{"id":2484,"date":"2007-11-23T04:59:10","date_gmt":"2007-11-23T04:59:10","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/zenpundit.com\/?p=2484"},"modified":"2007-11-23T15:51:21","modified_gmt":"2007-11-23T15:51:21","slug":"serious-book-readers-will-amazon-kindle-your-interest","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/zenpundit.com\/?p=2484","title":{"rendered":"Serious Book Readers: Will Amazon Kindle Your Interest ?"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>I&#8217;m very intrigued by<strong> Amazon&#8217;s<\/strong> new <strong><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.amazon.com\/exec\/obidos\/ASIN\/B000FI73MA\/ref=pd_sl_aw_manual-1_kindle1_40650458_1\">Kindle<\/a><\/strong> device:<\/p>\n<p><object classid=\"clsid:d27cdb6e-ae6d-11cf-96b8-444553540000\" codebase=\"http:\/\/download.macromedia.com\/pub\/shockwave\/cabs\/flash\/swflash.cab#version=6,0,40,0\" width=\"425\" height=\"355\"><param name=\"width\" value=\"425\" \/><param name=\"height\" value=\"355\" \/><param name=\"wmode\" value=\"transparent\" \/><param name=\"src\" value=\"http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/v\/PBCzIDbRJvs&amp;rel=1\" \/><embed type=\"application\/x-shockwave-flash\" width=\"425\" height=\"355\" wmode=\"transparent\" src=\"http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/v\/PBCzIDbRJvs&amp;rel=1\"><\/embed><\/object><\/p>\n<p><strong>Dave Davison,<\/strong>\u00a0IT venture capitalist and visualization maven,\u00a0is <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/thoughts-illustrated.blogspot.com\/search\/label\/networkedbook\">very high on the potential of Kindle<\/a><strong>:<\/strong><\/p>\n<blockquote><p><strong>&#8220;<a href=\"http:\/\/ddavison-tagging.jiglu.com\/tags\/topics\/amazon!overlay\" onclick=\"return(Jiglu.overlayOpen(this))\" title=\"Jiglu topic tag: Amazon\">Amazon<\/a> &#8220;kindles&#8221; a new fire in electronic book reading. This 6 minute video shows how you will use this new portable, 10.3ounce, paperback size device. Download your reading library via a wireless connection just like calling on your cell phone. This device and the kindle service will revolutionize the book, magazine,newspaper and blog publishing <a href=\"http:\/\/ddavison-tagging.jiglu.com\/tags\/topics\/media!overlay\" onclick=\"return(Jiglu.overlayOpen(this))\" title=\"Jiglu topic tag: Media\">media<\/a> space.&#8221;<\/strong><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>Count me as an avid\u00a0reader and collector of books but if Amazon has truly solved the &#8221; reading online&#8221; problem that causes me to print out anything longer than a handful of pages, with a vision-friendly, virtual-paper screen, then I&#8217;d be keen to\u00a0own a Kindle. Just putting all of my magazines on it to reduce clutter or using it to read on the treadmill instead of lugging books in my gym bag, would be worth it. I would also speculate that, if you buy an absurdly large number\u00a0of books annually, as I do, a kindl could allow you to\u00a0purchase strategically;\u00a0some in dead-tree version and some virtual form, and accumulate a considerable cost savings.<\/p>\n<p>I would also expect that, as a platform, the uses for Kindle are only going to grow.<\/p>\n<p><em>Cross-posted at <\/em><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/chicagoboyz.net\/archives\/5354.html\"><strong><em>Chicago Boyz<\/em><\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>I&#8217;m very intrigued by Amazon&#8217;s new Kindle device: Dave Davison,\u00a0IT venture capitalist and visualization maven,\u00a0is very high on the potential of Kindle: &#8220;Amazon &#8220;kindles&#8221; a new fire in electronic book reading. This 6 minute video shows how you will use this new portable, 10.3ounce, paperback size device. 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