Tuesday, November 20, 2007

Is it time to burn your books?

BIG NEWS: The way we read books is changing.

Amazon just unveiled the Kindle E-Book Reader. Yes. I do want one.

What's causing this change? College. Oh how I wish all the books I read in college were via e-book. Would it have saved me money? You bet. Plus, text books are HEAVY.

I actually use to buy e-books in college (when available) because they were cheaper. The problem was bringing the e-book to class. Usually I printed it out at the library (for free).

An e-book reader would have been so nice. The technology wasn't there yet. I'm not sure it is here yet either, but it's close enough for early adapters to jump on.

Plus, with the Amazon deal, all new releases are only 10 Dollars. WOW.

Reminds me of iPod and iTunes. Wait, does that mean I have to deal with DRM (Digital Rights Management) again? Probably.

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