Comments on: TKC EXTRA – “Will the Kindle Save Reading?”

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By: thorn

thorn — Tue, 18 Aug 2009 21:30:00 +0000

what’s nice about kindle specifically, as an e-reader, is that it is one of the few on the market that is *searchable*.

re. the ‘flash’ (page going to black on page-turn): i didn’t know about it when i ordered my device; saw it for the first time on someone else’s, while riding the train juuust before mine showed up. i thought, “uh-ohhhh.. not sure i’m going to like *that*.” but it turns out that i just blink at the same time that i click the ‘next page’ button, and i almost never even see the flash.

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Amanda MacArthur’s Blogfolio « Amander.com — Mon, 17 Aug 2009 22:49:12 +0000

[...] moderated by Len Edgerly, a very enthusiastic group talked about the future of digital publishing. You can listen to it online or download the discussion. While there is plenty of interesting conversation in that podcast, which I’d recommend listening [...]

By: Howard A. Lewis

Howard A. Lewis — Mon, 17 Aug 2009 01:33:58 +0000

This was a wonderful extra. The insight of the audience was unexpected. A vast array of interesting comments.

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karabrickman.com » Blog Archive » Invasion of the Pod Tweeple — Fri, 14 Aug 2009 10:15:36 +0000

[...] & Don’t be sexy, be good. Good is sexy. Len Edgerly – Odds and ends from PCB4 & TKC Extra Will the Kindle Save Reading Matthew Grant – PCB4: my me too thoughts and reflections Mike Proulx – Notes from PCB4 [...]

By: Errol

Errol — Tue, 11 Aug 2009 16:01:03 +0000

Thanks Len for this bonus episode. Absolutely brilliant to listen to. It was also quite funny as it made me laugh.

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Kindle vs lumber at podcamp - limeduck — Mon, 10 Aug 2009 00:55:44 +0000

[...] You can listen to much of the podcamp session at the Kindle Chronicles here. Tags: #pcb4, amazon, drm, kindle [...]

By: Greg Keck

Greg Keck — Sun, 09 Aug 2009 17:33:41 +0000

Len – great discussion. After listening I went to Amazon and bought “Look me in the eye” but after I hit the “Buy” button I noticed the TTS was disabled and I said I would boycott any book with TTS disabled out of principle.

By: Mary McManus

Mary McManus — Sun, 09 Aug 2009 16:32:09 +0000

Thanks for this episode. It was really enjoyable and through it was introduced to John Elder Robison and his book, Look me in the Eye. It sounds excellent and has starred reviews from Booklist and Publishers Weekly, so I bought the book for my Kindle and look forward to reading it.

By: Al

Al — Sun, 09 Aug 2009 14:36:44 +0000

About not knowing where you are in the book, there is a little line across the bottom of the page and it has little tick marks on it if the author put them there that represent chapter breaks.

I have over 1000 books for my Kindle and the vast majority are from free sources. Amazon, Baen, SteveJordan, feedbooks, gutenberg and others have free as well as very inexpensive books.

I didn’t understand your comment about “hacking into a library card catalog”. The card catalogs are freely and legally accessible from any browser, including the Kindle. One needs a library card and pin to access it, but there is nothing illegal about it. What didn’t I understand there?

It was a good session, thanks for posting it.

By: Sabine

Sabine — Sun, 09 Aug 2009 12:12:37 +0000

Great session! You’re definitely worth my vote for the SXSW. I loved that Robison was there. His book is well worth reading!

By: Steve Garfield

Steve Garfield — Sun, 09 Aug 2009 09:49:02 +0000

Thanks Len.

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