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Joy ([personal profile] wide_worlds_joy) wrote in [community profile] ebooks2009-04-21 12:29 pm

Review device?

Anyone know who I can talk to so I can get a review Kindle for my site? I do reviews of print copies of metaphysical books (http://davensjournal.com), but if ebooks gain in popularity, some publishers may come up with ebooks of the same stuff. Thus having a review of a reading device might be a good thing to have.

I'd prefer a Kindle since I like what I see, several gig of storage, wireless and self contained. However if you want to suggest another device, I'm for it. But I would need to get one of them for free (please, please, please).
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[personal profile] quivo 2009-04-22 12:25 am (UTC)(link)
I personally think that people who would read exclusively on the iPhone/Touch and people who would read only on the Kindle are distinct customer bases, and that the overlap will likely push people more toward buying the Kindle since content can live in both places.

That said, considering how locked down the iPhone platform is (e.g. try getting the books off the device without jailbreaking or unlocking), it's really not that huge a gamble. I think Amazon is hedging its hardware bet with a more software-dependent one. I mean, there's already some kind of shopping app they have out for the Blackberry. Who's to say that another Kindle app isn't hot on its heels for BBs? Or for the G1, or the Android platform?