Comments on: Working the Kindle 2 http://toddmundt.com/blog/2009/03/01/working-the-kindle-2/ convergence, public media, networks, productivity, public engagement Thu, 03 Sep 2009 15:45:06 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9 hourly 1 By: Live Lead Transfer http://toddmundt.com/blog/2009/03/01/working-the-kindle-2/comment-page-1/#comment-49200 Live Lead Transfer Tue, 09 Jun 2009 07:00:52 +0000 http://toddmundt.com/blog/?p=670#comment-49200 i haven't read this book but i'm very sure that it is a good one.. The title is very catchy.. i like to have that book.. i haven't read this book but i'm very sure that it is a good one.. The title is very catchy.. i like to have that book..

]]> By: mwp http://toddmundt.com/blog/2009/03/01/working-the-kindle-2/comment-page-1/#comment-49122 mwp Thu, 26 Mar 2009 14:48:09 +0000 http://toddmundt.com/blog/?p=670#comment-49122 My wife gave me a Kindle for Christmas, I got it in February, and I love it. Here's my favorite thing: like many book lovers, I'm easily seduced or almost seduced by a book in a bookstore. On the other hand, I often find I have an inspiration when I'm not in a bookstore ("I'd love to reread 'The Brothers Karamazov"!), then have second thoughts when I have the book in my hand. Over the years, I've bought lots of books I never got around to reading, so I pretty frequently talk myself out of buying things (I tell myself this is a book I want to have read, not a book I want to read).<br><br>The Karamazov example is real -- I've always thought of it as my favorite book from college, and for the last decade or so I've meant to reread it. But when I stand there in the store with the book and $15 in my hand, I think "O, come on, you'll never actually get around to reading this" and I put it down. WIth the Kindle, I ordered the sample when I had the inspiration (in the case of BK the sample must have been 50 or 60 pages) and it was clear when I got to the end of the sample and actually bought the book that I had the momentum to read it. I've read or reread several books on this basis.<br><br>I find the reading experience to be just fine. One complaint is that I'm nervous about how much I have to use the 5-way navigator. There's no alternative to it -- if it breaks, the unit is junk -- and I'm not sure how pleasant the repair process would be. I'm always a little nervous when I use the device (unlike my Palm Pilot, say, which I toss around pretty carelessly). <br><br>Actually, navigation in general feels pretty 1st generation on the Kindle. Using tables of contents feel like you're clumsily clicking through barely converted text. Compared to navigating on an iPod Classic, for example, it's the difference between an old text-based computer game like "Adventure" and something more modern.<br><br>That aside, though, I'm a very happy KIndle user, and I could imagine using something like this for a long time. It doesn't feel like a gimmick to me, but like something that could comfortably fit into my life.<br><br>Peace,<br><br>Mark. My wife gave me a Kindle for Christmas, I got it in February, and I love it. Here's my favorite thing: like many book lovers, I'm easily seduced or almost seduced by a book in a bookstore. On the other hand, I often find I have an inspiration when I'm not in a bookstore (“I'd love to reread 'The Brothers Karamazov”!), then have second thoughts when I have the book in my hand. Over the years, I've bought lots of books I never got around to reading, so I pretty frequently talk myself out of buying things (I tell myself this is a book I want to have read, not a book I want to read).

The Karamazov example is real — I've always thought of it as my favorite book from college, and for the last decade or so I've meant to reread it. But when I stand there in the store with the book and $15 in my hand, I think “O, come on, you'll never actually get around to reading this” and I put it down. WIth the Kindle, I ordered the sample when I had the inspiration (in the case of BK the sample must have been 50 or 60 pages) and it was clear when I got to the end of the sample and actually bought the book that I had the momentum to read it. I've read or reread several books on this basis.

I find the reading experience to be just fine. One complaint is that I'm nervous about how much I have to use the 5-way navigator. There's no alternative to it — if it breaks, the unit is junk — and I'm not sure how pleasant the repair process would be. I'm always a little nervous when I use the device (unlike my Palm Pilot, say, which I toss around pretty carelessly).

Actually, navigation in general feels pretty 1st generation on the Kindle. Using tables of contents feel like you're clumsily clicking through barely converted text. Compared to navigating on an iPod Classic, for example, it's the difference between an old text-based computer game like “Adventure” and something more modern.

That aside, though, I'm a very happy KIndle user, and I could imagine using something like this for a long time. It doesn't feel like a gimmick to me, but like something that could comfortably fit into my life.

Peace,

Mark.

]]> By: jocko http://toddmundt.com/blog/2009/03/01/working-the-kindle-2/comment-page-1/#comment-49104 jocko Tue, 03 Mar 2009 00:18:14 +0000 http://toddmundt.com/blog/?p=670#comment-49104 Great review, I'm think I might have to pick one up after reading your entry. I was wondering if any affluent library systems were picking them up and sure enough, Sparta Public Library (SPL) NJ purchased a few, and the waiting list is two months; it sure makes a swift and inexpensive alternative to interlibrary loan.<br><br>Oddly enough the Amazon/Kindla Terms of Service prevents a user who wishes to "sell, rent, lease, distribute, broadcast, sublicense or otherwise assign any rights to the Digital Content or any portion of it to any third party." So far Amazon is mum on the topic and they don't seem to be raising a fuss with libraries, it'll be interesting to see how Amazon irons out the concept of popular lending. Oh Andrew Carnegie, if you could see us now! Great review, I'm think I might have to pick one up after reading your entry. I was wondering if any affluent library systems were picking them up and sure enough, Sparta Public Library (SPL) NJ purchased a few, and the waiting list is two months; it sure makes a swift and inexpensive alternative to interlibrary loan.

Oddly enough the Amazon/Kindla Terms of Service prevents a user who wishes to “sell, rent, lease, distribute, broadcast, sublicense or otherwise assign any rights to the Digital Content or any portion of it to any third party.” So far Amazon is mum on the topic and they don't seem to be raising a fuss with libraries, it'll be interesting to see how Amazon irons out the concept of popular lending. Oh Andrew Carnegie, if you could see us now!

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