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more about #jeffbezos BleekBleek: I think Bezos fails to address the incredible paradigm shift necessary before people move away from paper books. Sure, the zeitgeist can be manipulate... more » blash: There will always be paper books for one simple reason - freedom of expression. Even if they made a Kindle to be superior to a paper book for the purp... more » Killjoy: Hey folks, read for content. "I do" agrees with "Eventually." He says "I don't know how long," and "No technology, not even one as elegant as the bo... more » tmp00: Kindle will replace paper when it costs $25 to buy one and you don't have to turn it off and stow it for the last hour of your plane ride. more » larry_832: Bezos is right! After all, nobody paints anymore. That technology is dead. We have jpeg! Why, I haven't seen brush and canvas work since Matthew Brady... more » Bokusatsu_Tenshi: Well, maybe they will, but not anytime soon, and certainly not because of crap like Kindle as it is today. At least I don't see it happening. Not onl... more » AmishJohn: With a dead-tree book, I can read without worrying about battery life. I can loan the book to friends. I can sell the book. I can donate it to charity... more » nutbastard: books will likely be around for another 500 years or so, because technology advances suffer from frame drag. in 100 years, books might be rather odd i... more » jepzilla: I doubt the kindle and e-readers will kill the physical book any time in the forseeable future. At the same time, I think it's disingenuous to suggest... more » k2001: Book has more than just 500 year run, I believe it is close to 2000 years. more » Gordonium: I feel like there's going to be a karmic kick in the ass for making a statement like that... like, all ebook companies going under in this guy's lifet... more » witeowl: I completely agree. And I don't lament it too much. We already have had at least one college eliminate its library (or bookstore, I can't recall) in f... more » StupidSimple: Yeah, convince my baby daughter that kindle is better than her colorful popup books. more » IndustrialJones: ...says the guy making eBook readers :P more » Prostate of Grace: Back to the real world - we are centuries away from replacing books. As if I'm going to drive around for years with a e-book version of the driver's ... more » Kaiser-Machead: Yeah that's all fine and good, but really, what kind of books? You can't just replace every kind of book out there. I have a small collection of large... more » AndPreciousLittleofThat: Looks like someone's been reading from the Segway PR script. "This product will revolutionize the way eyeballs perceive words!" more » GreyHammer: of course they want to kill the book because you can lend those out and keep them forever. where as in digital form they merly license it to you and c... more » darngooddesign: Sure man, books are dead. Just like vinyl records. more » OCEntertainment: OCEntertainment on the Inevitable Death of Jeff Bezos: Betchya ten bucks he kicks it before the paperback. more » -
#blockquote
Jeff Bezos on the Inevitable Obsolescence of Books
Amazon CEO Jeff Bezos tells Dan Lyons, aka FSJ, just how deep his "missionary zeal" for spreading the gospel of the Kindle runs: One day, it's going to kill books entirely. The full quote: More » -
#ebooks
Amazon's Bezos Compares Nook eBook Sharing to Sophie's Choice
Meow! Amazon's Jeff Bezos is on the warpath against Barnes & Noble's Nook, specifically its eBook lending feature. In an interview with the New York Times Magazine, he pulled no punches with some masterful hyperbole: Updated. More » -
#money
Bill Gates Lost $7 Billion Last Year, Is Still Richer Than God
Pity poor Bill Gates! In this terrible economy, he lost $7 billion last year, bringing his net worth down to… $50 Billion. More » -
#kindle
Jeff Bezos Issues A Personal Apology for Kindle Debacle
Amazon CEO Jeff Bezos has released his own response to the Kindle book debacle. While his response comes a bit late, it seems genuine. Hopefully he really has taken all the criticism to heart and we never see a similar incident again. More » -
#kindle
Kindle For Every Schoolkid Proposed, We Strongly Recommend At Least 1 Calculator
The "New" Democratic Leadership Council in Washington has proposed that the government buy a Kindle or other "eTextbook" for each of the 56 million K-12 schoolchildren in America. It's a nice sentiment, but as a plan, it's holey. More » -
#kindle
Amazon Patent Details Ad-Supported Kindle Books
Amazon has filed a patent that describes how to take the obvious, heretofore un-stepped step of filling ebooks with contextual, timely advertising. Whether it would mean free, discounted, or tiered-price books (or none of the above) it's an interesting idea. More » -
#kindle
Jeff Bezos Wants Amazon Ebooks On More Devices, Kindle To Fend For Itself
Amazon's Kindle App for the iPhone was a definite clue, and now Jeff Bezos is just flat stating it: the Kindle hardware doesn't really matter—Amazon's long game is all about content. More » -
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#kindleanalysis
Kindle DX: What Works and What Amazon Still Needs To Do
I was an early believer in Kindle, but I thought it would evolve more quickly than this. Kindle DX is a step forward—more than the Kindle 2—but there's still work to be done. More » -
#video
Jon Stewart Is Totally Not Buying The Kindle 2
Jeff Bezos brought a Kindle 2 to the Daily Show last night, where Mr. Stewart lobbed some pretty hefty criticism at it. And all Bezos could do was laugh like a gassed hyena. More » -
#gizexplains
Why Kindle 2 Isn't a Big Step Forward For Voracious Readers
Now that we've seen Amazon's Kindle 2, unveiled by Jeff Bezos today in New York, I can't help but conclude that the more powerful machine provides only a slim additional reader benefit. Here's why: More » -
#predictions
The Next Gadget Gods
This past year, Bill Gates and Steve Jobs began to focus on priorities other than tech. Who will fill their winged sandals and become the new Gadget Gods? More »
