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I too own a Kindle and one of the major downsides I see is that you cannot share it. You cannot give or lend a book to someone when you are done. You cannot put
by dmbass 15y ago
I too own a Kindle and one of the major downsides I see is that you cannot share it. You cannot give or lend a book to someone when you are done. You cannot put a Kindle on your coffee table and have anybody who picks it up be able to flip through and actually read without losing your place in the book. It's a device designed around a single user which is often enough not the use case for a physical book.
- icefox 15y agoDon't forget we are at the very beginning of tablets. With book devices already under $99 pretty soon you can buy "digital books" for the cost of a paperback book today and have a dozen of them in your house and lend them out all you want.
- jaysonelliot 15y agoWith the disruption of the publishing industry and death of bookstores, Amazon and Apple are emerging as the only two companies to set book prices. Other small players will be involved, but they can't compete with the big guys any more than a self-published indie band competes with Lady Gaga. Creative works are not fungible. They've already shown that they will price ebooks at the same price as hardcovers, and pocket all the savings themselves. From a price perspective, their "competition" with each other will be as meaningful as Coke vs. Pepsi, and you'll have about the same amount of choice.
- cullenking 15y agoIf you are OK with using your own moral compass to determine whether it's OK to share your ebook, you can very very easily do this with Calibre. Connect your kindle, back up your books onto your computer, which you can then share with friends and family with a simple email.