[clue-talk] Kindle 2

[Dennis J Perkins]

On Fri, 2009-03-13 at 17:22 -0600, Nate Duehr wrote:
> Technically, the device DOES have its own memory… so unless you’ve
> FILLED it… you’re backing up your books along with them having your
> books in their database… just thought I’d point that out.

Considering the capacity of the Kindle 2, it would take a lot of books
to fill it up.

What happens if your Kindle dies?  Can you get your books back without
difficulty?  Is it tied to the Kindle you buy?
 
> As far as the other formats go, etc… I don’t know.  As I mentioned,
> one friend is using the Sony, and that’s a more “open” platform, I
> suppose.  

Maybe.  There is also the Irex Iliad.

> Figure it this way… if you got 5 years of service out of a Kindle and
> it otherwise met  your needs and then Amazon went belly up for some
> reason… would the marginal cost of having read, but then lost those
> books, really mean anything to you?  Are you in it to read, or to
> build a library… I think that’s the concept they’re working on here…
> having a library is nice for certain things, and I doubt I’d ever give
> up my most important paper books in the library for that reason… but
> there’s an awful lot of stuff I’d read once and never need again.   I
> think that’s the Kindle market.

To read, but also to let a library build.