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Step 2: Put your owl in that box
Step 3: Open the box
And that's how it's done. (saving an owl)
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In the short term there will only be mild savings with ebook textbooks. The publishing companies will maintain their system as long as they can. But ultimately the system breaks down when there is zero (or negligible) cost of production. Just like MP3s undermined the record label business. It's not (just) because of piracy, but because free access to distribution means that many more people can enter the market without middle-men who drive up the cost and limit access to certain content.
10 years from now, when professors can self-publish their textbooks and distribute them directly to the students at minimal cost, and are no longer controlled by the publishers, that's when we'll start seeing real change, both in terms of savings for college students, and maybe even in terms of academic freedom.
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I wish the screen was a little larger, but I can even review meds on the Reader. Sony's native PDF support was a major deciding factor for me.
04/06/09
04/06/09
1. It is too expensive.
2. It needs to be charged.
3. Real books feel great to hold and smell good too.
4. Library books are free.
5. Kindle has DRM.
6. I'll just go read ebooks on my phone/laptop.
7. Ebooks can't decorate your house.
If I missed one, post it as a reply so no one has to waste their time reading it again.
04/06/09
This is not directed at you, as I have read your prior comment chastising people who hate the Kindle, but rather a reply for all the reasons people give for disliking the Kindle.
1.Too expensive to you might not be too expensive to others.
2.Oh no! Something with a battery needs to be charged? I charge mine like every two weeks.
3.Yeah, but sometimes it's great to take like eighty books with you somewhere and not need a chiropractor after.
4.I am on a timeline with library books, and have to go to the library to check them out. This way I can get books immediately without putting on pants.
5.Yeah, because I'm going to do a lot with these ebooks after I read them on my kindle. And I have a lot of other ebooks not in the kindle format. I know nobody who has this issue (although I'm sure there are people here who do).
6.The eye strain is a lot less on the kindle. And it's not as heavy as a laptop, and the screen is bigger than a phone (both of those need to be charged, by the way).
7.My books aren't decoration. They're books. I don't invite ladies over to see how big my brain is (not that brain, anyway).
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And my favorite books, I will still buy real copies. But the Kindle gives me a lot of versatility and portability.
12/15/08
Anyone who uses Acrobat is a sucker.
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