tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33599441.post1401241697512928946..comments2024-03-28T01:11:53.559-07:00Comments on Electric Spec Editor Blog: Kindle?lesleylsmithhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14872977902924014581noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33599441.post-33395066580389711882007-11-28T17:38:00.000-07:002007-11-28T17:38:00.000-07:00I'm with you Don. There are also so many convenie...I'm with you Don. There are also so many convenient things to download books onto already. Kindle doesn't seem different enough for me to invest.ssashttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15527483283426518167noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33599441.post-15158077881909460882007-11-28T10:37:00.000-07:002007-11-28T10:37:00.000-07:00I think Nathan Bransford got it right: The iPod be...I think Nathan Bransford got it right: The iPod beat portable CD players because it was more convenient (I had considered pre-iPod getting an MP3 player but decided that the process of having to re-load it every day was going to be a pain... But most people only ever want one book at a time (and even a book junkie like me seldom carries more than three at a time). The case for something like this, still hasn't been made.<BR/><BR/>I think we'll need to see something like a book rental model for it to take off... the idea that you could pay, say $4-5 to have a book on the device for a preset time (or perhaps a netflix model where you get one book at a time in a queue-type arrangement with no due dates) might make sense, but the current set-up doesn't appeal to me at all.Donhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08437818869878209929noreply@blogger.com