What will Apple’s latest device do to the ebook industry? Who knows, but everyone in tech-land is speculating. After surfing the flotsam and jetsom on the web I found two Athenaeum worthy items.
First, there is this tongue in cheek entry from Fine Books Blog called Don’t be a Bauble-head (by Steve Alburty). This puts the hype in perspective. The second post is this very practical comparison of specifications for various ebook readers, including the iPad. Based on the specs, I think the Kindle wins. It’s all about that eInk.
If you wanted to read books, you would just buy the kindle. But the iPad has so much more to offer, and i would choose the iPad.
That’s the question, what do you want your device to do and does it really matter how well it does it? For the iPad books are an add on, oh, by the way, you can read books too! We’ll see, ebooks are the wild west of publishing right now.
i like this gadget (ipad), many high tech features offering. Good…
Yes, another fine gadget from Apple but for extended reading I still think Kindle is it.
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