TDPL is an Amazon Kindle bestseller

[Charles Hixson]

Considering that Amazon has the proven capability of removing a book 
from your Kindle after you've bought it, I don't expect that I'll EVER 
decide to invest in a Kindle.  Some other e-book reader is a 
possibility.  The Nook has certain interesting features, and there's one 
that would be a good choice if it weren't twice as expensive as the 
competition.

But until I feel safe investing in an e-book reader, I don't expect to 
buy one.  (And invest is the term.  It's not so much the cost of the 
reader, as the cost of the things read...that can't easily and reliably 
be either read or transferred to another reader.)

On 06/19/2011 06:57 PM, Walter Bright wrote:
> On 6/19/2011 2:18 PM, Jonathan M Davis wrote:
>> On 2011-06-19 13:26, Walter Bright wrote:
>>> I just bought a Kindle and I'm running my unread paperbacks through the
>>> scanner and then trashing them!
>>
>> I _much_ prefer reading actual, solid, paper books. I don't
>> particularly like
>> reading books in electronic form at all. It works well for
>> documentation and
>> searchability, but beyond that, I don't see it as an advantage at all.
>> And in
>> those cases, I'd be reading them on the computer, not an e-book
>> reader. And of
>> course, then there's the issue of DRM and all that....
>>
>> So, I don't own an e-book reader and I hope that e-books never become so
>> prominent that I'm forced to.
>
>
> Your last sentence is interesting. I've read many accounts by people who
> had such a sentiment, and then skeptically thought they'd give an ebook
> a fair try. After a year, they completely changed their minds.
>
> Anyhow, I hear you.
>
> I've been buying books my whole life. I have shelves creaking with them,
> boxes of books in the basement, etc. They've simply become a burden. I'd
> simply like to get all my information properties - pictures, books,
> papers, music, movies, letters, documents - onto a disk. They'll be
> always there, sorted, categorized, instantly available, weighing
> nothing, and taking up no space.
>
> The advent of enormous and cheap disks has finally made this practical.
>
> The migration of my books to the computer has awaited an easy way to
> read them. The Kindle has finally solved that problem, at least for
> paperbacks. It doesn't work well for larger books (I presume the Kindle
> DX will, but I think I'd prefer an ipad for large format books.)
>
> I'm scanning my paperbacks to PDFs, and the Kindle will display them one
> page image at a time. DRM is not an issue for that. After a bit of a
> learning curve, I've got it where it doesn't take much time at all to
> whack off the binding and run a paperback through my sheet fed scanner.
>
> The one thing I'm not ripping are movies. Netflix has changed everything
> for me. With so much available to watch, I don't care to rewatch any old
> movies. There's no reason to buy, own, archive, or collect a DVD anymore.