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Amazon.com founder and CEO Jeff Bezos kicks off morning proceedings announcing a new streaming-video service and talking about the Kindle e-book reader.
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Also, Please do your research before coming to conclusions.... go to the kindle bookstore and look at the prices... the e-versions of books are much much cheaper than a regular book which imo absorbs most if not all of the cost you would've got from reselling it... and you don't have to go through the hastle of reselling and playing the pricing game. Plus you will have the ebooks stored on your account at amazon for life... and should you decide to buy an upgraded version of kindle 2, 3 or 4 years down the road all of the ebooks will be there to d/l on the new device. After saying all this, I think the decision to buy a kindle should be very easy... find out everything that it offers, weigh the pros and cons and see if its' worth it for you. I don't think this device is for everyone, but if you read a lot, at least look at everything it offers and if amazon and the publishing industry make more money from this... kudos to them for offering an excellent service!
- by roqstar7989 June 1, 2008 3:29 PM PDT
- I love Jeff Bezos' analogy of this device as an upgrade from horses to cars. I could imagine some peoples original thoughts after seeing the price of a transportation device and thinking how rediculous it would be to pay that much when they have a perfectly healthy horse in the barn. It's not a perfect analogy, as the move to the kindle will be GOOD for the environment unlike the move to cars. I do see a move from books to an electronic device for the majority of the population in the future... I hope it will be the Kindle, but even if it's not... imo it will happen eventually.
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(5 Comments)Also, if you read a lot, please review everything that the kindle offers as far as functionality and decide for yourself if the price is worth the pros vs cons... if you're on the fence, then wait for version 2.... this is a 1st gen reader for amazon. For the pros... don't overlook the e-book prices at the kindle store. If you don't like the "DRM" software (the software that only allows the ebook you buy to be read on YOUR kindle only), and I'm sure you won't, you will find that the kindle store prices imo somewhat cancels out that ding if not altogether.