Comments on: Kindle roundup: Library confusion, resisting Amazon’s domain grab, and the K-machine’s influence on reading and writing http://www.teleread.org/blog/2008/02/08/kindle-roundup-library-confusion-resisting-amazons-domain-grab-the-20-minute-k-blackout-and-the-k-machines-impact-on-reading-and-writing/ News & views on e-books, libraries, publishing and related topics Thu, 04 Dec 2008 22:06:14 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.6.2 By: Liviu http://www.teleread.org/blog/2008/02/08/kindle-roundup-library-confusion-resisting-amazons-domain-grab-the-20-minute-k-blackout-and-the-k-machines-impact-on-reading-and-writing/#comment-711371 Liviu Fri, 08 Feb 2008 17:29:36 +0000 http://www.teleread.org/blog/2008/02/08/kindle-roundup-library-confusion-resisting-amazons-domain-grab-the-20-minute-k-blackout-and-the-k-machines-impact-on-reading-and-writing/#comment-711371 When there are so many books out there, why should I waste my time with a book if it does not engage me in the first chapter? Most of the time I can say if I will like a book after 5-10 pages, and the exceptions come in 3 cases: books that I "really" want to like (based on author, content) and I struggle with them, start and stop several times until I give up and just skim the book to see if there is another point where it captivates me; books that I pick up but fail to engage me and then a review comes up that really interests me in the book so I give it another try and books that have a strong opening but fizzle out. Out of these, only the second case would be the one I would fail to read a book based on the first several pages, and usually reviews will pop up here and there in places I check, so most likely I will find a strong review if any When there are so many books out there, why should I waste my time with a book if it does not engage me in the first chapter?

Most of the time I can say if I will like a book after 5-10 pages, and the exceptions come in 3 cases: books that I “really” want to like (based on author, content) and I struggle with them, start and stop several times until I give up and just skim the book to see if there is another point where it captivates me; books that I pick up but fail to engage me and then a review comes up that really interests me in the book so I give it another try and books that have a strong opening but fizzle out.

Out of these, only the second case would be the one I would fail to read a book based on the first several pages, and usually reviews will pop up here and there in places I check, so most likely I will find a strong review if any

]]> By: Brian Carnell http://www.teleread.org/blog/2008/02/08/kindle-roundup-library-confusion-resisting-amazons-domain-grab-the-20-minute-k-blackout-and-the-k-machines-impact-on-reading-and-writing/#comment-711279 Brian Carnell Fri, 08 Feb 2008 14:45:18 +0000 http://www.teleread.org/blog/2008/02/08/kindle-roundup-library-confusion-resisting-amazons-domain-grab-the-20-minute-k-blackout-and-the-k-machines-impact-on-reading-and-writing/#comment-711279 "“The Kindle does not induce customers to take time out of their day to read a book and fully understand it,” complains Stephanie Tanizar in The Graphic at Pepperdine University. “Instead, it lets customers take the book into their hacked up time to digest it in unappetizing dribs and drabs. The tradition of putting time aside in order to read is dying out.”" Yes, that "tradition" is dying out. Tanizar may not think reading a chapter while waiting in the dentist's office and another chapter stolen later may be a good way to read a book (I disagree) but the alternative is that more people simply stop reading books altogether ... as so many are already doing. ““The Kindle does not induce customers to take time out of their day to read a book and fully understand it,” complains Stephanie Tanizar in The Graphic at Pepperdine University. “Instead, it lets customers take the book into their hacked up time to digest it in unappetizing dribs and drabs. The tradition of putting time aside in order to read is dying out.””

Yes, that “tradition” is dying out. Tanizar may not think reading a chapter while waiting in the dentist’s office and another chapter stolen later may be a good way to read a book (I disagree) but the alternative is that more people simply stop reading books altogether … as so many are already doing.

]]> By: Nate the great http://www.teleread.org/blog/2008/02/08/kindle-roundup-library-confusion-resisting-amazons-domain-grab-the-20-minute-k-blackout-and-the-k-machines-impact-on-reading-and-writing/#comment-711212 Nate the great Fri, 08 Feb 2008 12:45:40 +0000 http://www.teleread.org/blog/2008/02/08/kindle-roundup-library-confusion-resisting-amazons-domain-grab-the-20-minute-k-blackout-and-the-k-machines-impact-on-reading-and-writing/#comment-711212 Re: Libraries lending the Kindle+content I would love to see Amazon try to enforce that provision of the ToU. It would be amusing to watch them lose. Simply put, the seller cannot restrict how the buyer uses the item after the sale. This has been long established in US law. Re: Libraries lending the Kindle+content

I would love to see Amazon try to enforce that provision of the ToU. It would be amusing to watch them lose. Simply put, the seller cannot restrict how the buyer uses the item after the sale. This has been long established in US law.

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