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The DX is so much better than the normal Kindle, why can't Amazon just wait and let the market develop? Given a few years, I think it would do just fine. Right

The DX is so much better than the normal Kindle, why can't Amazon just wait and let the market develop? Given a few years, I think it would do just fine. Right now I'm not upgrading until I see a DX formfactor, no matter what the new features are. I like my printed page the size of, well, printed pages.

jackowayed 14y ago
The problem is that the DX is not a good Kindle from Amazon's perspective. Note that while you're requesting your "printed page" to be printed page size, they're focusing on a "book" that is book sized. From Amazon's perspective, a great Kindle is something that you use extensively, carry with you everywhere, and buy many books on. There are very few books that Amazon sells that are seriously helped by the DX's larger screen, save maybe for someone who needs to crank the font way up. The DX, I assume, is great for PDF's with formatting/figures that won't convert well (which the small Kindles are pretty bad at). But Amazon makes no money on you reading PDF's on your DX. A DX with a great touch screen and a stylus could also make an outstanding replacement for paper that you write on. But again, Amazon won't make money for each page you scrawl. Add to that the fact that the market for the DX is presumably significantly smaller, and you get where we are now. Amazon charges a lot for the DX because they need to actually profit from it, instead of relying on content sales. Amazon doesn't have a big incentive to improve the DX because it doesn't make them much money. Maybe in the long run, they'll get around to it, especially if technology does get to the point where you can make really good lines on e-ink. Then maybe they'll push for the Kindle to be the digital piece of paper that everyone owns, and oh by the way, now that you can buy content from your paper, maybe that will be some very profitable paper for Amazon. But right now, the incentives don't align.
whatusername 14y ago
Convince me. I like reading on the size of a paperback. Why do I want some giant printed pages.
- sixbrx 14y ago
  For me, code listings are too small on the small Kindles, even when the books are bought from Amazon. Also it's a bit distracting to me to turn the page as often as is required on the small Kindles, which fit much less words per page than a paperback.
  - adestefan 14y ago
    I've given up on reading any technical books on any device. Even on an iPad it's a pain to try to read books that are formated with items that are not inline with the text.
sliverstorm 14y ago
So... a 10 inch Kindle Fire? I love e-ink, but most books that would benefit from a large screen for complicated layouts and all, would benefit from color.

jackowayed 14y ago

The problem is that the DX is not a good Kindle from Amazon's perspective. Note that while you're requesting your "printed page" to be printed page size, they're focusing on a "book" that is book sized. From Amazon's perspective, a great Kindle is something that you use extensively, carry with you everywhere, and buy many books on. There are very few books that Amazon sells that are seriously helped by the DX's larger screen, save maybe for someone who needs to crank the font way up. The DX, I assume, is great for PDF's with formatting/figures that won't convert well (which the small Kindles are pretty bad at). But Amazon makes no money on you reading PDF's on your DX. A DX with a great touch screen and a stylus could also make an outstanding replacement for paper that you write on. But again, Amazon won't make money for each page you scrawl. Add to that the fact that the market for the DX is presumably significantly smaller, and you get where we are now. Amazon charges a lot for the DX because they need to actually profit from it, instead of relying on content sales. Amazon doesn't have a big incentive to improve the DX because it doesn't make them much money. Maybe in the long run, they'll get around to it, especially if technology does get to the point where you can make really good lines on e-ink. Then maybe they'll push for the Kindle to be the digital piece of paper that everyone owns, and oh by the way, now that you can buy content from your paper, maybe that will be some very profitable paper for Amazon. But right now, the incentives don't align.

whatusername 14y ago

Convince me. I like reading on the size of a paperback. Why do I want some giant printed pages.

sixbrx 14y ago
For me, code listings are too small on the small Kindles, even when the books are bought from Amazon. Also it's a bit distracting to me to turn the page as often as is required on the small Kindles, which fit much less words per page than a paperback.
- adestefan 14y ago
  I've given up on reading any technical books on any device. Even on an iPad it's a pain to try to read books that are formated with items that are not inline with the text.

sliverstorm 14y ago

So... a 10 inch Kindle Fire? I love e-ink, but most books that would benefit from a large screen for complicated layouts and all, would benefit from color.