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    Amazon Takes the Kindle DX Abroad Too

    Princeton Students in Kindle DX Pilot Program Sure Hate the Kindle DX

    Wireless Ebook Readers: Which One'll Burn Down the Bookstore?

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    Image of wolfshades wolfshades
    10/09/09

    In reply to Amazon Takes the Kindle DX Abroad Too
    I fired off a note to Amazon, saying "why aren't you offering that product here in Canada?"

    Know what they said?

    "Thank you for your inquiry but we don't offer the Kindle in Canada.

    I hope this information is helpful"

    Why yes. Yes it was. 8|
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    fuchikoma promoted this comment Edited by wolfshades at 10/09/09 9:46 AM wolfshades was starred wolfshades was unstarred
    Image of fuchikoma fuchikoma
    10/09/09

    @wolfshades: Yeah. It's obvious we're the very last priority - so I'd suggest Sony, Hanlin/Bebook, or any of the other dozens who are willing to sell here.

    Personally I don't need e-paper, so I read stuff on my iPod touch with Stanza.
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    Edited by fuchikoma at 10/09/09 2:55 PM fuchikoma was starred fuchikoma was unstarred
    Image of TheShredder TheShredder
    10/09/09

    In reply to Amazon Takes the Kindle DX Abroad Too
    500 bucks is way too much for a bigger screen.
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    fuchikoma promoted this comment TheShredder was starred TheShredder was unstarred
    Image of Bokusatsu_Tenshi Bokusatsu_Tenshi
    09/28/09

    In reply to Princeton Students in Kindle DX Pilot Program Sure Hate the Kindle DX
    Well, if Amazon was looking for positive reviews, they chose the worst place possible.

    As I see it, the Kindle is only useful for people who needs reading ONLY in a light package, replace heavy books for something lighter.

    The Kindle won't replace books for study, reference or notebooks.

    Unless they make something cheap with a nice responsive touchscreen and a great software that replaces all the stuff Aaron just said.

    Which won't happen anytime soon.
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    Image of probly_never_starred probly_never_starred
    09/28/09

    In reply to Princeton Students in Kindle DX Pilot Program Sure Hate the Kindle DX
    I always wrote/circled/highlighted in my books, and then I'd sell them on the campus "craigslist" for more than the book store would give me.

    I actually got more money that way because I had already gone through the course and highlighted/notated what was important.

    People who bought my books actually felt like I had saved them some money.
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    Pope John Peeps II promoted this comment probly_never_starred was starred probly_never_starred was unstarred
    Image of Pope John Peeps II Pope John Peeps II
    09/28/09

    @probly_never_starred: Yeeeahhhh.... they're lying to you.

    If you don't read the whole of a text, you don't know why a certain passage is important anyways. So unless they're remarkably terrible students, they'd have to read the whole thing anyhow.
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    Image of RoboBagins RoboBagins
    09/28/09

    @Pope John Peeps II: Not at all. I've purchased used books like that before and it's incredibly useful, at least to me. I tend to scan ahead while reading so it points out places I should slow down.
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    Image of IronDiggy IronDiggy
    09/28/09

    In reply to Princeton Students in Kindle DX Pilot Program Sure Hate the Kindle DX
    Most of his complaints seem pretty easy to fix. all it's missing is a few features, faster processor, and maybe a touch screen for notes and quicker hilighting.
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    RoboBagins PAX'd till he Plotz'd promoted this comment IronDiggy was starred IronDiggy was unstarred
    Image of RoboBagins RoboBagins
    09/28/09

    @IronDiggy: They're called tablet PCs.
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    Image of Platypus Man Platypus Man
    09/28/09

    In reply to Princeton Students in Kindle DX Pilot Program Sure Hate the Kindle DX
    See, I hate making any sort of mark whatsoever in my textbooks. If it's important, I can write the important stuff on a separate piece of paper. I would much rather spend the extra effort instead of ruining a good book, especially if I hope to sell it back after the end of the semester. The idea of "page-tearing" makes me cringe.

    So I think I'd do alright with a Kindle, though I do agree that they're better suited for regular books.
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    Image of PaddyDugan PaddyDugan
    09/28/09

    In reply to Princeton Students in Kindle DX Pilot Program Sure Hate the Kindle DX
    Is there anything that the children of the privileged don't complain about?
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    Image of The Banana Man The Banana Man
    09/28/09

    @PaddyDugan: As an employee of a local high end yacht club, I can testify that there's nothing more enjoyable than working your ass off bussing tables and washing dishes while listening to multimillionaires complain about their lives over meals that cost more than I earn in a pay period.
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    Pope John Peeps II promoted this comment The Banana Man was starred The Banana Man was unstarred
    Image of Pope John Peeps II Pope John Peeps II
    09/28/09

    @The Banana Man: If you complain when you're poor, you will complain when you're rich. If someone were to hand you a million dollars tomorrow, I GUARANTEE you will be complaining about something in a week.

    "Why can't I get no good quality narwhale horn up in here?"
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    Image of The Banana Man The Banana Man
    10/04/09

    @Pope John Peeps II: But then I'd at least be a RICH jackass...
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    Image of eagles3 speeeedin eagles3 speeeedin
    09/28/09

    In reply to Princeton Students in Kindle DX Pilot Program Sure Hate the Kindle DX
    Physical beats digital for me too. My profs think it's great that there is an ebook online for everyone to use, and brag about how cheap it is, but no one actually uses it, we all bought the more expensive, but functional book.

    For whatever reason physical media stays in my brain better, kinda like writing in pen helps me to remember what I wrote. but my statics teacher just wont listen, bastard makes me use pencil.
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    Software_Goddess promoted this comment eagles3 speeeedin was starred eagles3 speeeedin was unstarred
    Image of Duckspwn Duckspwn
    09/28/09

    @eagles3 halfinsane: How does writing with a different writing instrument affect your ability to retain and recall information? I am lost.
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    Image of SJRNWT SJRNWT
    09/28/09

    In reply to Princeton Students in Kindle DX Pilot Program Sure Hate the Kindle DX
    What they should have is...

    A Kindle with physical pages made of a thin material that digital text can be displayed on. That way whenever you get a new book, you load it up and it takes up X amount of pages and you could unclip the excess of Z amount of pages!

    Eh? Eh?
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    ripfire promoted this comment SJRNWT was starred SJRNWT was unstarred
    Image of ripfire ripfire
    09/28/09

    @SJRNWT: I don't get it. Why didn't you use Y as your next variable?
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    ripfire was starred ripfire was unstarred
    Image of incubushead incubushead
    09/28/09

    @ripfire: why ask y?
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    OCEntertainment promoted this comment incubushead was starred incubushead was unstarred
    Image of Hackintosh Hackintosh
    09/28/09

    @ripfire: Y Bother?
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    OCEntertainment promoted this comment Hackintosh was starred Hackintosh was unstarred
    Image of OCEntertainment OCEntertainment
    09/28/09

    @Hackintosh: Y not?
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    Image of Asherek Asherek
    09/28/09

    In reply to Princeton Students in Kindle DX Pilot Program Sure Hate the Kindle DX
    I really wish that e-Readers would take off though, especially for text books. They need to easy enough to use and abuse like a real textbook though. Think about the convenience of being able to simply Ctrl+F (search) within an electronic textbook! I wish I had that kind of functionality when I was still in University. I also thoroughly disliked the enormous costs of textbooks (something that could be reduced greatly by electronic copies), not to mention the paper waste/environmental damage, seeing as textbooks get outdated every year in many subjects. Also, the absolute inconvenience of having numerous textbooks gathering and collecting dust because I was unable to sell them due to them being outdated! Professors would regularly use exercises from the current version of a textbook in many of my math courses, meaning that unless you had the latest version, your old one, even though math hasn't really changed in 20 years, was now obselete. And cost $200 dollars to boot.
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    Mike Zuniga: That was Unexpected promoted this comment Asherek was starred Asherek was unstarred
    Image of Mike Zuniga: That was Unexpected Mike Zuniga: That was Unexpected
    09/28/09

    @Asherek: Then you've never seen the prices of electronic versions of textbooks. They're exactly the same as the hard copy ones (at least in my experience).
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    Image of eagles3 speeeedin eagles3 speeeedin
    09/28/09

    @Asherek: textbook companies have a chokehold on college students. Every student, pretty much has to buy at least one textbook from them every semester. Textbook prices digital or physical will only go up as time passes.
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    Mike Zuniga: That was Unexpected promoted this comment eagles3 speeeedin was starred eagles3 speeeedin was unstarred
    Image of Kaiser-Machead Kaiser-Machead
    09/28/09

    @Mike Zuniga: That was Unexpected: Not always. I recently bought a Geology textbook online, which was less than half the price of a brand new hard copy. The caveat was that I had to do all of the printing myself if I wanted to have the book in non digital form, but for the price of a ream of paper, that's a "downside" I'm willing to deal with.
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    Image of Nathan Obbards Nathan Obbards
    09/28/09

    @Mike Zuniga: That was Unexpected: I've seen them, but usually they're, at max, $20 less. For the same price, usually less though, I could buy a used textbook.
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    Mike Zuniga: That was Unexpected promoted this comment Nathan Obbards was starred Nathan Obbards was unstarred
    Image of tydog1 tydog1
    09/28/09

    @Mike Zuniga: That was Unexpected: Some of my engineering textbooks have been 1/4 of the price of the paper versions. Come to think of it, I haven't seen one yet that was the same price. It might be different for non-engineering books, though.
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    Mike Zuniga: That was Unexpected promoted this comment tydog1 was starred tydog1 was unstarred
    Image of Mike Zuniga: That was Unexpected Mike Zuniga: That was Unexpected
    09/28/09

    @tydog1: Try buying an algebra e-book. You'll be paying the full $120 or so.
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    Image of Asherek Asherek
    09/29/09

    @Mike Zuniga: I've seen a lot of math / comp sci textbooks from Waterloo now that I've graduated and they're definitely magnitudes cheaper than the hardcopy. Not to mention less tress chopped down. And other useful abilities like searching and such.
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    Image of brahmachari99 brahmachari99
    09/28/09

    In reply to Princeton Students in Kindle DX Pilot Program Sure Hate the Kindle DX
    This is why Microsoft's upcoming tablet is brilliant! I wonder which school Microsoft is testing their product at?
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    m4ximusprim3 promoted this comment brahmachari99 was starred brahmachari99 was unstarred
    Image of m4ximusprim3 m4ximusprim3
    09/28/09

    @brahmachari99: The "school of things that don't actually exist in workable form yet", if I remember correctly.
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    Image of anexanhume anexanhume
    09/28/09

    @m4ximusprim3: Damn, girls say I belong to the same school.
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    Image of Gary_7vn Gary_7vn
    08/26/09

    In reply to Wireless Ebook Readers: Which One'll Burn Down the Bookstore?
    Ebooks are good for the environment too. They should push that aspect harder. Someone just did a study on mp3 vs cds and no surprise, mp3's are massively green compared to cds!
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    Image of PostMarque PostMarque
    08/25/09

    In reply to Wireless Ebook Readers: Which One'll Burn Down the Bookstore?
    want the plastic logic, until the price comment. but i still want it... like a macbook air. but i dont read, because i am blind. so it is all cool.
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    Image of FigNinja FigNinja
    08/25/09

    In reply to Wireless Ebook Readers: Which One'll Burn Down the Bookstore?
    How is sideloading limited on the Kindle? They will charge you if you want to send stuff via wireless but USB is free like everybody else. Maye they mean it's limited to internal memory since you can't add memory.

    Similarly, you can get RSS feeds for free on your Kindle if you use the USB and a program like Calibre. Does anyone know if Sony's feeds are free through the wireless on the new model? Is that part of the store access. Last I read the only thing you got access to with their connection was the store.
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    Image of Robusto68 Robusto68
    08/25/09

    @FigNinja: Not sure if its what they meant, but perhaps they were referring to the limited formats?
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    FigNinja promoted this comment Robusto68 was starred Robusto68 was unstarred
    Image of FigNinja FigNinja
    08/25/09

    @Robusto68:

    Maybe, but by that token all the devices are limited. Some more so than others. Of course that's the same with adding memory too, I suppose.
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    Image of Pope John Peeps II Pope John Peeps II
    08/25/09

    In reply to Wireless Ebook Readers: Which One'll Burn Down the Bookstore?
    I always love when people say "why isn't the iPhone/iPod a reading machine" and then I think "well, I guess if you want to waste the irreplaceable battery in your precious telephone to light up a screen so that you can read, and then later wonder why you have so little talk time on...."
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