08-26-2008, 05:26 PM | #16 |
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This is another article we can toss out. When you get an article on eBook readers (brand doesn't matter) and a comparison to Apple, then the article is trash and the author should be fired.
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08-26-2008, 05:55 PM | #17 |
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http://www.newsweek.com/id/70983/output/print
"Though Bezos is reluctant to make the comparison, Amazon believes it has created the iPod of reading" |
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08-26-2008, 06:15 PM | #18 |
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Thanks, seamusfp, that pretty much demonstrates that Bezos did not compare the Kindle to the iPod, the author of the article did.
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08-26-2008, 06:16 PM | #19 | |
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08-26-2008, 07:07 PM | #20 |
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That's fair enough, my memory from the initial hype was that Bezos had put that out there, but you are correct it looks to be a notion brought up by the author and merely confirmed as something Amazon would hope for.
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08-26-2008, 09:34 PM | #21 | |
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08-27-2008, 12:19 AM | #22 |
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08-27-2008, 12:34 AM | #23 | |
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No, I think you are missing the point. The thread was about the fact that Amazon eBook sales (not the kindle device, the ebooks it reads) aren't all selling all that hot. They would sell a lot more if they let people with other readers have access to those books too. They don't. > Amazon isn't trying to corner the market, I think they realize there are many different book readers out there. Then why don't they let the rest of us just download the books, in mobi format? To think that the largest bookseller tells me I have to go elsewhere to buy my books because I didn't buy THEIR device is just idiotic. |
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08-27-2008, 01:20 AM | #24 | |
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08-27-2008, 02:47 AM | #25 |
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One thing to consider: their market ( be it a reason or an outcome ) places, or the only country in the world, where Amazon is selling the Kindle.
I am looking into buying (decided on Sony, need wife's approval) e-Reader, I cannot go to a store and get a Kindle (I live in Canada and I know there is a way but it shouldn't be that hard to buy a book ), that means I cannot just log onto Amazon book site and buy a book. I am guessing that their marketing ploy works when it comes to catering to a limited clientele. It is like Ipod folks deciding to limit first batch of mp3 players to, lets say, Zimbabwe, and you can download music only in one village - everywhere else you have to order a CD to copy. So the comparability does not really work in this particular case. |
08-27-2008, 03:18 AM | #26 |
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Don't get me wrong, I get plenty of laughs from the old Reg, but I don't take anything it says seriously.
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08-27-2008, 08:08 AM | #27 |
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Mobipocket (owned by Amazon as you likely know) has a deal with bookstores that sell .mobi books that they will not undercut their prices. If you want a .mobi book, you can go to other stores to buy them. If you want to buy a .mobi book through Amazon (mobipocket.com), be prepared to pay the highest price. If Amazon offered best sellers in .mobi for $9.99 I'm sure they'd find themselves in court pretty quickly.
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08-27-2008, 08:22 AM | #28 |
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To me, this article was surprisingly balanced; they mentioned sources for all information they have and did not throw uncorfirmed numbers around. A nice change from all the hype before.
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08-27-2008, 08:42 AM | #29 | |
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See also: "Amazon's $399 folly, no wait, book reader" http://www.theregister.co.uk/2007/11..._reader_folly/ and "Kindle ain't no e-book reader" http://www.theregister.co.uk/2007/11...le_whispernet/ I must add that as a young sysadmin I used to get a chuckle from the Reg's "Bastard Operator from Hell" series. Last edited by acidzebra; 08-27-2008 at 08:46 AM. |
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08-27-2008, 08:46 AM | #30 |
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Oh, I don't mind the tone. I read El Reg quite a lot.
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