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I just wonder…

April 8, 2009 Being a Writer

A. O. Scott, writing in the NYT:
“And just as the iPod has killed the album, so the Kindle might, in time, spur a revival of the short story. If you can buy a single song for a dollar, why wouldn’t you spend that much on a handy, compact package of character, incident and linguistic invention? [...]

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Surprise! Birkerts resists the Kindle

March 13, 2009 Observations

Scott Esposito lines up Sven Birkerts’ Atlantic humbug on the Kindle.
There was a time (well over a decade ago now) when I thought Birkerts was a hero for The Gutenberg Elegies. But now I’m with Scott: at this point Birkerts just seems spent.

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The first one’s free, kid

March 7, 2009 It's a SciFi World

As discovered on Friday’s Kindle Daily post, Random House is offering some free scifi Kindle love until May 31. Of particular note is the free availability of Kim Stanley Robinson’s Red Mars and Naomi Novik’s His Majesty’s Dragon. There’s also some T.A. Pratt and Harry Turtledove up for grabs.
As you might have guessed, the books [...]

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Comparing Kindles

March 4, 2009 Technology

Here’s a great overview of the distinctions between the “real Kindle” and the new Kindle iPhone app:
Comparing Kindle 2 with Kindle’s iPhone app | Crave – CNET.
All that aside, I am sticking with my previous reaction.

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Whispernet, indeed

March 1, 2009 Reading

I’ve worked in publishing. I’ve been a part of rights negotiations with writers. And I understand the Authors Guild point of protecting their right to sell the audio rights to their work. But Amazon backing off of text-to-speech on K2 feels a bit like bullshit.
It’s not like the text-to-speech feature is all that great. I’m [...]

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Keys to the Kingdom

February 25, 2009 Reading
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My Kindle arrived yesterday. First impressions were not quite up to the technolust I feel when opening a box “Designed by Apple in California,” but pretty darned good. Amazon has done a nice job with the packaging and merchandising here. I particularly appreciate that the Kindle arrives already linked to my Amazon account. It literally [...]

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Good perspective on the Kindle

February 20, 2009 Reading

Molly Wood nicely expresses some of the same thoughts I’ve had on the Kindle (which is now due to arrive in just 5 days!):
I’m not going to argue that the Kindle is any kind of a bargain. It’s an expensive device that performs limited functions. if you’re not passionate about its value proposition—reading books, magazines, [...]

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There’s a Kindle a-coming

February 11, 2009 Reading
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I ordered one of them fancypants ee-lectronic book readers from The Amazon, and if their delivery status is correct it will arrive two short weeks.
Last May, I wrote the following about my desire (and hesitations) about the Kindle:

As someone who always has at least two books on his person at almost all times and [...]

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