The biggest challenge for Amazon is to manage the Kindle 2′s image and make sure that Kindle 2′s perception stays close to reality. There are two types of people who have formed a wrong perception – A subset of people who think, for various reasons, that the Kindle 2 is the best thing since sliced bread. Another [...]
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Mr. Bezos had said in an interview that Amazon is committed not just to a Kindle 2 or a Kindle 3 but all the way to a Kindle 10. Now that the Kindle is arguably a hit, there’s a pretty decent chance we will see a lot of Kindle versions and that sometime down the [...]
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When we consider Google and its Google Book Rights Settlement taking on Amazon and Kindle 2 and the Kindle Store (and hopefully soon, Kindle Mobile), there are three main types of books that we have to consider – Public Domain Books – Goggle has scanned approximately 1 million of these – the entire books are [...]
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It’s less than a week until the Feb 24th Kindle 2 release, and here are some links to tide you over until then – Dave Kellogg has a great article on the Kindle’s future. ComputerWorld writes about how DRM is bringing down the whole eBook industry. Have to agree – Also, the lack of 1 or [...]
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All this mucking through Kindle 2 reviews and previews, and reading the Kindle 2 User Guide has given me a pretty good idea of what I’d like to see in Kindle 3. Here’s a Kindle 3 Feature WishList while these thoughts are still fresh in my head. Leave your own suggestions and I’ll work them [...]
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