[kindlekitten]

Originally Posted by jswinden

Very valid points. I'm personally just speculating about what if Amazon wins the war. I personally just want the war over so we can move on to enjoying whatever reader in whatever universal format. And quite frankly, there might never be a clear winner--the worst case scenario.

Both Sony and Amazon fail miserably in having their readers available for the public to play with them in a brick and mortar store. Amazon especially since they don't have a brick and mortar presence. Sony because the retail brick and mortar stores that stock their readers tend to not know much about them and tend to not have them turned on. Best Buy in my area for example has Nooks on display and running, but their Sony Readers are not displayed like that. B&N obviously displays their Nooks, but even they didn't really seem to have many answers to my questions. They all need to improve in this area of public education.

in case you missed it, I'll say it again... they are at TARGET!

Originally Posted by fjtorres

Uh, guys, if I may be so crass as to point out the thread is supposed to be about the release of new Kindle hardware not about library lending or epub support?

this is Mobil Read and you are surprised that a thread has gone off topic?

Originally Posted by Graham

I tracked down DesertGrandma's guide to using library books on the Kindle, and it seems to involve using a python script, and then only if the library has mobi format books. That may work for tech-savvy users, and in the US, but here in the UK we have libraries full of ADE ePub books, not mobi.

I suspect the average Kindle buyer won't want to/know how to use a python script, far less get involved in cracking the Adobe DRM required by some of the less legitimate methods.

So I think it's fair to say that in the UK at least our libraries don't support Kindle users.

Graham

sorry did not notice that you were in the UK. once again, was only focusing on the library issue

Originally Posted by Maggie Leung

Please read the poster's question again. She says she has about 200 audiobooks and is asking how good Kindle's text to speech is. If someone has 200 audiobooks, what are the odds that she doesn't have an MP3 player?

I'll leave it at that and bow out. My interest was in answering the poster's question, not in pointlessly arguing with someone else.

was just responding to the query about the voice quality. did not see until her follow up post about the amount of audiobooks. many people read these threads for general info. getting the information out there correctly quite often trumps answering the specific question. for instance the amount of people who are convinced that Kindle books are ONLY available at Amazon.