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dedicated · 03-12-2009, 01:40 PM

Didn't see this mentioned on the forums so I thought I'd kick off a discussion on some of Seth Godin's ideas for improving the Kindle. To summarize, he suggests ways to share books and increase sales. I love the idea of being able to share the book with friends, with permission from the author/publisher. He didn't mention this specifically, but it'd be a killer feature for the Kindle iPhone app, which has a much higher penetration.

Some other interesting ideas from him:

Opt-in for automatic download of samples from authors or publishers
All you can read subscription model
Ship Kindle with X dollars worth of books - opted in by authors

The things we could do with the Kindle that don't require any hardware changes, just a change in thinking by the publishers, authors, and Amazon.

03-12-2009, 01:40 PM	#1
dedicated Member Posts: 34 Karma: 10 Join Date: Nov 2007 Location: Los Angeles, CA Device: Sony PRS-500, Kindle DX	Seth Godin's Kindle Ideas Didn't see this mentioned on the forums so I thought I'd kick off a discussion on some of Seth Godin's ideas for improving the Kindle. To summarize, he suggests ways to share books and increase sales. I love the idea of being able to share the book with friends, with permission from the author/publisher. He didn't mention this specifically, but it'd be a killer feature for the Kindle iPhone app, which has a much higher penetration. Some other interesting ideas from him: Opt-in for automatic download of samples from authors or publishers All you can read subscription model Ship Kindle with X dollars worth of books - opted in by authors The things we could do with the Kindle that don't require any hardware changes, just a change in thinking by the publishers, authors, and Amazon.