E-Book News
The Kindle still costs $299 too much.
In other news, BGB Contributor Russ Marshalek says he might be tempted to buy a non-Kindle e-book reader if the price and terms were right. He says this in Wired Magazine. What?!
Tim O’Reilly says the Kindle needs to open its proprietary format or die.
July 8, 2009 8:24 pm 2 Comments
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By Steve, July 9, 2009 @ 7:34 am
If I lose, drop, misplace a book, or get stuck in the rain or drop it in a puddle, I’m out 10, 20 maybe 25 bucks.
Drop, lose or have a Kindle get wet or just stolen and be out 300 bucks.
No thanks.
I like books better anyway.
Actually, I’m tired of hearing about the Kindle…they just keep trying to push this thing…expecting people to think, in this economy, that $300 is cheap.
By Len, July 9, 2009 @ 9:08 am
My favorite quote from that article was this: “[T]he publishing industry has said e-books account for less than 1 percent of book sales. But it is a fast-growing, competitive segment.” It’s all a sales job, and a rather clumsy one at that.