NP--On the Waiting List--Cyclops

[Albert Rolls]

A real curmudgeon.

I like books and don't want to just pay for the rights to read a text in a digital format. (For a while, IV could be pre-ordered on the Kindle, but P seems to have put a stop to that idea. That it was doing well seems odd to me. Didn't people want the book?) Maybe the Kindle is useful for a reference work that one just scans through to get hints about where to go or scholarly papers and books, which I've been happy to read as Xerox copies, unless I really like them, but the MLA and Chicago haven't set standards for citation, defeating the purpose if I want to use the scholarship. Scholarly books are also not that much cheaper because the publishers don't think people will be anymore likely to buy the books on a Kindle. (I've discussed the issue with some.) The audience for most scholarship is just too small. Amazon, by the way, can take the rights back, deleting the file from your library and refunding your money. (See story about a pirated edition of 1984 from last year or maybe 2009.)I'll be quite sad if the book disappears. 


-----Original Message-----
>From: David Morris <fqmorris at gmail.com>
>Sent: Jan 7, 2011 2:56 PM
>To: Joe Allonby <joeallonby at gmail.com>
>Cc: rich <richard.romeo at gmail.com>, Mark Kohut <markekohut at yahoo.com>, “pynchon-l at waste.org“ <pynchon-l at waste.org>
>Subject: Re: NP--On the Waiting List--Cyclops
>
>Curmudgeon.
>
>My wife was given one last year, and I've been jealous.  I'm sure it
>will be surpassed by something better in no time, but for now, I'm
>lovin' it.  Lighter than most books.  No need for keeping pages open
>(with my usual spine-breaking book-abuse).  You can "carry"  many
>books w/o extra weight when traveling.  Kindle books coast about 1/2
>price.  Downside: maps/graphics are not zoomable (yet).  As for
>rip-off factor:  You can "share" books w/ those you trust by sharing
>registration name & password, thereby accessing all the books in
>someone else's Kindle library.
>
>On Thu, Jan 6, 2011 at 6:46 PM, Joe Allonby <joeallonby at gmail.com> wrote:
>> The kindle is addictive. You get free internet (whispernet) service but that comes with a button that deducts money straight from your bank account. Shop in the kindle store! The "free samples" stop at exactly the point where you say "What? What?" and then he hit that button.
>>
>> Greatest invention ever.