Comments on: Nicholson Baker vs. the Kindle http://technologizer.com/2009/07/27/nicholson-baker-vs-the-kindle/ Reviews, News, and Opinion About Personal Technology by Harry McCracken & Friends Fri, 10 Feb 2012 14:19:05 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.com/ By: Cathy http://technologizer.com/2009/07/27/nicholson-baker-vs-the-kindle/comment-page-1/#comment-21775 Mon, 27 Jul 2009 18:59:09 +0000 http://technologizer.com/?p=14835#comment-21775 Not a typical Baker story, it reads too calmly. But thanks for the link Harry, I have a student coming in to interview me on the subject today and I’ve printed off a copy for her.

]]> By: Robert http://technologizer.com/2009/07/27/nicholson-baker-vs-the-kindle/comment-page-1/#comment-21772 Mon, 27 Jul 2009 17:06:58 +0000 http://technologizer.com/?p=14835#comment-21772 I too enjoy my Kindle on the iPhone.
For me it’s actually easier on the eyes than
traditional books. And the simple convenience
of the format is key.

]]> By: Tom Nocera http://technologizer.com/2009/07/27/nicholson-baker-vs-the-kindle/comment-page-1/#comment-21771 Mon, 27 Jul 2009 16:52:51 +0000 http://technologizer.com/?p=14835#comment-21771 Being a critic of breakthrough electronic gadgets is not all that difficult – nothing is perfect. Waiting for a couple of months after a new product is introduced before passing along a review of it, is a way to play it safe by having the advantage of access to all the previously published comments of earlier reviews.

What is much more intriguing about Amazon than the screen color and color of type, is that Jeff Bezos is currently seeking one or more patents to cover the ways to insert paid advertisements (or website links) into page display for the next generation of ebooks Amazon will offer via Kindle. This should reduce the cost of ebooks. One of the companies standing to financially benefit from Amazon’s technology is Millisecond Publishing Company, Inc. (MPC). MPC is almost ready to introduce tens of millions of pages of deep family history content on ebooks. Its monumental quantity of high-value genealogy pathways content originated from the 14 year-long Family Forest Project that is digitizing the known “dead tree” records that chart family histories to the beginning of recorded history – 3 to 5 thousand years ago.

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