Comments on: Georgia study suggests Kindle no replacement for newspaper http://www.teleread.com/chris-meadows/georgia-study-suggests-kindle-no-replacement-for-newspaper/ News & views on e-books, libraries, publishing and related topics Fri, 10 Feb 2012 00:46:42 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 By: Mary http://www.teleread.com/chris-meadows/georgia-study-suggests-kindle-no-replacement-for-newspaper/comment-page-1/#comment-1154415 Mary Tue, 26 Jan 2010 17:57:22 +0000 http://www.teleread.org/2010/01/26/georgia-study-suggests-kindle-no-replacement-for-newspaper/#comment-1154415 I have been quite content with the Chicago Tribune on my Kindle since approximately August of 2008. I let the print and Kindle editions overlap for about a month until I was sure. All I want from a newspaper is news, commentary and editorials. I do not need crossword puzzles or comics so it works for me. I am so much less a fan of constant video as many seem to be—would rather read a print story than have a talking head tell me about it. Am I an aberration? I have been quite content with the Chicago Tribune on my Kindle since approximately August of 2008. I let the print and Kindle editions overlap for about a month until I was sure. All I want from a newspaper is news, commentary and editorials. I do not need crossword puzzles or comics so it works for me. I am so much less a fan of constant video as many seem to be—would rather read a print story than have a talking head tell me about it. Am I an aberration?

]]> By: Daniel Udsen http://www.teleread.com/chris-meadows/georgia-study-suggests-kindle-no-replacement-for-newspaper/comment-page-1/#comment-1154412 Daniel Udsen Tue, 26 Jan 2010 16:56:44 +0000 http://www.teleread.org/2010/01/26/georgia-study-suggests-kindle-no-replacement-for-newspaper/#comment-1154412 A big problem with the ereaders is that they are a retrofuturistic version, ie something a lot of persons though would be really cool before almost all shortform text went digital on the internet. It kind of like with the videophonebooth it's something that became technologically posible after the world moved to something with a lot broader scope. The content industry is stuck in a dilemma here, if you go hollywood bluckbuster with byg hyped up productions a lot of the smaller publishers will have to let go or merge, and theres not an awfull lot of money to be made for the individial publishers in the long tail because it's well really long. That leads them to kind of hope that the internet way of accessing text is really just a fad. You got something like the apple adstore(that will be minor player in 5years) completely overhyped because it locks the long tail out of the loop and puts the mid sized works back into the game. A lot of the hype is because a big part of the content industry wants that to be the norm instead of the current long tail model of the internet. A big problem with the ereaders is that they are a retrofuturistic version, ie something a lot of persons though would be really cool before almost all shortform text went digital on the internet. It kind of like with the videophonebooth it’s something that became technologically posible after the world moved to something with a lot broader scope.

The content industry is stuck in a dilemma here, if you go hollywood bluckbuster with byg hyped up productions a lot of the smaller publishers will have to let go or merge, and theres not an awfull lot of money to be made for the individial publishers in the long tail because it’s well really long. That leads them to kind of hope that the internet way of accessing text is really just a fad.

You got something like the apple adstore(that will be minor player in 5years) completely overhyped because it locks the long tail out of the loop and puts the mid sized works back into the game. A lot of the hype is because a big part of the content industry wants that to be the norm instead of the current long tail model of the internet.

]]> By: Steve Jordan http://www.teleread.com/chris-meadows/georgia-study-suggests-kindle-no-replacement-for-newspaper/comment-page-1/#comment-1154405 Steve Jordan Tue, 26 Jan 2010 15:18:51 +0000 http://www.teleread.org/2010/01/26/georgia-study-suggests-kindle-no-replacement-for-newspaper/#comment-1154405 Sounds like a content problem to me, as much as a hardware problem. If, for instance, you could get ALL of the newspaper content on the Kindle, it sounds like older users would be more into it. And additional apps and options would bring in the younger users... though they obviously want a more capable device, like a tablet or netbook. But then, there's nothing surprising in these findings... in fact, they're pretty common sense, aren't they? Sounds like a content problem to me, as much as a hardware problem. If, for instance, you could get ALL of the newspaper content on the Kindle, it sounds like older users would be more into it. And additional apps and options would bring in the younger users… though they obviously want a more capable device, like a tablet or netbook.

But then, there’s nothing surprising in these findings… in fact, they’re pretty common sense, aren’t they?

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