Comments on: Amazon’s proprietary reading glasses: New option for purchasers of Kindles and BookSurge books will double reading speed http://www.teleread.org/blog/2008/04/01/amazons-proprietary-reading-glasses-new-option-for-purchasers-of-kindles-and-booksurge-books-will-double-reading-speed/ News & views on e-books, libraries, publishing and related topics Mon, 08 Sep 2008 12:45:28 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.5.1 By: Todd Jonz http://www.teleread.org/blog/2008/04/01/amazons-proprietary-reading-glasses-new-option-for-purchasers-of-kindles-and-booksurge-books-will-double-reading-speed/#comment-749043 Todd Jonz Tue, 01 Apr 2008 23:20:28 +0000 http://www.teleread.org/blog/2008/04/01/amazons-proprietary-reading-glasses-new-option-for-purchasers-of-kindles-and-booksurge-books-will-double-reading-speed/#comment-749043 Amazon is getting into after-market products for the Kindle in a really big way. I'm currently negotiating a deal to sell them bags filled with light that Kindle users can use to make viewing their e-Ink displays a bit easier. You see, my company markets a product called the LumiSuck that's kinda like a vacuum cleaner for light. It's used in the stage and industrial lighting industries to suck up small areas of stray light that interfere with a lighting designer's artistic concept. Our customers were unsure what to do with the LumiSuck bag when it filled, so we instituted a recycling program by which they return the filled bags to us and we send them back a new, empty bag. I have several warehouses filled to the rafters with bags of excess photons. If I can unload these on Amazon to sell as a supplemental Kindle lighting source, I stand to make a real bundle! Amazon is getting into after-market products for the Kindle in a really big way. I’m currently negotiating a deal to sell them bags filled with light that Kindle users can use to make viewing their e-Ink displays a bit easier.

You see, my company markets a product called the LumiSuck that’s kinda like a vacuum cleaner for light. It’s used in the stage and industrial lighting industries to suck up small areas of stray light that interfere with a lighting designer’s artistic concept. Our customers were unsure what to do with the LumiSuck bag when it filled, so we instituted a recycling program by which they return the filled bags to us and we send them back a new, empty bag.

I have several warehouses filled to the rafters with bags of excess photons. If I can unload these on Amazon to sell as a supplemental Kindle lighting source, I stand to make a real bundle!

]]> By: gnawingonfoot http://www.teleread.org/blog/2008/04/01/amazons-proprietary-reading-glasses-new-option-for-purchasers-of-kindles-and-booksurge-books-will-double-reading-speed/#comment-748862 gnawingonfoot Tue, 01 Apr 2008 20:03:48 +0000 http://www.teleread.org/blog/2008/04/01/amazons-proprietary-reading-glasses-new-option-for-purchasers-of-kindles-and-booksurge-books-will-double-reading-speed/#comment-748862 Doubling reading speed would be nice, as I am an unfortunately slow reader. But if only they were compatible with my Palm! Us impoverished students (literally) can't afford to commit to products suffering from such horrible restrictions. Doubling reading speed would be nice, as I am an unfortunately slow reader. But if only they were compatible with my Palm! Us impoverished students (literally) can’t afford to commit to products suffering from such horrible restrictions.

]]> By: Robert Nagle http://www.teleread.org/blog/2008/04/01/amazons-proprietary-reading-glasses-new-option-for-purchasers-of-kindles-and-booksurge-books-will-double-reading-speed/#comment-748802 Robert Nagle Tue, 01 Apr 2008 18:02:07 +0000 http://www.teleread.org/blog/2008/04/01/amazons-proprietary-reading-glasses-new-option-for-purchasers-of-kindles-and-booksurge-books-will-double-reading-speed/#comment-748802 This technology is real; the ebook community mailing list has been abuzz about this new technology for the last 6 months. If you don't believe me, check out the <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Amazon_reading_glasses" rel="nofollow">wikipedia page on the subject </a>. A photo of the prototype was released last year; ugly! Engadget heard it on good authority that the final product will look different. I'm worried about battery life. I'm still waiting for the spec sheet, but if the glasses are going to last for only a week or two, wouldn't that cause problems for people while driving? By the way, Amazon.com has agreed to an on-the-record interview with TeleRead in the next week or two. Stay tuned! This technology is real; the ebook community mailing list has been abuzz about this new technology for the last 6 months. If you don’t believe me, check out the wikipedia page on the subject .

A photo of the prototype was released last year; ugly! Engadget heard it on good authority that the final product will look different. I’m worried about battery life. I’m still waiting for the spec sheet, but if the glasses are going to last for only a week or two, wouldn’t that cause problems for people while driving?

By the way, Amazon.com has agreed to an on-the-record interview with TeleRead in the next week or two. Stay tuned!

]]> By: David Rothman http://www.teleread.org/blog/2008/04/01/amazons-proprietary-reading-glasses-new-option-for-purchasers-of-kindles-and-booksurge-books-will-double-reading-speed/#comment-748677 David Rothman Tue, 01 Apr 2008 13:59:21 +0000 http://www.teleread.org/blog/2008/04/01/amazons-proprietary-reading-glasses-new-option-for-purchasers-of-kindles-and-booksurge-books-will-double-reading-speed/#comment-748677 Thanks for your thoughts, Yoda. Stepping outside the humor mode---hey, this is <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/April_fools_day" rel="nofollow">April Fool's Day</a>---let's think about the <em>real</em> snake oil from Amazon and how risible it can be. It's to the point where, yes, maybe I should have been clearer about the humor. Sorry if I wasn't---I've added an April Fool's alert at the end. Would that the <a href="http://www.teleread.org/blog/2008/04/01/not-an-april-fools-joke-alas-amazons-laughable-excuses-for-its-rockefeller-act/" rel="nofollow">other item</a> be a joke! Thanks. David Thanks for your thoughts, Yoda. Stepping outside the humor mode—hey, this is April Fool’s Day—let’s think about the real snake oil from Amazon and how risible it can be. It’s to the point where, yes, maybe I should have been clearer about the humor. Sorry if I wasn’t—I’ve added an April Fool’s alert at the end. Would that the other item be a joke! Thanks. David

]]> By: Yoda47 http://www.teleread.org/blog/2008/04/01/amazons-proprietary-reading-glasses-new-option-for-purchasers-of-kindles-and-booksurge-books-will-double-reading-speed/#comment-748671 Yoda47 Tue, 01 Apr 2008 13:46:31 +0000 http://www.teleread.org/blog/2008/04/01/amazons-proprietary-reading-glasses-new-option-for-purchasers-of-kindles-and-booksurge-books-will-double-reading-speed/#comment-748671 Am I the only one who smells snake oil? How exactly does "absorbing books through a special magnetic field" even work? Am I the only one who smells snake oil?

How exactly does “absorbing books through a special magnetic field” even work?

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