tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22475853.post5145944335925831090..comments2014-08-23T17:06:51.901-07:00Comments on just another blog: I ducked.Dorothy Nevillehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17108759281089768738noreply@blogger.comBlogger7125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22475853.post-69911597644707536102009-03-20T16:37:00.000-07:002009-03-20T16:37:00.000-07:00Anonymous (above) is actually Cousin Jane.Anonymous (above) is actually Cousin Jane.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22475853.post-26674495199718683322009-03-20T16:36:00.000-07:002009-03-20T16:36:00.000-07:00I'm too cheap to (a) buy a Kindle, and (b) buy the...I'm too cheap to (a) buy a Kindle, and (b) buy the content. But I'm a librarian at a large university and I live in a town with two damn good public libraries. I can get any book I want either immediately, or within a few days thru ILL. Can you get used Kindle books for $1?<BR/><BR/>Some public libraries may be experiementing with lending Kindles. I don't know how the content would work.<BR/><BR/>A couple women in my book group have Kindles, but the rest of us are still analog.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22475853.post-36368136822163698312009-03-12T11:23:00.000-07:002009-03-12T11:23:00.000-07:00After reading your post I looked again at the Kind...After reading your post I looked again at the Kindle2. I like a lot of the things you have talked about. <BR/><BR/>Actually I was wondering if I could ask your opinion? I was wondering how it would work for older people. I was thinking specifically for my grandmother. She is fairly technologically challenged. However, I really think it would be wonderful because she has Rheumatoid Arthritis and has a hard time holding things up and because she is older she prefers large text books. Do you think that the interface would be too difficult for an older person?LavenderSheephttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14653603841847369961noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22475853.post-84844171031622782192009-03-09T07:21:00.000-07:002009-03-09T07:21:00.000-07:00Very true. I have a Kindle 2 also, it was a gift,...Very true. I have a Kindle 2 also, it was a gift, and I know it's going to change my relationship with books. The lack of weight and bulk of Kindle 2 over books is an enormous difference and the difference it'll make for college students--wow.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22475853.post-19130884600742718982009-03-06T21:17:00.000-08:002009-03-06T21:17:00.000-08:00This is neat. I had to stop reading The Pillars o...This is neat. I had to stop reading The Pillars of the Earth because it hurts my hands/arms to hold. <BR/><BR/>Love the duck!<BR/><BR/>ttyl, sis! TAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22475853.post-74388636017490739362009-03-06T18:48:00.000-08:002009-03-06T18:48:00.000-08:00I am ambivalent about the Kindle. I get 95% of my ...I am ambivalent about the Kindle. I get 95% of my books from the library, i.e., free. They would be $10 a pop on a Kindle, or >$100 a year. I already spend $252/year to subscribe to Audible.com for audio books; do I want to spend more when I am happy right now as a library patron?<BR/><BR/>I just read somewhere just this week something that sums this up: Amazon is realizing that it is not in the printed-matter business, it is in the reading matter business. Its business model may be transforming into the Gillette model: sell the razor/Kindle for cheap (Amazon has a ways to go with this part) and reap the benefits by selling razor blade/ebooks... forever.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22475853.post-83098535869727511532009-03-04T16:22:00.000-08:002009-03-04T16:22:00.000-08:00My personal prejudice is that the people who say "...My personal prejudice is that the people who say "Oh but I love the feel of the book in my hands, and the smell of the paper, and blah de blah" are secretly thinking, "But if I read a Kindle in public, how am I supposed to show off my clever reading choices?"<BR/><BR/>Plus you have to throw in a dash of knee-jerk reactionary DO NOT WANT. Honestly people, no one is forcing you to use a Kindle. Just because they exist, that doesn't mean there will be NO BOOKS EVER AGAIN.<BR/><BR/>I probably wouldn't have whipped out my Kindle, either. Owning one doesn't oblige you to serve as a stand-alone FAQ kiosk for all the baggage people bring to a discussion about it.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com