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 annaddison rated 11 months ago-
This article begins by reviewing Amazon's new eReader, the Kindle, and then discusses the future of reading. I absolutely love the idea of an eReader, but will wait for some further fine tuning. From the article: "I've actually asked myself, 'Why do I love these physical obje...
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- raindrop rated 9 months ago
- i want a kindle!! i must have a kindle!!
- largeGROUCH rated 10 months ago
- A look into the future?
- acompas rated 11 months ago
- That fort (paper books) will stand, of course, for a very long time. The awesome technology of original books--and our love for them--will keep them vital for many years to come. But nothing is forever. Microsoft's Bill Hill has a riff where he runs through the energy-wasting, resource-draining process of how we make books now. We chop down trees, transport them to plants, mash them into pulp, move the pulp to another factory to press into sheets, ship the sheets to a plant to put dirty marks on them, then cut the sheets and bind them and ship the thing around the world. "Do you really believe that we'll be doing that in 50 years?" he asks.
- annaddison rated 11 months ago
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This article begins by reviewing Amazon's new eReader, the Kindle, and then discusses the future of reading. I absolutely love the idea of an eReader, but will wait for some further fine tuning. From the article: "I've actually asked myself, 'Why do I love these physical objects?' " says Bezos. " 'Why do I love the smell of glue and ink?' The answer is that I associate that smell with all those worlds I have been transported to. What we love is the words and ideas."
- tamar rated 11 months ago
- From the page: "Amazon's Jeff Bezos already built a better bookstore. Now he believes he can improve upon one of humankind's most divine creations: the book itself."
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