Amazon Kindle E-Ink Reader Is The Coolest Thing I’ve Seen In a LONG Time!
Jim Edwards here with an article (below) I think you’ll really enjoy…
It runs in tomorrow’s paper, but you get the scoop today!
It seems like it’s been a long time since somebody introduced something truly new and unique online (something that you can see will really change the way we do things)…
I believe Amazon has done just that with their "Kindle"…
What’s a "Kindle" – read the article (below) to find out!
To your success,
Jim
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Amazon’s Kindle Changes All The Rules
– by Jim Edwards
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http://www.thenetreporter.com
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Amazon.com, the Web’s largest online bookstore recently
released their own electronic book reader that will truly
revolutionize the way many people absorb information.
The "Amazon Kindle" is a standalone book reader using
electronic paper to store up to 200 books at a time. All of
the material gets downloaded without the need for a PC or
Mac and without an Internet connection.
Though not the first reading device of its type, I believe
the Kindle will shortly dominate the world of electronic
reading devices.
Log on to www.Amazon.com/kindle/ to get all the particulars
about the device, but don’t expect to get one before
Christmas, because they’re all sold out. However, you can
see a couple of online videos demonstrating the device and
explaining how it works.
Amazon also shows a fairly impressive "drop test" video
demonstrating the device’s ruggedness.
The Kindle uses electronic paper, which means the screen
works in bright or low light conditions.
Though I have not been able to put my hands directly on a
Kindle, the electronic paper readers I’ve seen (I own a
Sony PRS-500) look just like real paper so you don’t get
the same eyestrain you do with a laptop screen.
Probably the coolest feature of the Kindle is that you can
download books without hooking up to your home network or
finding a wireless hot spot.
The Kindle connects directly to Amazon using available cell
phone networks (which you don’t have to pay for or sign up
for any monthly obligation).
The fee to download books, surf Amazon and even search on
Wikipedia.org (the Web’s largest free encyclopedia) is
included as part of any book purchases you make.
Amazon obviously put significant thought into this product
and put the needs of the customer into their design,
because they took something complicated and made it drop-
dead simple.
In fact, here are just a few of the killer features they
built into the reader:
~ Amazon backs up all your purchases. If you ever lose or
break your Kindle you can easily recover your books through
Amazon.
~ The rechargeable battery lasts for days so you don’t get
stuck on a long trip with a dead battery.
~ The Kindle holds over 200 books and can expand its
storage capacity with standard SD memory cards.
~ You can buy books, newspapers and magazines as well as
read blogs and, for a small fee, convert your existing Word
documents to a proper format for viewing on the Kindle.
~ Amazon passes the savings on to the user by offering most
Best-Sellers for only $9.99 and many major magazines for
$2.99 or less.
A long time ago I said Amazon would publish books under
their own label some day. The Kindle enables them to bypass
the Internet and create a direct line to their most
enthusiastic user base. "Amazon Publishing Inc." is the
next logical step.
Also, this reader brings the impulse buy to the online
store. Just like a real bookstore, you browse titles, buy,
and get instant access to the content.
Also, the Kindle can reach new segments of the market
because it removes another layer of technology from the
equation. Since it does not require syncing with a computer
to get new content and everything gets downloaded straight
to the device over a cell network, my techno-challenged mom
can do it without the help of her favorite geek (me)!
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I really want to love the Kindle. I just don’t understand why they don’t provide an easy way to put PDFs in the darn thing. I have dozens of e-books that I would love to be able to take with me.
Kindle sounds really good. I buy newspapers almost every day to scheme through different articles and it would be awesome to be able to just download newspapers and magazines and have ability to search and archive, maybe bookmarking and more. Also keep hands clean off that newspaper ink.
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This is awesome, can you say disruptive technology. Sure this is the first with some bugs to be worked out, this could be as big as the guttenburg press. Magazine subscriptions get cheaper as postage costs disappear. Every kid gets one for school–thats one for 12 years and just download the text books at the beginning of the year, less much less paper.
Dear Jim,
I have a Rocket eBook that was one of the first eReaders. It was great for a while – the novelty, I guess. Then it became one too many things to put in the bag.
It’s a pretty expensive razor and the size might not
be any more convenient than a printbook to take on a trip.
It’s a pretty exciting concept, with a marketing powerhouse pushing it – be interesting to see it fulfills its promise.
Love to all.
Steve Markowski
Jim,
I like the concept of the Kindle and can definitely see the potential in it…even if it will need some tweaking here and there as time goes by.
I’d like to know how those of us with blogs can get included in the Amazon Kindle inventory. Any ideas?
I’m always looking for ways to increase my readership
and this is pretty much uncharted territory.
Happy Holidays to you and your readers!
Jimm
They hype is great and all and the product looks nice. I don’t see myself ever paying $400 to read paperback books that cost $15 – which I don’t read anyway. I’m sure like later versions of the iPod, this think will continue to get better. Once you can put a PDF on there and the price drops in half (or more), this think will be the bomb. Seriously, this thing is more than our first TV purchase!
Hi I really enjoyed your artcile about Amazon new reader and am going to forward your email to my friends. maybe some of them will enjoy this new gift this christmas.
Claude
Hi Jim! Thanks for letting us know about this. What a brilliant idea from Amazon…I’m an avid reader and the pros to this are, as I see it, environmentally friendly in that it saves a lot of trees with not having to print books, and it saves the space needed to save books (I’m a readaholic, but have gotten in the habit of regifting books once I’m done because I started to need my own warehouse, ha ha) but I have to admit I’m a person that absolutely loves the feel of a real book in my hands…hmmmm…one thing I do also like about this is the ability to instantly download the book, and not need to connect to the Internet to do it. Amazing!
I’m going to wait until the price drops–ebayers are going nuts with this thing right now, with Buy It Now prices of $1000, which I think is insane. You could buy a lot of books for that price!
But thanks again for passing this on to us, I’m going to keep an eye on it. It really is genius for Amazon, to find a new way to sell their products…
Happy Holidays, all!
Melanie
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I hope you purchased a few while they were available! They are selling for up to $1500 on ebay as we “speak”.
P.S. Jim I have been reading your newsletter for years and it is by far the best in its class, always in my top 5 Read First letters.
Thanks for all the graet info and help!
Rich……
I agree with Steve Thomas. I also have a lot of books that are PDF,and Mobipocket and Kindle don’t work with these. I love that Kindle can download without a computer or wireless hotspot. But I don’t like the fact that I have to buy books through Kindle sites. I should be able to buy books from anywhere. I have a bunch of favorite ebook sites that I love to buy from and I don’t want to have to stop going these sites. Also their pricing of books should be way less than the actual book.
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Hi Jim,
Hi Jim,
I’d like to have more info on the double opt-in that you mentioned on the video. Thanks a million!