Comments on: Is the printed book dead? http://johnwilker.com/2009/04/is-the-printed-book-dead/ John Wilker: Community, Code, Randomness Fri, 30 Jul 2010 11:35:50 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0.1 By: John Wilker http://johnwilker.com/2009/04/is-the-printed-book-dead/comment-page-1/#comment-1686 John Wilker Mon, 13 Apr 2009 14:19:01 +0000 http://johnwilker.com/?p=746#comment-1686 Yeah Tom and I were talking about them before deciding we wanted to start helping people get their content out there. Some one mentioned the DRM, the lack of outside US sales, etc. and I realized those were the same complaints against the iPod. Oh, price too :) The iPod changed the music game completely, and I think the Kindle is the device that will do the same for Publishing. The ride is just starting. Oh, and Great minds think alike :) Yeah Tom and I were talking about them before deciding we wanted to start helping people get their content out there. Some one mentioned the DRM, the lack of outside US sales, etc. and I realized those were the same complaints against the iPod. Oh, price too :)

The iPod changed the music game completely, and I think the Kindle is the device that will do the same for Publishing. The ride is just starting.

Oh, and Great minds think alike :)

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The iPod changed the music game completely, and I think the Kindle is the device that will do the same for Publishing. The ride is just starting.

]]> By: Keith Peters http://johnwilker.com/2009/04/is-the-printed-book-dead/comment-page-1/#comment-1685 Keith Peters Mon, 13 Apr 2009 14:14:58 +0000 http://johnwilker.com/?p=746#comment-1685 Just got mine Friday and I agree with almost every word you say here. In fact, it's funny you use the word "game changer" because I was thinking of writing a blog post about the Kindle using the very same word. :) Just got mine Friday and I agree with almost every word you say here. In fact, it's funny you use the word "game changer" because I was thinking of writing a blog post about the Kindle using the very same word. :)

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