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Re: [PLUG] The Amazon Kindle
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Matthew Rosewarne (mrosewarne@inoutbox.com) had this to say on 11/21/07 at 20:26:
> On Wednesday 21 November 2007, JP Vossen wrote:
> > The DRM is a Bad Thing, but I wonder if it's realistic to think that a
> > non-DRM device would gain any acceptance from the big publishing
> > players. But obviously Amazon has the clout to force them to play for
> > now, then maybe back off on the DRM later ala Amazon DRM-less
> > MP3_Downloads. And it turns out the Amazon remembers what Kindle
> > e-books you've paid for and you can re-download them at any time. It
> > also sounds like you can connect it to a PC (though this is never
> > required for anything) to back stuff up.
>
> It doesn't really make sense that Amazon would push against DRM if they can
> make money selling DRM'd content. If you buy their product with DRM, what
> incentive is there for Amazon to fight it?
>
> > I've also seen bits about it being possible to sync over (via USB or
> > $0.10 email) plain text (and other formats in more steps), so The Baen
> > Free Library, Project Gutenberg(.org), Google Books and more would then
> > be accessible.
>
> From what I've seen, it doesn't do PDFs. I'm not sure how you could call it a
> book reader if it doesn't read one of the most common publishing formats in
> the world.
>
> > The only other problem is the lack of a backlight, for reading in bed
> > w/o annoying your SO. Not sure how water/sand proof it is either.
>
> It's also an 800x600 screen. For $400, why not buy yourself a refurbished
> laptop instead? That would be far more useful than any locked-down eBook
> device.
Because e-book readers are a lot smaller and lighter, probably.
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