Comments on: Kindle news: K-machine wiki for libraries, an email list for e-booking librarians, and an estimate of 10M Kindle owners soon http://www.teleread.org/2009/09/29/kindle-news-k-machine-wiki-for-libraries-an-email-list-for-e-booking-librarians-and-an-estimate-of-10m-k-owners-soon/ News & views on e-books, libraries, publishing and related topics Sun, 21 Mar 2010 10:51:10 -0500 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 hourly 1 By: Steve Jordan http://www.teleread.org/2009/09/29/kindle-news-k-machine-wiki-for-libraries-an-email-list-for-e-booking-librarians-and-an-estimate-of-10m-k-owners-soon/comment-page-1/#comment-1145869 Steve Jordan Tue, 29 Sep 2009 20:44:22 +0000 http://www.teleread.org/2009/09/29/kindle-news-k-machine-wiki-for-libraries-an-email-list-for-e-booking-librarians-and-an-estimate-of-10m-k-owners-soon/#comment-1145869 Just like the "Kindle in every backpack" idea, this is the right idea being approached in the wrong way. Better to create a library of 1 or 2 common formats, and let users worry about what they're going to read them with... you can't expect everyone to go and get a Kindle. But you can get adoption numbers like that if people can use any device they have. Just like the “Kindle in every backpack” idea, this is the right idea being approached in the wrong way. Better to create a library of 1 or 2 common formats, and let users worry about what they’re going to read them with… you can’t expect everyone to go and get a Kindle. But you can get adoption numbers like that if people can use any device they have.

]]> By: David Rothman http://www.teleread.org/2009/09/29/kindle-news-k-machine-wiki-for-libraries-an-email-list-for-e-booking-librarians-and-an-estimate-of-10m-k-owners-soon/comment-page-1/#comment-1145860 David Rothman Tue, 29 Sep 2009 19:40:25 +0000 http://www.teleread.org/2009/09/29/kindle-news-k-machine-wiki-for-libraries-an-email-list-for-e-booking-librarians-and-an-estimate-of-10m-k-owners-soon/#comment-1145860 Great points, Note. > Screen production simply isn’t that high. Of course, maybe Amazon will switch to a different tech for machines called "the Kindle." Or perhaps e there'll be several technologies, used on different models. Or we'll see a breakthrough in productivity among the displaymakers. But the miracle will happen in just 12 months? So, yes, I'm skeptical. Thanks, David Great points, Note.

> Screen production simply isn’t that high.

Of course, maybe Amazon will switch to a different tech for machines called “the Kindle.” Or perhaps e there’ll be several technologies, used on different models. Or we’ll see a breakthrough in productivity among the displaymakers. But the miracle will happen in just 12 months?

So, yes, I’m skeptical.

Thanks,
David

]]> By: Nate the great http://www.teleread.org/2009/09/29/kindle-news-k-machine-wiki-for-libraries-an-email-list-for-e-booking-librarians-and-an-estimate-of-10m-k-owners-soon/comment-page-1/#comment-1145857 Nate the great Tue, 29 Sep 2009 18:58:08 +0000 http://www.teleread.org/2009/09/29/kindle-news-k-machine-wiki-for-libraries-an-email-list-for-e-booking-librarians-and-an-estimate-of-10m-k-owners-soon/#comment-1145857 Do you really think we could see a growth from 500k to 10 million in only 12 months? That would a 1,900% increase. Even if the info I have on the current number of Kindles is wrong, I still have to wonder where you think the millions upon millions of screens will come from? Screen production simply isn't that high. Do you really think we could see a growth from 500k to 10 million in only 12 months? That would a 1,900% increase.

Even if the info I have on the current number of Kindles is wrong, I still have to wonder where you think the millions upon millions of screens will come from? Screen production simply isn’t that high.

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