Kindle: You've got to be kidding me

CCIP · 11-21-07, 01:09 AM

Personally I've been waiting for something like this for years. It won't replace "The Book" for me, but in the end the convenience for a reader like that would be massively important for me. Mind you, a very large part of my reading is for academic and not pleasure-oriented purposes. Especially with so many academic journals going online these days... I'd sure prefer to have an easy-on-the-eyes electronic reader for those than having to print them out (I can't stand reading on the monitor for extended periods).

It'll take some time for this technology to really develop. Sure not jumping in with this one - far too expensive and oriented to actually buying books off Amazon rather than using your own digital media.

11-21-07, 01:09 AM	#3
CCIP Navy Seal Join Date: Apr 2005 Location: Waterloo, Canada Posts: 8,700 Downloads: 29 Uploads: 2	Personally I've been waiting for something like this for years. It won't replace "The Book" for me, but in the end the convenience for a reader like that would be massively important for me. Mind you, a very large part of my reading is for academic and not pleasure-oriented purposes. Especially with so many academic journals going online these days... I'd sure prefer to have an easy-on-the-eyes electronic reader for those than having to print them out (I can't stand reading on the monitor for extended periods). It'll take some time for this technology to really develop. Sure not jumping in with this one - far too expensive and oriented to actually buying books off Amazon rather than using your own digital media. __________________ There are only forty people in the world and five of them are hamburgers. -Don Van Vliet (aka Captain Beefheart) Last edited by CCIP; 11-21-07 at 01:20 AM.