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 […]
Convenience at a cost
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 […]
Is the Kindle right for you?
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 […]