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Allows the purchase and reading of e-books
Many newspapers and magazines are converting to this format
Uses E-Ink Corp is supporting other companies devices
Apple soon to come out with their own version
First chapter will be available for free to entice the reader to purchase the entire book
The reader will then have the option to purchase the entire book or just individual chapters
This will cause the “return of the cliffhangers”
Extremely easy access to millions of books anywhere or anytime
Easy reference options Essentially this will be the equivalent to
music with an I-Pod with books Ability to store your entire library of
books in your hand Global booklogs will prosper
The Kindle already carries blog and newspaper subscriptions
Every word in your library will be searchable
Kindle users buy significantly more books due to the easy accesability
If a book is recommended to you, it can be purchased immediately
Kindle will take the intimacy out of reading a book
Too many distractions from actually reading and enjoying the book
As of now, there is no system of organization for Kindle
Instead of pages, Kindle uses a “location” for their books
Why would people pay for books that they can get for free?
The same question was presented to Steve Jobs when he launched I-Tunes
Kindle takes away from the freedom to escape in a good story
This is being said to be the greatest invention since Gutenberg’s printing press
Kindle has caused Amazon’s company growth to be robust
As a result, Amazon has already released their version of Kindle for use on I-Phones