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A simple find feature -- which is what this article talks about -- isn't enough to crow about.
It may not be a technically impressive feature for an e-reader, but if public shaming like this causes authors to adjust their writing style, that's pretty interesting. I'm not really sure if it will (do the kind of people who read these books really care about stuff like this?) but who knows?
A simple find feature -- which is what this article talks about -- isn't enough to crow about.
No, but the experience of beautiful digitized text is. The fact that I can carry a library around, for instance. Searching. Looking up words. I have Ulysses digitized and on my Kindle and it's a thrill to really get into Joyce's language. Much easier than with the physical copy I own.
Imagine if the Kindle or other e-reader allowed plugins. Perhaps you could write a greasemonkey like script that automatically alters the reading experience for you. The reader could write a simple script to replace "heart in his mouth" with whatever metaphor he wanted.
Searching at that book's Amazon Reader page, I counted 16 instances of hearts in mouths. http://www.amazon.com/gp/reader/0451166892
Maybe there were 2 instances on a single page.
I've got a great secret trick for the astute kindle owner - read it on paper!
I don't know how to say this entirely politely: where do you get off? The sheer hatred for this device staggers me. It's become a joke! People who've never used one call it ugly. They call it a waste. It's become a joke of the industry, and I have no clue why. It's selling well, isn't it? It's just selling to a niche audience of people who actually read things. So I guess the joke has to do with the implied functiona…
I agree that the hatin' is a bit over the top. (Though I agree the device is aesthetically challenged, it's the screen that the user is looking at. If the Sony Reader I've played with is any indication, the screen is really all that matters, the button arrangement on the Kindle is considered almost perfect, from what I understand.)
That said, I think what some of the critics are seeing is a repeat of the Newton. That was Apple's first stab at a portable "smart" device that overreached; it was expensive and its user experience was mostly alien. Because of its failure, the first successful device in that market space was the much inferior Palm Pilot, and as such, the Newton may be perceived as setting back or delaying the mainstream acceptance of a fully powered smart device via premature birth. (The sector really didn't regain the same capability level in the mainstream until the Blackberry and iPhone came on the scene.) The Kindle might be doing the same thing with the "PADD" (I'm thinking Star Trek here) concept by focusing on books and focusing the UI on that exclusively. Such a device could potential save periodicals and newspapers, but those markets aren't ready for pure digital distribution yet...
I've got a great secret trick for the astute kindle owner - read it on paper!
I don't know how to say this entirely politely: where do you get off? The sheer hatred for this device staggers me. It's become a joke! People who've never used one call it ugly. They call it a waste. It's become a joke of the industry, and I have no clue why. It's selling well, isn't it? It's just selling to a niche audience of people who actually read things. So I guess the joke has to do with the implied functiona…
Perhaps I'm being a bit too paranoid, I'll assume you're an honest kindle fan.
It is not the kindle that I hate, it is the Amazon marketing.
The kindle is in fact not selling well. It can't both: sell to a niche and sell well at the same time.
Not if you go by the standard definition of well.
It only sells well if you go by Amazon's much lowered sales expectations.
But honestly I sort of admire Amazon's hutzpa, they know what they're doing and they're dong it well.
The kindle, I don't hate, it's not for me, but I wish you the best with it.
Earlier quoted context omitted.
I don't know how to say this entirely politely: where do you get off? The sheer hatred for this device staggers me. It's become a joke! People who've never used one call it ugly. They call it a waste. It's become a joke of the industry, and I have no clue why. It's selling well, isn't it? It's just selling to a niche audience of people who actually read things. So I guess the joke has to do with the implied functiona…
I don't know how to say this but... are you paid by Amazon? Perhaps I'm being a bit too paranoid, I'll assume you're an honest kindle fan. It is not the kindle that I hate, it is the Amazon marketing. The kindle is in fact not selling well. It can't both: sell to a niche and sell well at the same time. Not if you go by the standard definition of well . It only sells well if you go by Amazon's much lowered sales expec…
Earlier quoted context omitted.
I don't know how to say this entirely politely: where do you get off? The sheer hatred for this device staggers me. It's become a joke! People who've never used one call it ugly. They call it a waste. It's become a joke of the industry, and I have no clue why. It's selling well, isn't it? It's just selling to a niche audience of people who actually read things. So I guess the joke has to do with the implied functiona…
I don't know how to say this but... are you paid by Amazon? Perhaps I'm being a bit too paranoid, I'll assume you're an honest kindle fan. It is not the kindle that I hate, it is the Amazon marketing. The kindle is in fact not selling well. It can't both: sell to a niche and sell well at the same time. Not if you go by the standard definition of well . It only sells well if you go by Amazon's much lowered sales expec…
A simple find feature -- which is what this article talks about -- isn't enough to crow about.
Earlier quoted context omitted.
I don't know how to say this entirely politely: where do you get off? The sheer hatred for this device staggers me. It's become a joke! People who've never used one call it ugly. They call it a waste. It's become a joke of the industry, and I have no clue why. It's selling well, isn't it? It's just selling to a niche audience of people who actually read things. So I guess the joke has to do with the implied functiona…
I don't know how to say this but... are you paid by Amazon? Perhaps I'm being a bit too paranoid, I'll assume you're an honest kindle fan. It is not the kindle that I hate, it is the Amazon marketing. The kindle is in fact not selling well. It can't both: sell to a niche and sell well at the same time. Not if you go by the standard definition of well . It only sells well if you go by Amazon's much lowered sales expec…
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