Amazon: ebooks now outselling hardcovers - CrimeSpace2024-03-29T05:52:07Zhttps://crimespace.ning.com/forum/topics/amazon-ebooks-now-outselling?commentId=537324%3AComment%3A242570&feed=yes&xn_auth=noI don't have a Kindle yet, bu…tag:crimespace.ning.com,2010-07-24:537324:Comment:2433352010-07-24T06:09:31.233ZTom Cookehttps://crimespace.ning.com/profile/TomCooke
I don't have a Kindle yet, but I do have Kindle for PC and it's free. Talk about the cost coming down. . My laptop goes almost every where I do so I don't know if I'll ever get the small Kindle. Books download in a flash. It's pretty amazing. Adjustable fonts, page size, the whole enchilada.
I don't have a Kindle yet, but I do have Kindle for PC and it's free. Talk about the cost coming down. . My laptop goes almost every where I do so I don't know if I'll ever get the small Kindle. Books download in a flash. It's pretty amazing. Adjustable fonts, page size, the whole enchilada. Yeah Jon, no kidding. It is a…tag:crimespace.ning.com,2010-07-24:537324:Comment:2433332010-07-24T05:51:37.406ZTom Cookehttps://crimespace.ning.com/profile/TomCooke
Yeah Jon, no kidding. It is a serious amount of money compared to what was available. I like the time difference between submission and publication too.
Yeah Jon, no kidding. It is a serious amount of money compared to what was available. I like the time difference between submission and publication too. As usual, The Onion sums it u…tag:crimespace.ning.com,2010-07-23:537324:Comment:2432932010-07-23T21:25:20.099ZJohn McFetridgehttps://crimespace.ning.com/profile/JohnMcF
As usual, The Onion sums it up:<br />
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<a href="http://www.theonion.com/articles/ebooks-surpass-hardcovers-at-amazon,17777/" target="_blank">http://www.theonion.com/articles/ebooks-surpass-hardcovers-at-amazon,17777/</a>
As usual, The Onion sums it up:<br />
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<a href="http://www.theonion.com/articles/ebooks-surpass-hardcovers-at-amazon,17777/" target="_blank">http://www.theonion.com/articles/ebooks-surpass-hardcovers-at-amazon,17777/</a> If true, and I'm sure it is b…tag:crimespace.ning.com,2010-07-22:537324:Comment:2429062010-07-22T03:21:17.133ZJim Thomsenhttps://crimespace.ning.com/profile/JamesRobertThomsenJr
If true, and I'm sure it is based on everything I've read, credit goes to Amazon for creating the ultimate Trojan horse — the Kindle-for-iPad app. Pure tapeworm-tastic genius, bringing together the superior bookseller with the superior vehicle.
If true, and I'm sure it is based on everything I've read, credit goes to Amazon for creating the ultimate Trojan horse — the Kindle-for-iPad app. Pure tapeworm-tastic genius, bringing together the superior bookseller with the superior vehicle. True dat. iBooks at the momen…tag:crimespace.ning.com,2010-07-22:537324:Comment:2429032010-07-22T03:16:47.901ZJon Loomishttps://crimespace.ning.com/profile/JonLoomis
True dat. iBooks at the moment seems a bit barren--not very many choices, clunky and hard to browse--but I'm guessing it was set up as a bit of an afterthought. The ibooks themselves look much better on the iPad than Kindle books for iPad, though.
True dat. iBooks at the moment seems a bit barren--not very many choices, clunky and hard to browse--but I'm guessing it was set up as a bit of an afterthought. The ibooks themselves look much better on the iPad than Kindle books for iPad, though. Great snarky quote from the K…tag:crimespace.ning.com,2010-07-22:537324:Comment:2428992010-07-22T02:50:15.595ZJim Thomsenhttps://crimespace.ning.com/profile/JamesRobertThomsenJr
Great snarky quote from the <a href="http://kindlehomepage.blogspot.com/" target="_blank">Kindle Nation Daily</a> blog, on the relative flatlining of iBooks as compared to the Kindle-for-iPad app:<br />
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<i>I don't want to speculate that Steve Jobs' wardrobe range is predictive of his approach as a bookseller, but while there may be retail businesses where carrying an unlimited supply of just a few items works well, bookselling is not one of them.</i>
Great snarky quote from the <a href="http://kindlehomepage.blogspot.com/" target="_blank">Kindle Nation Daily</a> blog, on the relative flatlining of iBooks as compared to the Kindle-for-iPad app:<br />
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<i>I don't want to speculate that Steve Jobs' wardrobe range is predictive of his approach as a bookseller, but while there may be retail businesses where carrying an unlimited supply of just a few items works well, bookselling is not one of them.</i> That may be true now, but tha…tag:crimespace.ning.com,2010-07-22:537324:Comment:2428962010-07-22T02:46:07.520ZJim Thomsenhttps://crimespace.ning.com/profile/JamesRobertThomsenJr
That may be true now, but that's not really the point. The point is that in a year or two, that won't even be close to being true. It's important to read these stats as part of a trend, not as an isolated absolute.
That may be true now, but that's not really the point. The point is that in a year or two, that won't even be close to being true. It's important to read these stats as part of a trend, not as an isolated absolute. Too true, both the companions…tag:crimespace.ning.com,2010-07-21:537324:Comment:2428432010-07-21T19:49:25.441ZI. J. Parkerhttps://crimespace.ning.com/profile/Ingpark
Too true, both the companionship and the babble. :)
Too true, both the companionship and the babble. :) The cost of cable, HBO, and s…tag:crimespace.ning.com,2010-07-21:537324:Comment:2428412010-07-21T18:55:07.472ZCaroline Trippehttps://crimespace.ning.com/profile/CarolineTrippe
<b>The cost of cable, HBO, and sports channels is so high that poor families could single-handedly lift the ailing publishing business out of its decline.</b><br />
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It goes up every year---yet you get less and less. Yet people still want it. Actually, the cost of new flat screen TVs and devices is coming down, a lot.<br />
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It's much more important for families to have TVs and all the mindless entertainment it provides than it is to have books, alas. It's status, too. And, for many---"company." Feeling…
<b>The cost of cable, HBO, and sports channels is so high that poor families could single-handedly lift the ailing publishing business out of its decline.</b><br />
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It goes up every year---yet you get less and less. Yet people still want it. Actually, the cost of new flat screen TVs and devices is coming down, a lot.<br />
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It's much more important for families to have TVs and all the mindless entertainment it provides than it is to have books, alas. It's status, too. And, for many---"company." Feeling lonely? Put on the TV! Then there will be someone talking in the house. For some, that's better than silence, or their own thoughts. Although if you do go without it for awhile, as we've been doing (getting news by internet, and watching only what we want on DVD), you realize how awful it is. The babble. The hype. Mind-numbing. And the ads! My lord, what nonsense! She lives largely in the past…tag:crimespace.ning.com,2010-07-21:537324:Comment:2428372010-07-21T18:45:47.469ZCaroline Trippehttps://crimespace.ning.com/profile/CarolineTrippe
<b>She lives largely in the past,</b><br />
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It's not such a bad place.... At least it can be remembered selectively.... :)<br />
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Seriously, though---she's lucky she had kids who gave her an option like Kindle.<br />
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<b>even gets passive and pouty like a child when we kids try to patiently explain,</b><br />
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When the shoe is on the other foot...: Not many parents want to think their kids know better than they! :)
<b>She lives largely in the past,</b><br />
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It's not such a bad place.... At least it can be remembered selectively.... :)<br />
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Seriously, though---she's lucky she had kids who gave her an option like Kindle.<br />
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<b>even gets passive and pouty like a child when we kids try to patiently explain,</b><br />
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When the shoe is on the other foot...: Not many parents want to think their kids know better than they! :)