Comments on: Did the Kindle start a blog fire? http://www.lostremote.com/2007/11/21/did-the-kindle-start-a-fire/ Where TV Finds the Future Thu, 16 Oct 2008 04:11:57 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.5.1 By: Swift Loris http://www.lostremote.com/2007/11/21/did-the-kindle-start-a-fire/#comment-584073 Swift Loris Thu, 22 Nov 2007 07:27:42 +0000 http://www.lostremote.com/2007/11/21/did-the-kindle-start-a-fire/#comment-584073 Nuts. The URL didn't work. Trying again with a TinyURL (click my name). Nuts. The URL didn’t work. Trying again with a TinyURL (click my name).

]]> By: Swift Loris http://www.lostremote.com/2007/11/21/did-the-kindle-start-a-fire/#comment-584065 Swift Loris Thu, 22 Nov 2007 07:23:52 +0000 http://www.lostremote.com/2007/11/21/did-the-kindle-start-a-fire/#comment-584065 Via BoingBoing, a post by Mark Pilgrim (see the URL) that crucifies Amazon for its terms of service and other restrictive policies for Kindle. BoingBoing comments: "Here's the biggest mystery of the Internetiverse for me today: why is it that Amazon, the most customer-focused, user-friendly company in the world of physical goods, always makes a complete balls-up hash out of digital delivery of goods?" Via BoingBoing, a post by Mark Pilgrim (see the URL) that crucifies Amazon for its terms of service and other restrictive policies for Kindle.

BoingBoing comments: “Here’s the biggest mystery of the Internetiverse for me today: why is it that Amazon, the most customer-focused, user-friendly company in the world of physical goods, always makes a complete balls-up hash out of digital delivery of goods?”

]]> By: Anonymous http://www.lostremote.com/2007/11/21/did-the-kindle-start-a-fire/#comment-583211 Anonymous Wed, 21 Nov 2007 20:18:54 +0000 http://www.lostremote.com/2007/11/21/did-the-kindle-start-a-fire/#comment-583211 When Amazon creates a product, of course it's news. But this was bad news. When Amazon creates a product, of course it’s news. But this was bad news.

]]> By: discreet_chaos http://www.lostremote.com/2007/11/21/did-the-kindle-start-a-fire/#comment-583118 discreet_chaos Wed, 21 Nov 2007 19:46:40 +0000 http://www.lostremote.com/2007/11/21/did-the-kindle-start-a-fire/#comment-583118 Bezos did "Charlie Rose" on Monday to promote the Kindle and though I listened to the show from the other room, so I didn't catch every word, but I remember being especially impressed that Kindle-version of books would be available even if the hardcopies were sold out. In the interview, he used Jessica Seinfeld's book as a recent example and I have to agree with the others that the price is a big barrier, but I'm not quite willing to write it off, I'll just wait for the inevitable price reductions. (Click my name for the complete hour (53min) interview) Bezos did “Charlie Rose” on Monday to promote the Kindle and though I listened to the show from the other room, so I didn’t catch every word, but I remember being especially impressed that Kindle-version of books would be available even if the hardcopies were sold out. In the interview, he used Jessica Seinfeld’s book as a recent example and I have to agree with the others that the price is a big barrier, but I’m not quite willing to write it off, I’ll just wait for the inevitable price reductions.

(Click my name for the complete hour (53min) interview)

]]> By: Michael Gay http://www.lostremote.com/2007/11/21/did-the-kindle-start-a-fire/#comment-583114 Michael Gay Wed, 21 Nov 2007 19:44:06 +0000 http://www.lostremote.com/2007/11/21/did-the-kindle-start-a-fire/#comment-583114 I've tried to get the Zinio software to work on my iPod Touch, with no luck. Has anyone been successful with that? I’ve tried to get the Zinio software to work on my iPod Touch, with no luck. Has anyone been successful with that?

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