Your Take Roundup
Kindle, E-Readers Must Be Cheap, Flexible to Supplant Books
Are e-readers like the Amazon Kindle going to make print books obsolete, or will people’s undying love for the printed book continue on in the digital age? While the Sony Reader didn’t catch fire, the recent release of the Amazon Kindle has brought another round of debates over the...continued...
The Case for Ink
5 Reasons I Won’t Give Up Books
Last month at the highly anticipated MacWorld conference here in San Francisco, Apple honcho Steve Jobs said some words that left many agape. Those words weren’t “Macbook Air” but “people don’t read anymore.” He was predicting a doomed future for Amazon’s new Kindle e-reader. Shocked, I’ve been going over...continued...
Open Source Reporting
Eliminating Physical Media Sprawl of CDs, DVDs, Books
Lately, I have declared my own personal war on clutter in my life. That means all the paper littering my home office had to go. Those outdated hats from Burning Mans past also were out, as were old loose photos of places I don’t remember. But for whatever reason,...continued...
Your Take Roundup
Books Don’t Need Digital Reinvention, But…
The promise of digital books or e-books or the universal library is that we can have all the books ever printed available on any device to read. While it’s an idea that sounds good in theory, many of you were skeptical that the good old book really needs to...continued...
