11-19-2007, 11:16 PM | #16 |
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I'd love a deep brown (very bookish) or dark gray, maybe with more of a brushed finish. A lot of us bookish types love a bit of retro feel. This is just the wrong retro.
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11-19-2007, 11:19 PM | #17 |
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My guess is azw format is mobi with the Kindle's PID embedded into it. And the Kindle doesn't allow us to get the PID from the device. If that is true, then it makes sense why Amazon bought Mobipocket. They could be using the Mobi format in disguise or the Mobi format with a few tweaks to it.
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OTOH, a good chunk of the negative Amazon reviews are people piling on because of the high profile launch. |
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11-20-2007, 07:46 AM | #22 |
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Why I'm emotional about Kindle
I am an iLiad user and travel quite a bit and live much of the year in Nepal and the rest of the time in the US. I purchased an iLiad because it is relatively open, has support for PDF as well as mobi and has WiFi and tablet interface for note taking - taking notes in a book or journal article is a common thing for users of print technology to do. The size, resolution and clarity of display were also major considerations as is the fact that I can put a CF card holding 8GB of papers and books on it.
From the specs that have been published the Kindle doesn't approach any of these features and will apparently be pretty much in line with the current Sony offering technically and provide a massive DRM lock-in - this is my real gripe. Not only is the device and delivery technology of no use to me outside the US but the proprietary "it's mine; all mine" attitude of the DRM strategy and exclusionary practices by the 600 pound gorilla of book distribution means that ebooks will wither and die as a creative force and turn into lowest common denominator money making for Bezos. Rather than taking an attitude of "how can our company offer a quality product and service that returns a profit" it would seem that the attitude is more like "how can we ensure that we make the most money possible while appearing to offer a service to the hapless consumer." Most of the world isn't connected sufficiently to make EVDO work effectively and what is needed is a way to get libraries of books to people around the planet not just satisfy some Ameri-centric view of life. The 90K or so books in the Amazon Kindle catalog should be of benefit to people beyond the borders of the US and on any device that a user may have. So my gripes are many and I think based in actual experience with eBooks and usage scenarios that are thwarted - not just not supported - by Amazon's Kindle adventure. I'd like to know why it is that people on this forum see the Kindle as interesting. |
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A reason that people are so passionate about the Kindle offering is because of the bookstore not the device. Upon entering the ebook arena, Amazon immediately becomes the largest ebook seller in the world. If you do not own a Sony Reader, then the Sonny connect bookstore is irrelevant. This is not true of the Amazon bookstore. This is what makes Amazon's decision to ignore epub standards and to go with another proprietary DRM format tied to a single device so disappointing. Not unexpected, but disapointing.
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11-20-2007, 12:26 PM | #30 |
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Well I really got a bum deal from Amazon. I ordered well before Noon with overnight shipping while it was still in stock. I watched as hours later it went out of stock on the site and delivery was pushed back to Nov 21 and then Nov 28. All the while my order was listed with an expected delivery of Nov 20th (today). Wake up today and it has not shipped and has a revised delivery of Nov 30th.
I may cancel. I don't like being treated unfairly -- ordering early and then being delivered way after everyone else just doesn't make any sense. |
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