Here's an interesting article posted at PC World. Amazon's Kindle has been a runaway success by nearly any measure. Now, there's an update -- thinner and with more storage -- slated to release later this month. In a press conference, Amazon claimed the Kindle will "save" reading of long-form text. Of course, recent stories (and Twinsburg's circulation statistics) indicate that reading, at least where libraries are concerned, is still pretty healthy. More uncertain is the public's willingness to pay $350 for a Kindle, plus charges for non-transferrable books to read on it. The Kindle seems great and all, but I'm skeptical that, even if reading needs to be "saved," Amazon will do the job with this.
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