I Am Not Interested In The Kindle
Posted in Technology on 11/18/2007 05:17 pm by luxOr in any e-book reader, for that matter. And here’s why: The quagmire of DRM and proprietary file formats.
I have quite a few books on my bookshelves that are more than 20 years old. Some are even older than that. A few were printed before I was even born. Five years from now, will any file formatted for the Kindle be readable anymore, on any system? Possibly, if the product does well enough.
But what about 7 years from now? Or 10? Or more? Not so likely.
I’ll pass.
11/20/2007 at 5:09 am
Good point! I’ve just never taken to e-books. Maybe it’s the lighting of the screen. It also might be that if I have an opportunity to get away from my electronics, I take it.
11/24/2007 at 2:37 pm
We were just talking about this around the dinner table last night. While just 1 of 8 people liked the idea of e-books, the rest of us were more focused on how nice a book feels to hold and how much more difficult it is to read on a screen. But your point is great – it feels like you’re leasing the material rather than buying it…