Comments on: Oprah and The Kindle http://blog.vromans.com/oprah-and-the-kindle Independent Bookstore Thu, 25 Apr 2013 18:23:00 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.4 By: itunes helped musicians, will e-books help authors? http://blog.vromans.com/oprah-and-the-kindle/comment-page-1#comment-13597 itunes helped musicians, will e-books help authors? Mon, 21 Dec 2009 12:59:11 +0000 http://blog.vromans.com/oprah-and-the-kindle/#comment-13597 [...] independent book stores. But, as the mainstream media has begun to practically hyperventilate over Kindle, the Sony e-book and Barnes & Nobles new acquisition as of this [...] [...] independent book stores. But, as the mainstream media has begun to practically hyperventilate over Kindle, the Sony e-book and Barnes & Nobles new acquisition as of this [...]

]]> By: Goodbye, Oprah | Hometown Pasadena http://blog.vromans.com/oprah-and-the-kindle/comment-page-1#comment-11704 Goodbye, Oprah | Hometown Pasadena Fri, 20 Nov 2009 23:05:36 +0000 http://blog.vromans.com/oprah-and-the-kindle/#comment-11704 [...] I’m obviously joking around a bit here (if you’ll recall, I’m not much of an Oprah fan), the book world is right to be concerned.  Books could use a good advocate at the moment.  I [...] [...] I’m obviously joking around a bit here (if you’ll recall, I’m not much of an Oprah fan), the book world is right to be concerned.  Books could use a good advocate at the moment.  I [...]

]]> By: Goodbye, Oprah http://blog.vromans.com/oprah-and-the-kindle/comment-page-1#comment-11702 Goodbye, Oprah Fri, 20 Nov 2009 21:20:24 +0000 http://blog.vromans.com/oprah-and-the-kindle/#comment-11702 [...] I’m obviously joking around a bit here (if you’ll recall, I’m not much of an Oprah fan), the book world is right to be concerned.  Books could use a good advocate at the moment.  I [...] [...] I’m obviously joking around a bit here (if you’ll recall, I’m not much of an Oprah fan), the book world is right to be concerned.  Books could use a good advocate at the moment.  I [...]

]]> By: Patrick http://blog.vromans.com/oprah-and-the-kindle/comment-page-1#comment-288 Patrick Fri, 07 Nov 2008 21:21:00 +0000 http://blog.vromans.com/oprah-and-the-kindle/#comment-288 Anonymous #2: This has been my idea for a long time: to focus on the e-book reading capabilities of the Blackberry, iPhone, Android, etc. People don't want multiple devices anymore, so why not try to build delivery applications from indie bookstores straight to those other devices. With Google getting into the e-book game, Apple already being there, we've got some potential partners that could be very beneficial. Anonymous #2: This has been my idea for a long time: to focus on the e-book reading capabilities of the Blackberry, iPhone, Android, etc. People don’t want multiple devices anymore, so why not try to build delivery applications from indie bookstores straight to those other devices. With Google getting into the e-book game, Apple already being there, we’ve got some potential partners that could be very beneficial.

]]> By: Anonymous http://blog.vromans.com/oprah-and-the-kindle/comment-page-1#comment-285 Anonymous Wed, 05 Nov 2008 17:08:00 +0000 http://blog.vromans.com/oprah-and-the-kindle/#comment-285 I agree that this could be terrible, but perhaps there is another way to look at this situation. This could be the dawning of a kind of relationship between publishers and booksellers, one where individual booksellers can prodive content for amazon, or perhaps even something more people have and is less expensive like a blackberry. Who Knows. I agree that this could be terrible, but perhaps there is another way to look at this situation. This could be the dawning of a kind of relationship between publishers and booksellers, one where individual booksellers can prodive content for amazon, or perhaps even something more people have and is less expensive like a blackberry. Who Knows.

]]> By: Anonymous http://blog.vromans.com/oprah-and-the-kindle/comment-page-1#comment-281 Anonymous Fri, 31 Oct 2008 20:52:00 +0000 http://blog.vromans.com/oprah-and-the-kindle/#comment-281 The louder you yell, the more you're going to be able to force the genie back into the bottle, right? The Kindle won't kill the industry. But an inability to adapt surely will. The louder you yell, the more you’re going to be able to force the genie back into the bottle, right? The Kindle won’t kill the industry. But an inability to adapt surely will.

]]> By: Court http://blog.vromans.com/oprah-and-the-kindle/comment-page-1#comment-280 Court Thu, 30 Oct 2008 09:07:00 +0000 http://blog.vromans.com/oprah-and-the-kindle/#comment-280 Disagree completely, and I've outlined my reasons why <a HREF="http://court-merrigan.blogspot.com/2008/10/kindle-vs-bookstores-vs-dead-men.html" REL="nofollow">here</a>. Disagree completely, and I’ve outlined my reasons why here.

]]> By: jordan http://blog.vromans.com/oprah-and-the-kindle/comment-page-1#comment-279 jordan Wed, 29 Oct 2008 23:19:00 +0000 http://blog.vromans.com/oprah-and-the-kindle/#comment-279 ditto, kudos on the beautiful post. we've been ranting here too, but no one has been coherent enough on the matter to write about it. rage makes us tongue tied.<br/><br/>http://insideflap.blogspot.com/ ditto, kudos on the beautiful post. we’ve been ranting here too, but no one has been coherent enough on the matter to write about it. rage makes us tongue tied.

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]]> By: Michael Kindness http://blog.vromans.com/oprah-and-the-kindle/comment-page-1#comment-278 Michael Kindness Wed, 29 Oct 2008 21:07:00 +0000 http://blog.vromans.com/oprah-and-the-kindle/#comment-278 Amen! This post is so well written and Alison's note to Oprah is perfectly phrased. Now, how do we make sure she reads it? Amen! This post is so well written and Alison’s note to Oprah is perfectly phrased. Now, how do we make sure she reads it?

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