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A trash bin in the palm of your hand

December 7, 2010 by Dave Knadler

kindle

More than three years ago, I mocked Amazon’s Kindle in a manner that has become my trademark: with a smirking blog post that was not very timely, very funny or very smart. It’s the “not very smart” thing that’s bothering me now, because I can see from looking at my groaning and chaotic bookshelves that most of this crap could reside on a single Kindle, and that […]

Filed Under: Books, e-book readers, kindle, Other Stuff

Convenience at a cost

February 27, 2009 by Dave Knadler

The last time I mentioned Amazon’s Kindle, it was in that dismissive, mocking tone I reserve for things I don’t fully understand. Basically, I was incredulous that anybody would shell out several hundred bucks for a device that seemed much less convenient than the paperback book it purports to replace. Now, as is so often the case, I see that I was wrong. As this piece in […]

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Is the Kindle right for you?

November 17, 2007 by Dave Knadler

You’ve probably heard of Amazon’s Kindle. It’s like a book, only it costs $399 — just like every other electronic gadget now on the market. Notice how everything costs $399? When I was a boy, everything cost $1.98. Except for DC comics, which, at the beginning of my Superman period, would fetch anywhere from 10 to 12 cents. I mocked the concept of an e-reader back in […]

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