Comments on: Lord Kindle, the Bookstore Slayer? http://www.shockinglyliterate.com/kindledoom/ Because It's So Unpopular These Days Tue, 01 Jun 2010 02:19:49 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 hourly 1 By: Andrea http://www.shockinglyliterate.com/kindledoom/comment-page-1/#comment-403 Andrea Sun, 03 Jan 2010 11:09:20 +0000 http://www.shockinglyliterate.com/?p=174#comment-403 ...I've downloaded books for free already (torrents and otherwise). It is pretty easy. There's also Project Gutenberg and a ton of other free e-book sites. It won't be as easy as going to YouTube and hearing any song you want instantly, but I definitely think that e-books are the future. Just not sure if that means books will be obsolete or not. Do you remember on cartoons when they talked about reading books on computers/screens? I can't remember any specific one, but now it's HAPPENING and that's kind of neat. Next, talking dogs. Hard to say what will happen. Newspapers have lasted pretty long, considering pretty much everything in them is found on the internet. I'm sure their readership is way down but I thought they would be mostly gone by now (and perhaps they will be soon). …I’ve downloaded books for free already (torrents and otherwise). It is pretty easy. There’s also Project Gutenberg and a ton of other free e-book sites. It won’t be as easy as going to YouTube and hearing any song you want instantly, but I definitely think that e-books are the future. Just not sure if that means books will be obsolete or not. Do you remember on cartoons when they talked about reading books on computers/screens? I can’t remember any specific one, but now it’s HAPPENING and that’s kind of neat. Next, talking dogs.

Hard to say what will happen. Newspapers have lasted pretty long, considering pretty much everything in them is found on the internet. I’m sure their readership is way down but I thought they would be mostly gone by now (and perhaps they will be soon).

]]> By: jeremy http://www.shockinglyliterate.com/kindledoom/comment-page-1/#comment-401 jeremy Sat, 02 Jan 2010 16:28:46 +0000 http://www.shockinglyliterate.com/?p=174#comment-401 Haha, oh no. I can tell you - the last CD I bought was seven years ago - Metallica's "S&M!" That does not bode well, haha. I've found it to be a quandary though... music's popularity on the internet has generated numerous legitimate services to pay to download music, so that affects the business model for companies. However, enough people want music that mp3 pirating is rampant. You can get any song you want instantly for free. I wonder how long/if it will become the same way for e-Books? I'm not sure that reading is popular enough in our culture that it will ever be "easy" to just pop on and find a torrent for the book you want. Perhaps the declining readership will actually be the publishing industry's saving grace against loss of sales due to piracy? Haha, oh no. I can tell you – the last CD I bought was seven years ago – Metallica’s “S&M!” That does not bode well, haha.

I’ve found it to be a quandary though… music’s popularity on the internet has generated numerous legitimate services to pay to download music, so that affects the business model for companies. However, enough people want music that mp3 pirating is rampant. You can get any song you want instantly for free. I wonder how long/if it will become the same way for e-Books? I’m not sure that reading is popular enough in our culture that it will ever be “easy” to just pop on and find a torrent for the book you want.

Perhaps the declining readership will actually be the publishing industry’s saving grace against loss of sales due to piracy?

]]> By: Andrea http://www.shockinglyliterate.com/kindledoom/comment-page-1/#comment-400 Andrea Sat, 02 Jan 2010 01:52:16 +0000 http://www.shockinglyliterate.com/?p=174#comment-400 I want to buy one for the next time I go traveling. It'd be good for reading on overnight trains or something. Otherwise, I assume I'll keep buying books since I love having a bookshelf. But who knows! When's the last time I bought a CD? Couldn't tell you! I want to buy one for the next time I go traveling. It’d be good for reading on overnight trains or something. Otherwise, I assume I’ll keep buying books since I love having a bookshelf. But who knows! When’s the last time I bought a CD? Couldn’t tell you!

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