Comments on: The Kindle DX’s chances of success http://www.teleread.com/paul-biba/the-kindle-dxs-chances-of-success/ News & views on e-books, libraries, publishing and related topics Tue, 14 Feb 2012 21:55:20 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 By: tomtom http://www.teleread.com/paul-biba/the-kindle-dxs-chances-of-success/comment-page-1/#comment-1165875 tomtom Wed, 12 May 2010 14:48:29 +0000 http://www.teleread.org/?p=22095#comment-1165875 I don't know for the usual book reader, but for me as a big technical documentation and scientific paper reader, kindle DX is definitly a revolution, autonomy of more then a week is awesome, and being able to carry all my pdfs with me everywhere, very simple e-ink screen no mutiliple options or features, simple product ensure the it does what it meant to be well, been portable, no noise, no heat, you forgot that it's a machine, sometime I try to turn the page as a real bbok, it do not use backlight so very easy to read, and simple to use, and no overhead of material weight, it looks that it's the best that can be done with the technology of to day to get such a harmonized product, I'm very happy with my kindle dx and think it's gonna be a Huge Big Success, 100% sure (btw I don't work for amazon and I hate new gadgets) I don’t know for the usual book reader, but for me as a big technical documentation and scientific paper reader, kindle DX is definitly a revolution, autonomy of more then a week is awesome, and being able to carry all my pdfs with me everywhere, very simple e-ink screen no mutiliple options or features, simple product ensure the it does what it meant to be well, been portable, no noise, no heat, you forgot that it’s a machine, sometime I try to turn the page as a real bbok, it do not use backlight so very easy to read, and simple to use, and no overhead of material weight, it looks that it’s the best that can be done with the technology of to day to get such a harmonized product, I’m very happy with my kindle dx and think it’s gonna be a Huge Big Success, 100% sure (btw I don’t work for amazon and I hate new gadgets)

]]> By: caron http://www.teleread.com/paul-biba/the-kindle-dxs-chances-of-success/comment-page-1/#comment-1060597 caron Tue, 19 May 2009 12:53:45 +0000 http://www.teleread.org/?p=22095#comment-1060597 Someone said "comics" on the DK? Someone said “comics” on the DK?

]]> By: pond http://www.teleread.com/paul-biba/the-kindle-dxs-chances-of-success/comment-page-1/#comment-1060156 pond Mon, 18 May 2009 22:15:00 +0000 http://www.teleread.org/?p=22095#comment-1060156 What's most interesting to me about the DX is something I don't see people writing up: this model effectively forks the Kindle-editions, adding one more floor to ebabel's tower. What I mean is that the DX supports PDF. Publishers who want to deliver 'beautiful' books, not to mention different fonts than the native fonts Kindle ships with (which make all Kindle editions look the same, resulting in some degree of boredom in readers once the novelty wears off). To support this, however, the publisher must deliver a standard Kindle-edition alongside a PDF-Kindle-edition. And Amazon will have to offer a couple more buttons on the books' listing page. More headaches, but really, I don't see any way around this. Textbooks and magazines are only the most obvious examples. Dover books reprints will prefer to go PDF. And the publishing industry has always liked to offer different editions of the same book, with different bindings, page size, some with illustrations and some without, all different price levels. What’s most interesting to me about the DX is something I don’t see people writing up: this model effectively forks the Kindle-editions, adding one more floor to ebabel’s tower.

What I mean is that the DX supports PDF. Publishers who want to deliver ‘beautiful’ books, not to mention different fonts than the native fonts Kindle ships with (which make all Kindle editions look the same, resulting in some degree of boredom in readers once the novelty wears off).

To support this, however, the publisher must deliver a standard Kindle-edition alongside a PDF-Kindle-edition.

And Amazon will have to offer a couple more buttons on the books’ listing page.

More headaches, but really, I don’t see any way around this. Textbooks and magazines are only the most obvious examples. Dover books reprints will prefer to go PDF. And the publishing industry has always liked to offer different editions of the same book, with different bindings, page size, some with illustrations and some without, all different price levels.

]]> By: Brad http://www.teleread.com/paul-biba/the-kindle-dxs-chances-of-success/comment-page-1/#comment-1060147 Brad Mon, 18 May 2009 22:03:57 +0000 http://www.teleread.org/?p=22095#comment-1060147 The Kindle DX will only be a huge success in the college textbook market if publishers can keep the prices of their e-textbooks down. Most college students will not shell out $489 for the device, and then pay the same bloated $100+ for the textbook, only in digital format. Right now we have the technology (e-ink) and devices (Kindle, Sony Reader, iPhone, etc). It's really up to the publishers, and to a lesser extent, the authors if ebooks float or sink. A lot of publishers still need a more realistic view of what ebook customers are willing to pay for digital content, and then adjust their business model accordingly. The Kindle DX will only be a huge success in the college textbook market if publishers can keep the prices of their e-textbooks down.

Most college students will not shell out $489 for the device, and then pay the same bloated $100+ for the textbook, only in digital format.

Right now we have the technology (e-ink) and devices (Kindle, Sony Reader, iPhone, etc). It’s really up to the publishers, and to a lesser extent, the authors if ebooks float or sink. A lot of publishers still need a more realistic view of what ebook customers are willing to pay for digital content, and then adjust their business model accordingly.

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