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The Road to Kindleville
December 13, 2007

One of my favorite fellow bloggers and publishing people, Joe Wikert, emailed yesterday after reading my latest Kindle post (all this and I still haven't even held one! Before you flame me, please know that I have tried several other e-readers, and while they're not my drug of choice, I do understand the appeal) to tell me about his new blog, "Kindleville."

His latest post has a quote from Forrester analyst James McQuivey that is really interesting, and may explain why the Kindle is not my or many other readers' drug of choice: "the Kindle solves problems that publishers and retailers have, not problems that readers have."

Given the great comment in yesterday's post from R.L. Stine, who shared how the Kindle solved a problem of lugging around a 600-page Trollope novel, I'd like to ask: what problems do readers have that need to be solved? Could an e-reader ever solve them? What do you think?

Posted by Bethanne Patrick on December 13, 2007 | Comments (2)


December 13, 2007
In response to: The Road to Kindleville
JS commented:

For me, a frequent traveler and voracious, the Sony reader has been a godsend because it consolidates all my books into one light devince. But I think for most people, the Sony, the Kindle or whatever doesn't make a lot of sense and never will. I think e-book readers will continue to be a niche market.




December 13, 2007
In response to: The Road to Kindleville
Alice Bach commented:

I love the Kindle. It is great for killing twenty minutes waiting for a student, who is late for an appointment, it is great for airports, airplanes. For people whose vision is dimming, one can adjust the type face on the Kindle. Amazon needs a more diverse list of books, exp, backlist literature -- and of course it is a toy for adults, as is my iPhone. If you are a gadget person and a compulsive reader, the Kindle will work for you. It is not perfect, but neither are the fat paperbacks with cheap glue on the spine.





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