idea, but it’s just too expensive up front for what I would use it for.

I don’t read as many books as I used too and so for me I can generally just wait and get the book in paperback for $6-10. And I’d only be reading one at a time so carrying around a paperback when I fly on a plan or sit around my house is not a big deal.

For me the advantage of the Kindle would be for things like reading blogs, catching up on news, and reading magazine articles. Things like this are updated frequently and so the data connection is a real plus. And it’s smaller than my laptop for convenience, and yet much larger than my iTouch so reading something long is easier.

As for books I tend to be more old school as well. I like “having” the books when I’m done with them and sticking them on my bookshelves. eBooks just haven’t taken hold for me yet.

If Amazon can figure out a business model where they get the cost down and tie in a newspaper or magazine subscription to it (along the lines of what the article is about) then I would be much more interested. But it would still be iffy as most newspapers now offer much (if not all) of their content for free and many magazines probably wouldn’t be as good given the heavy picture content they rely on.

Likely this is still an “early adopter” device and will require a few more years of being on the market to help develop a niche use and lower the costs further for general acceptance.

By: Offbeatmammal

Offbeatmammal — Mon, 01 Dec 2008 17:21:07 +0000

when we recently moved country we packed over a thousand books. We buy (from Amazon, Borders and various book exchanges) easily 5+ books a month.

On average I’ve found maybe 1 in 10 of those available in an ereader format for either the Kindle or the Sony product, and they are priced the same as the hardback version.

With a dead tree book I have options – lend it to a friend, give it away, sell it or get credit for it at a book exchange

With a DRM protected ebook I lose those rights.

With a DRM free ebook I’m limited in the quality/experience as they don’t leverage the underlying platform for a top tier layout experience.

Sure, with an ebook there are lots of cool things I can do – multiple bookmarks, carry a library with me, read with annotations visible or hidden, grab newspaper headlines… but there are also downsides – why do the Kindle and Sony readers flash to black when changing pages (really annoys me), why do I have to pay Amazon extra to read blogs I get for free elsewhere etc

If someone adopted a model that took the best of the cellphone industry and the ZunePass – a contract with a fixed price provides the device (with say a 2 year replacement option) and a certain number (unlimited?) of books that I can rent (maybe limit the number I can have “on loan” at any one time) then my issues of ownership and cost go away. Add to that an option to buy – where I own the right to resell/gift that single copy and we have the best of both worlds and can concentrate on making a better reader…

By: Jake

Jake — Mon, 01 Dec 2008 17:07:15 +0000

Once there is a Kindle library, I might consider it. If I were a student and had the option of storing all of my textbooks on there, I might be even more inclined to purchase it. As a person that usually reads around 40-50 books a year, I'd rather put my money into used book stores than pay $10 for something I'm only going to read once and is also non-physical. Jake NoteScribe: Premier Note Taking Software

By: Talking Books Librarian

Talking Books Librarian — Mon, 01 Dec 2008 15:28:49 +0000

Another idea would be to increase accessibility of the Kindle… make it more accessible to those with disabilities, especially visual disabilities…

Jaime/Talking Books Librarian at http://talkingbookslibrarian.blogspot.com/