[Web4lib] Amazon's Kindle e-book reader

[Sutherland, Michael John]

During a class discussion the professor of my Information Systems Design course brought this topic up and we briefly discussed it, going over some of the various responses such as those by Roy Tennant, and looking at the device from Amazon's site.  One student stated that she had downloaded books and used her Gameboy Advance to read them.  I thought this was a very interesting way to use a device for something it was obviously not intended for.  This example also emphasizes the notion that most users may not be interested in a device that only performs one function with further proprietary limitations (e.g. .azw files).

Michael Sutherland

-----Original Message-----
From: web4lib-bounces at webjunction.org [mailto:web4lib-bounces at webjunction.org] On Behalf Of B.G. Sloan
Sent: Monday, November 19, 2007 6:08 PM
To: web4lib at webjunction.org
Subject: [Web4lib] Amazon's Kindle e-book reader


  Newsweek has a cover story about Amazon's Kindle e-book reader:

  http://www.newsweek.com/id/70983

  Bernie Sloan


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