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New Amazon E-reader Shows Promise

Started by ybpguide · 9 months ago

Released two weeks ago, the Amazon Kindle is looking to be the best e-reader yet. The development of a device that could replace a paper book has been discussed and attempted [...] ... Continue reading »

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  • Hey Andrea -

    The next time you write a post about a product like this, make sure to join Amazon Associates for free and just drop in the link code so that all the people who come to this post and buy an Amazon Zindle thru your site, you'll get paid a portion of it!

    See how the Lord blest me to make nearly $4,000 in 6 weeks by mostly pitching Amazon products?

    I just want to help a sistah out.
  • that's a good look paula. thanks.
  • That high cost isn't a small downside. It's huge, especially when the time comes that some/many books only are released in electronic form.

    People without the funds to buy a Kindle or other e-book reader just won't have access to those books. It would be a brand-new digital divide.

    And it would be so hard to share books. I can't count the number of times a friend or relative has handed me a book s/he owned and said "You have to read this!"

    No more of that with the Kindle.

    Still, I think it's a fantastic device. Not buying one yet, though. I need to see them get some traction with the general public before I go for it quite yet.
  • Yeah, thanks Paula.

    To Barbelle, I don't think paper books will completely go away for a long time, if ever. We'll see. But even if they did, by that time e-readers would be much cheaper, just like all technology becomes more affordable over time.

    The sharing thing is hard for me to even imagine. I don't know if there would be e-libraries (if there were, there'd seemingly be no reason to buy e-books) or would people be illegally sharing books like they do with music? I have no idea.

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