The Kindle 2

[cathyr19355]

The updated version of Amazon's e-book reader device, the Kindle 2 is out.

So far as I can tell from a quick look at the website, the major differences between it and the original Kindle are: 1) it's thinner (only 1/3 of an inch!!!); it can talk to you (text to speech feature!); 3) longer battery life (by about 25%); and 4) a faster refresh rate (by about 20%).

And only $359.00!

Somehow, I think I'll continue to pass on e-books for awhile--for at least as long as new books on Kindle continue not to be price-competitive with paperback prices.

Comments

[kallisti.livejournal.com]

I once was a dead tree book snob...I used to have a collection of some 1500+ SF & F plus some science, tech, and misc stuff... First editions, rare books like the first two Myth Books by Bob Asprin, both Starblaze editions with the Kelly Freas and Phil Folio covers respectively...autographed copies of books by Keith Laumer, Gordon Dickson and such, And they were stored in a room at my sister's farm...in nice vermin proof containers. What they weren't were fireproof. The barn burned down under suspicious conditions...one of a rash of them over the past 10 years in the Ottawa Valley. No one has been able to connect them to anyone...but all of my books were destroyed in the fire. Since then, I've been more interested in the words, not the physical printout of them. Thus I have bought and downloaded many books. My first reader was a palm pilot...today, I use a Nokia N800. it's about the size of a paperback book, and being a small Linux tablet computer, it will do all sort of other things, too.

Baen books has a lot of free ebooks you can download, and reasonably price ebook as well. They also sell ebooks from TOR and a few other publishers. I would much rather give my money to them, as more if it goes to the publishers, editors and authors than happens when you go through Amazon.

ttyl