Comments on: The Small Bookstore’s Savior?

By: mapple

mapple — Wed, 01 Jul 2009 18:10:46 +0000

it could be a good idea.

By: Eric

Eric — Mon, 29 Jun 2009 19:26:33 +0000

I would consider Kindle, but out of the 312,520 titles listed in Amazon’s Kindle bookstore, not one of them is from a series of books I read.

By: Decatur Metro

Decatur Metro — Mon, 29 Jun 2009 18:57:23 +0000

Parker, I’ve held a Kindle but can’t say I’ve read from one for any extended period of time.

I must be getting old because I’m not a big fan. First there is the initial price. Secondly, I have enough things I worry about breaking in my bag. Thirdly, the price that FM Fats cites below is temporary at best. Amazon is eating the cost (and taking a loss) so they can get more people hooked. Then when everyone is using them, they’ll jack the price.

Thanks cranky.

By: FM Fats

FM Fats — Mon, 29 Jun 2009 18:02:40 +0000

I gave my wife a Kindle for her birthday in April. She loves it because she travels frequently for business. I’ll probably borrow it soon and see if uit’s as good as she says. I like the price of bestsellers for the Kindle; they’re generally around ten bucks. She’s read the latest WWll historical fiction by Alan Furst and is most of the way through Coraghessan Boyle’s latest novel about Frank Lloyd Wright.

By: Parker Cross

Parker Cross — Mon, 29 Jun 2009 17:46:25 +0000

DM, have you read from a Kindle? I was unimpressed as well until I held one in my hands. Now I am intrigued, although not intrigued enough to shell out the money as long as I still have a library card.