Amazon’s “Kindle”
Posted by
Mark
on Tuesday, November 20th, 2007. Filed under Books, Burris, Design, Digital lifestyle, Fresh Ideas.
I think Amazon’s new e-reading device, “kindle,” is fascinating on a lot of levels, not the least of which are the marketing comparisons with the original iPod and the iTunes Store. Pricing is virtually the same, a $9.99 regular cost for current bestsellers, as an “album” on iTunes. And you have to admire Jeff Bezos’s timing (the holiday season) and ambition: eventually every book in print will be available.
The product appears to be pretty cool too. I’m not ready to give up my books - or my bookcases - but if Betty’s thinking of something digital for me this Christmas …
Here’s a Wall Street Journal video interview with Bezos.
Interesting rebuttal from John Gruber, who delves more into the DRM issues the Kindle brings up. More here.
Posted by Eric on 11.20.07.cool, thx
Posted by phj on 11.21.07.