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MattEcho · 02-27-2009, 01:51 AM

Great interview. Jeff spent about 70% of the interview discussing the K2.

Some highlights:

May do video some day. Technology is several years away.

K2 will never be a swiss army knife. Meant to be an in-depth reading experience. Only offer the mp3 capability because it doesn't take away from anything.

Would love to have color. Would improve the reading experience. It will come.

Publishers need to get on board with ebooks, comparison made to the music industry. Wants every book ever printed to be available.

Over 10% of all Amazon book sales are Kindle sales, EVER! That was a pretty amazing stat.

Was not happy about lack of inventory during last 2 Christmas's. Was definitely not planned.

Renting books is an interesting and reasonable idea. Not being worked on, but will consider.

Device will get cheaper over time. Wants it to be cheap, but technology is too new and expensive. And there is no monthly fee for cell service. Would love to get it much more widespread.

Would not budge at all on # of Kindles sold, even though Charlie gave him a really hard time about it. It was kinda weird.

There was more, but this is what I remember.

02-27-2009, 01:51 AM	#1
MattEcho Member Posts: 23 Karma: 300 Join Date: Feb 2009 Location: Colorado Device: Kindle 2	Jeff Bezos on Charlie Rose show Great interview. Jeff spent about 70% of the interview discussing the K2. Some highlights: May do video some day. Technology is several years away. K2 will never be a swiss army knife. Meant to be an in-depth reading experience. Only offer the mp3 capability because it doesn't take away from anything. Would love to have color. Would improve the reading experience. It will come. Publishers need to get on board with ebooks, comparison made to the music industry. Wants every book ever printed to be available. Over 10% of all Amazon book sales are Kindle sales, EVER! That was a pretty amazing stat. Was not happy about lack of inventory during last 2 Christmas's. Was definitely not planned. Renting books is an interesting and reasonable idea. Not being worked on, but will consider. Device will get cheaper over time. Wants it to be cheap, but technology is too new and expensive. And there is no monthly fee for cell service. Would love to get it much more widespread. Would not budge at all on # of Kindles sold, even though Charlie gave him a really hard time about it. It was kinda weird. There was more, but this is what I remember.