Comments on: WSJ confirms University specific Kindle

By: webmegapolis

webmegapolis — Fri, 30 Oct 2009 02:04:25 +0000

hmmm…. it’s from one of the famous cartoon, but I dont remember its

By: Stephanie

Stephanie — Wed, 06 May 2009 01:06:37 +0000

I completely agree with your point of view. I was thinking the same exact things when I read this article. In theory it would be nice not to have to carry around all those books. But at the same time, there are no color images, you can’t write or highlight (which is an important part of the learning process for me), and if you break it (which would be hard to do with an actual book), you’re SOL.

I wish more textbooks would be distributed in standard formats like PDF, which can easily be converted and used on a Tablet PC. A Tablet PC with a similar form factor to the Kindle would make more sense.

By: the 4 season travel blog

the 4 season travel blog — Wed, 06 May 2009 00:02:27 +0000

Next thing we need is a Kindle for travel guides! I work at a travel store, and the people are crazy about their Kindles, and also about having light weight luggage. If you’re backpacking for 6 months, you don’t want to carry around 5 different lonely planet guides if you can have it all on a kindle..

By: John

John — Tue, 05 May 2009 21:47:32 +0000

gotta love the image.

By: JMI7.RU » Читалка Kindle станет полноценной “таблеткой”?

JMI7.RU » Читалка Kindle станет полноценной “таблеткой”? — Tue, 05 May 2009 20:45:55 +0000

[...] Kindle DX и ее дисплей будет 9,7 дюйма по диагонали, сообщает Crunchgear. Кроме того, по непотвержденным данным, у [...]

By: » On Textbooks CQ2

» On Textbooks CQ2 — Tue, 05 May 2009 20:06:36 +0000

[...] TechCrunch (among others) is reporting that Amazon is going to announce a new, bigger Kindle, perhaps with a 10″ screen and a web browser. The target market is either textbook consumers or newspaper readers, or both. There may be more than one new Kindle on the way; I guess we’ll see tomorrow. [...]

By: Que

Que — Tue, 05 May 2009 18:37:47 +0000

So can someone please tell me what makes this better than books to a typical student who does not have extra money to waste.

I’m a college student and I’d like to know why would this be more attractive than me just buying the book.

Is it sturdy; students throw the bags around can it survive a good fall?

Can you resell the DRM TextBook files after you take the class; or can they be transferred to other kindles?

What happens if you lose it; do you have to buy all the textbook files over again ?

Will the price of the kindle, plus the book files be competitive to just buying the books ?

Will it be spill proof?

Can I loan out a book file from it to someone else with a kindle like you can normal textbooks ?

Can it fit in a backpack and not fill awkward due to shape ?

Can we be sure this wont open up a new monopoly to Amazon with Textbooks if this takes off ?

Will it be in color sometimes things in some text books have to be in color for them to be understood ?

Can you write on the screen and it appear in the books like a way to highlight important notes and info in books.

By: Ian Mikutel

Ian Mikutel — Tue, 05 May 2009 13:36:42 +0000

Still want to know when we’ll have free text books subsidized by ads. Maybe the digital form will make this a reality.

By: Brad Rourke’s Blog » On My Radar 5/5/09: I’m Not Dead Yet

Brad Rourke’s Blog » On My Radar 5/5/09: I’m Not Dead Yet — Tue, 05 May 2009 12:32:49 +0000

[...] are emerging about Amazon’s planned announcement tomorrow about a new, large-screen Kindle. The device is said to be pitched at the university market. However, NYT’s Arthur Sulzberger, Jr. will be at the [...]

By: weatherman

weatherman — Tue, 05 May 2009 11:49:37 +0000

It makes me want to call my college back up and ask if I can come back and do a second degree for half price!

By: 今日見本意

今日見本意 — Tue, 05 May 2009 11:35:49 +0000

Amazonからnew version Kindleが登場か？…

大きいスクリーンを搭載し、大学の教科書にも対応することができるnew Kindleが登場する、とWallStreetJournalが報じています。…

By: erik

erik — Tue, 05 May 2009 07:55:18 +0000

where is the bloody wifi?

By: ahuvas

ahuvas — Tue, 05 May 2009 07:51:28 +0000

What about colour images and diagrams? Does that this mean that the next kindle will come with a colour screen?

By: Bobo

Bobo — Tue, 05 May 2009 05:41:07 +0000

And if the student breaks or “loses” the device? In other words, I wonder how much the student pays (the school? amazon?) for insurance…

By: Gebadia Smith

Gebadia Smith — Tue, 05 May 2009 05:24:47 +0000

So much for the papermills eh…

By: Kindle Sucks

Kindle Sucks — Tue, 05 May 2009 05:24:14 +0000

The Kindle is a total joke. I am not paying Amazon one cent for DRM books that I can’t resell once I’m done with them. It’s destined to be a niche product despite what all the astroturfers on these boards say.

By: Gebadia Smith

Gebadia Smith — Tue, 05 May 2009 05:23:18 +0000

wow universities will have to get out of the stone ages.. it is about time…. maybe now in bio they will start teaching with videos like that harvard cell video.. http://www.studiodaily.com/main/searchlist/6850.html

By: Martin

Martin — Tue, 05 May 2009 05:20:42 +0000

At our website, EtextbookReaders.com, we have information and reviews of text book reader devices. This is a growing market segment and we think textbook readers will be popular with students fed up with lugging dead trees around. We’re waiting to see what the new Amazon Kindle announcement will bring.

By: Kevin

Kevin — Tue, 05 May 2009 05:17:44 +0000

Call me pessimistic but I just can’t see this working. First of all, many universities run their own bookstore and the Kindle would most likely cut into their profits. That is, the bookstores buy back books at the end of the semester from students at relatively low values and resell them the following semester. You can’t resell digital content.

The only way I see this working is if the universities make the Kindle a required technology for certain classes and the they receive a portion of all on-campus sales (Kindles and ebooks).

By: rama

rama — Tue, 05 May 2009 05:14:43 +0000

gotta love the image.