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Divertita e divertente marchetta a Bezos su Kindle 2, da 14:25 a 20:30.
"Unless Amazon embraces open e-book standards like epub, which allow readers to read books on a variety of devices, the Kindle will be gone within two or three years."
Questo è il vero punto forte di Kindle, e degli e-readers!
"In many ways, this is true. The Kindle is an unusual gadget in that it does not obviously target young people, or early-adopting technophiles. Instead it appeals to passionate readers, who want no fiddling with cables (the Kindle works without a computer) or complicated pricing plans (Kindle users pay to buy books and other content, but do not have to pay wireless-subscription fees). It is, in short, perfect for older people. The Kindle is a surprisingly “conservative” device, says John Makinson, the boss of Penguin Group, a large book publisher, so it is an additional distribution channel and thus “good for us”. (Penguin is an arm of Pearson, which partly owns The Economist.)"
Il nuovo Kindle 2 non farà tutto quel che leggerete in questo post: probabilmente avrà la predisposizione HSDPA, preludio all'ingresso in Europa, probabilmente inizierà a sperimentare modelli di vendita subscription-based. Ma è un enorme passo avanti per tutto il settore
Somehow I find this reassuring, both about the economy and the buyers. In contrast to the pictures of desperate buyers seeking bargains in the pre-dawn hours of Friday, this is a device that is of use only to someone who reads a significant amount. (The books are often cheaper than the printed ones, but this is a purchase — at $359 — that makes no sense if you don’t read a fair number of books.)
For the second season, Amazon's Kindle is out of stock.
In questo hotel di New York l'ospite trova un Kindle a sua disposizione, pre-caricato con un bel po' di libri, o su cui può caricare i suoi:
"Kindle available, loaded with your favorite audio book, in keeping with our literary tradition."
"Bezos: We humans evolve with our tools—they change us. But our network-connected tools have not kept pace with everything we need. The tools we've been building the past couple of decades make information snacking more convenient—I like my BlackBerry; it's good for e-mail and chunks of text. But you don't want to read a 300-page novel from a laptop.It's not comfortable.The Kindle was built for long-form reading.
SM: So as the Internet shortens our attention span, you think the Kindle will lengthen it?
Bezos: Yes, I think people will read more, not less."
10.000 gli abbonati alla versione Kindle del NYT, fanno circa 130 mila $ al mese... comincia a essere un numerino significativo, no?
"Qui in Italia la digitalizzazione dei libri scolastici genera ancora accese discussioni - libro di carta sì libro di carta no - (...) tutto questo mentre Amazon procedete spedita con il suo Kindle. Amazon ha, infatti, capito benissimo che i libri di carta faranno la fine dei giornali e che non ci sono corporazioni o luddisti che tengano."
Bah, saranno gli effetti della crisi, eh Zambardì? ;)
"Il fatturato di Amazon è cresciuto del 31% nell'ultimo trimestre, raggiungendo i 4.26 miliardi di dollari. Per quel che riguarda i libri venduti dal colosso online, il 10% è stato acquistato in formato digitale."
I think eReaders are awesome. While Ed and I disagree on the subject quite a bit, I do end up using my eReader every day. I think the technology is so cool that recently I appeared as a guest on...
iRex Technologies (distribuito in Italia da Simplicissimus) annuncia il nuovo DRM. Forbes lo presenta così:
"Amazon's Kindle was fun. Now it's time for electronic readers to get to work."
Kindle un anno dopo. E qualche suggerimento agli editori.
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