A Good Question Deserves An Answer.

Zadia wrote… I am waiting to see how my favorite ebook writers respond to this gadget.

Thank you for the comment Zadia, and you made two very good points here in one line about the Amazon Kindle. It is a gadget, a $399.00 gadget that I can not whole heartedly endorse.

When all is said and done, it is currently a product that forces you into using Amazon’s DRM and Amazon’s hardware to read Amazon’s eBooks. Which is pretty limiting to me with it’s current price tag.

Would I buy a Kindle?

Sure, but I am a hard core gadget freak and I am willing to take chances on potential. Kindle is nothing but potential right now. They are taking the existing Mobipocket library and converting it over to a device that will allow you to buy any Mobipocket title from anywhere the Kindle can make the connection to the Internet from. That is some powerful stuff there. A eBook Reader with a built in delivery system is nothing to sneeze at.

But… There are still holes here. If I was Lora Leigh with a lot of books on Ellora’s Cave or a big author on Loose-Id I would be hounding their collective butts right about now on why they were not included in this enormous event for this new eBook platform.

The promotional capability of having your traditionally published books listed right along side your back list eBooks is what the Amazon Kindle is providing to the established eBook authors lucky enough to have had eBooks being offered on the Mobipocket Site and that is some powerful stuff indeed to have happened on the busiest store on the Net. Talk about making a big entrance with not much effort… There you go!

Anyway, that is really all politics and positioning and potential and not what a prudent practical minded person should buy into yet. If you worry about every penny then let the dust cloud settle and wait this one out if you can. The Amazon Kindle could be the greatest thing since sliced bread for eBooks and ePubs or a gigantic flop.

It is still too close to call yet.

If I wanted to buy an eBook reader that I did not consider strictly a gadget and that I knew was gonna be supported for a long time coming I would head over to Amazon.com and check out the PALM T/X currently listed for about $257.00 and if you read my review you would know it is also wi-fi connected and reads Mobipocket, Adobe Reader, Palm eReader. Which gives you three DRM choices to buy eBooks in and I highly recommend it if you can handle it’s screen size. If you are really diligent remember they are found at Walmart and you know those local sales there.

If I was really truly really EVIL… And you know I am. If I worked for say Samhain, I would see what wholesale actually is on a load of Palm T/X’s because there are HUGE discounts for businesses buying these things in bulk and I would sell them at cost on their website.

Why? Because, it’s all about the eBooks and I am The VEPB!

There is my personal endorsement for the holiday season all wrapped up for you.

Happy eBook Reading!

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Amazon Kindle eBooks Ahoy!

My bad! I figured out all the weirdness and oddities on what Amazon is offering as far as eBooks from ePubs on the Kindle eBook Listings. Seems they are converting from the Mobipocket site on the fly. Spotty sometimes inaccurate author listings and all.

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