Comments on: The Kindle to Save the Elderly .. and the Newspaper Industry http://www.openculture.com/2009/05/the_kindle_to_save_the_elderly_and_the_newspaper_industry.html The best free cultural & educational media on the web Mon, 13 Feb 2012 21:01:48 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 By: Alex Levy http://www.openculture.com/2009/05/the_kindle_to_save_the_elderly_and_the_newspaper_industry.html#comment-5685 Alex Levy Mon, 22 Jun 2009 17:23:51 +0000 http://www.openculture.com/?p=3394#comment-5685 As a subscriber to the paper edition of the NY Times, I hate the idea of having to pay again to have it on my Kindle. What is more, Kindle, while it can provide larger print and audio, which is appreciated by older folk (I'm 73), should work at providing a white, rather than a grey, background for its black text. Insufficient contrast makes it difficult to read indoors. As a subscriber to the paper edition of the NY Times, I hate the idea of having to pay again to have it on my Kindle. What is more, Kindle, while it can provide larger print and audio, which is appreciated by older folk (I’m 73), should work at providing a white, rather than a grey, background for its black text. Insufficient contrast makes it difficult to read indoors.

]]> By: bob schulties http://www.openculture.com/2009/05/the_kindle_to_save_the_elderly_and_the_newspaper_industry.html#comment-3820 bob schulties Tue, 05 May 2009 23:14:47 +0000 http://www.openculture.com/?p=3394#comment-3820 Hang on, Carol A... You are over 50 and know about DRM. AND you don't like it? Yay for informed people. Sorry for sarcastic-sounding comment... but anytime folks are actually aware of DRM I get excited. Go, Carol A! :) I am waiting for the industry get its collective arse together and get a common format so that we can, sooner than later, have several readers to choose from and can buy books from wherever. And they better be cheap. $2 - $3 book will get sales going. And maybe, just maybe, The Times at $10/month would be palatable. But it needs to update more than once a day. The industry needs to take advantage of the technology. And they better get it together before Apple gets this all sussed out and owns the book world like they mostly do for the music. Anyway, I'm mostly commented because Carol A rocks. Hang on, Carol A… You are over 50 and know about DRM. AND you don’t like it? Yay for informed people.

Sorry for sarcastic-sounding comment… but anytime folks are actually aware of DRM I get excited. Go, Carol A! :)

I am waiting for the industry get its collective arse together and get a common format so that we can, sooner than later, have several readers to choose from and can buy books from wherever.

And they better be cheap. $2 – $3 book will get sales going. And maybe, just maybe, The Times at $10/month would be palatable. But it needs to update more than once a day.

The industry needs to take advantage of the technology.

And they better get it together before Apple gets this all sussed out and owns the book world like they mostly do for the music.

Anyway, I’m mostly commented because Carol A rocks.

]]> By: Dan Colman http://www.openculture.com/2009/05/the_kindle_to_save_the_elderly_and_the_newspaper_industry.html#comment-3813 Dan Colman Tue, 05 May 2009 04:01:00 +0000 http://www.openculture.com/?p=3394#comment-3813 It would be interesting to test that theory out. Are younger folks reading fewer books? In this attention deficit time of ours, I wouldn't be shocked. It would be interesting to test that theory out. Are younger folks reading fewer books? In this attention deficit time of ours, I wouldn’t be shocked.

]]> By: Carol A http://www.openculture.com/2009/05/the_kindle_to_save_the_elderly_and_the_newspaper_industry.html#comment-3812 Carol A Tue, 05 May 2009 03:36:59 +0000 http://www.openculture.com/?p=3394#comment-3812 Could it be that more older people read books? I would love a reader (and am over 50) but will wait for the cheaper models to come out later this year (Bebook etc). Also don't like DRM'd formats. Could it be that more older people read books? I would love a reader (and am over 50) but will wait for the cheaper models to come out later this year (Bebook etc). Also don’t like DRM’d formats.

]]> By: adam hartung http://www.openculture.com/2009/05/the_kindle_to_save_the_elderly_and_the_newspaper_industry.html#comment-3811 adam hartung Tue, 05 May 2009 03:31:54 +0000 http://www.openculture.com/?p=3394#comment-3811 Will Kindle be a savior for newspapers? Maybe so. Kindle might be the product to finally get newspapers to realize they have to go digital. Read more at http://www.ThePhoenixPrinciple.com Will Kindle be a savior for newspapers? Maybe so. Kindle might be the product to finally get newspapers to realize they have to go digital. Read more at http://www.ThePhoenixPrinciple.com

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