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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

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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

Kindle is ultimately leading the way toward the standardized micropayment system

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