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Originally Posted by toria
P.W. took the position that Amazon should be shouting their numbers from the roof-top since that is more typical. (according to Pub.weekly)
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Meaning no disrespect to the deep thinkers over at Publisher's Weekly: typical of
what, exactly?
Sure, it's typical of
book sales, but the Kindle isn't a book.
It's an electronic device, and a pretty new class of one at that.
Setting aside the Kindle, if you consider the the iLiad, the Sony Reader, the Cybook, and the other smaller players -- in other words, everyone else who has made an e-ink reading device -- exactly
none of them (so far as I know) have commented on specific sales numbers of those devices.
I'd call Amazon's silence on the matter typical of those who are actually a valid comparison.
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Originally Posted by toria
It was the artical's position that perhaps Amazon was having diffuculty with the kinlde since the Ink Screens might be diffucult to get from France.
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If they actually think that the displays come from France, then they're
definitely not paying attention: PVI, the only company licensed to manufacture the things is located in Taiwan, and has no ties to France.
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Originally Posted by toria
Personly, I am just trying to decide if its the Kindle I should buy or if I should wait till later in the year when demand slows since it seems there will be new generations of readers on the market.
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That is the classic electronics/computer dilemma. When do you buy, considering that you
know a better/smaller/cheaper/whatever one
will be out within a few months at the latest?
All I can offer on it is to point out that this will always be the case, so you can end up waiting forever if you're not careful.
In the case of e-ink, they just brought out Vizplex, and there were a couple of years between it and previous version of e-ink, so the quality of the displays aren't likely to improve for another couple of years (by my guess, salt to taste). The available
sizes probably will, however.
I'd suggest that you look at the devices that are available (as you are already doing) and if you find one that you think fills your needs/wants, and the price works for you, then decide if you want to have the use of that device until you replace it, or just wait to get one at all until you would replace the one you're considering.
I'd think that if you don't think that the use of an e-ink reading device is worth having in the meantime, then you probably ought to wait. If you want to be able to use one
now, enough that you're willing to replace it in a few years, go for it.
I have the PRS500. It's the older model, but it didn't stop functioning when the 505 came out. You can certainly
keep using a device after a newer model comes out -- if there's no compelling reason to upgrade, then I usually just wait until such a reason comes along.
