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Kindle

PostPosted: Thu Jul 08, 2010 10:09 am
by pmahnn
Is there any e-reader better than it?

$189 right now.

Re: Kindle

PostPosted: Thu Jul 08, 2010 11:08 am
by slim
dude.

wrong forum.

Re: Kindle

PostPosted: Thu Jul 08, 2010 11:51 am
by pmahnn
slim wrote:dude.

wrong forum.

Forgot it was macs only. Thanks.

Re: Kindle

PostPosted: Thu Jul 08, 2010 11:58 am
by gluon
not so subtle attempt at starting a war over Kindle vs iPad?

Re: Kindle

PostPosted: Thu Jul 08, 2010 12:32 pm
by bazo qop
Who needs consumer electronics when you can have these?

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(My old place of employment, by the way..)

Re: Kindle

PostPosted: Thu Jul 08, 2010 1:39 pm
by bazo qop
niceporch wrote:used book shops are great. i love sitting on the floor flipping through books as much as any other nerd.

but the selection is limited. the employees pretentious. the hours might be inconvenient.

the personal assistance you might get from a well-read used book shop employee isn't anything you can't get from online reviews at amazon or any number of sites.

it's a dying business model. i'll miss it. but i am already beginning to embrace digital media.

ctrl-f is a beautiful thing, niggas.



This all depends on where you live...

Unfortunately, where the used bookshops are the best (big university towns..ie: Berkley, Ann Arbor, Portland, Austin, Madison..etal) the pretentious employee effect is greatest (but not always..)

I don't think the model is dead yet, but the business is so loaded with pitfalls and pratfalls that it might as well be..

Damn...I miss that life.

Re: Kindle

PostPosted: Thu Jul 08, 2010 1:49 pm
by blimp
employees are nothing but kind and helpful at 'half price books' here in austin. Not a hipster in sight.

Re: Kindle

PostPosted: Thu Jul 08, 2010 2:00 pm
by skav
Bookman's here is/was the same way. Unless you want something that really sucks or smell bad.

Porch is just trying to show how independent he is.

Re: Kindle

PostPosted: Thu Jul 08, 2010 2:02 pm
by RockPharmer
if i knew how to read, i'd get one.

Re: Kindle

PostPosted: Thu Jul 08, 2010 2:05 pm
by bazo qop
blimp wrote:employees are nothing but kind and helpful at 'half price books' here in austin. Not a hipster in sight.



That's because they're closeted hipsters..



But the concept of the "half price" book shop is the best..no pretense, no "collectibles" just cheap books..Good general selection book shops have the longest life.