{"id":827,"date":"2008-08-05T17:20:00","date_gmt":"2008-08-05T17:20:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/bobtherieau.com\/blog\/index.php\/2008\/08\/05\/2008-8-5-kindle-a-wireless-reading-device-html\/"},"modified":"2018-06-13T01:27:29","modified_gmt":"2018-06-13T01:27:29","slug":"2008-8-5-kindle-a-wireless-reading-device-html","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/bobtherieau.com\/blog\/2008\/08\/2008-8-5-kindle-a-wireless-reading-device-html\/","title":{"rendered":"Kindle – A Wireless Reading Device"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Pals,<\/p>\n

How long has the Amazon Kindle<\/a> been out? A year? The Riverside Press-Enterprise takes their first look<\/a> today…<\/p>\n

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Barbara Roberts, director of library services\/city librarian in Palm Springs and soon to be sworn in president of the California Library Association, saw a Kindle at a conference. It’s another in a generation of hand-held reading devices introduced since the late 1990s, she said.<\/p>\n

The Kindle is very useful for travelers who don’t want to tote lots of books, she said.<\/p>\n

But Roberts added, “Those who enjoy reading an actual book may not find this as pleasing because it’s an electronic device. It doesn’t have the same feel.<\/p>\n

“You don’t turn the pages; a machine does that.”<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

Ladies and gentlemen, this woman’s gonna be the president of the California Library Association and she’s convinced that a machine is turning pages inside a Kindle. What she fails to mention is which slot one shovels the coal into so that the steam engine robots might continue their endless, unrewarding page-turning duties uninterrupted. <\/p>\n

One also has to worry though, that these electronical reader thingys will mean the end of books. Here are some reassuring words from our resident tech analyst…<\/p>\n

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But hardbound and paperback books will always be around, she said.<\/p>\n

“In my opinion, I don’t believe it’s a threat to books,” Roberts said. “Not at all. The hand-held book will always be the method of choice for the majority of readers.”<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

Whew! What a relief.<\/p>\n

– bob<\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Pals, How long has the Amazon Kindle been out? A year? The Riverside Press-Enterprise takes their first look today… Barbara Roberts, director of library services\/city librarian in Palm Springs and soon to be sworn in president of the California Library Association, saw a Kindle at a conference. It’s another in a generation of hand-held reading … <\/p>\n

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