Electronic books may finally have arrived. I've been looking at Amazon's Kindle reader, and there is much to like. The included wireless downloading function may be the most important part of the equation.
The price is a bit steep. At $400, it’s the early adopters who are getting this thing. Jerry Pournelle (the science fiction writer) says he loves his.
I like electronic books readers a lot, in principle. Electronic readers will solve the problem of books going out of print. I have many books that I would like to read again, but they are so old that they can't be handled very much without doing damage. The paper in some instances is brown with age, and the paper dust sets off a moderately severe allergic reaction. The ereader fixes all that.
I'll be interested in actually getting one of these things when two conditions are met: 1) the price drops, and 2) the availability of older titles is plentiful.
I'll be watching to see if Amazon can do better than Sony did.
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