[Web4lib] Amazon's Kindle e-book reader

[Tim Spalding]

Has anyone mentioned selling these to libraries yet? I'm not sure
they're set up for it—you can't take the book off it or move it
between them, can you?

Tim

On 11/19/07, Roy Tennant <tennantr at oclc.org> wrote:
> Hmmm...let me see...spend $400 on a device where the only thing I can do is
> read books, or spend the same amount on a different device where I can read
> books, visit any web site I want, make phone calls, listen to tunes, etc.
> Hmmm....
>
> Yes, I understand that one requires a service plan and the other does not
> (although at least $9 for every book you want to read). But come on. After
> watching the video I thought the interface was actually kind of annoying,
> again especially in contrast with the iPhone. My advice to libraries: don't
> rush out and jump on this bandwagon.
> Roy
>
>
> On 11/19/07 5:24 PM, "Tim Spalding" <tim at librarything.com> wrote:
>
> > See also NYT technology blog, Bits:
> >
> > Enough About Kindle 1.0. What About Kindle 2.0?
> > http://bits.blogs.nytimes.com/2007/11/19/enough-about-kindle-10-what-about-kin
> > dle-20/
> >
> > When people rave about what your product *could* do on the day of its
> > release, you have a hype/reality mismatch!
> >
> > On 11/19/07, B.G. Sloan <bgsloan2 at yahoo.com> wrote:
> >>
> >>   Newsweek has a cover story about Amazon's Kindle e-book reader:
> >>
> >>   http://www.newsweek.com/id/70983
> >>
> >>   Bernie Sloan
> >>
> >>
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