Comments on: Idea Giveaway: How to Kill the Kindle in 4 Easy Steps, No New eReader Required http://www.jemery.com/2010/01/07/idea-giveaway-how-to-kill-the-kindle-in-4-easy-steps-no-new-ereader-required/ Jesse's blog Thu, 22 Jul 2010 04:00:25 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8 hourly 1 By: ejesse http://www.jemery.com/2010/01/07/idea-giveaway-how-to-kill-the-kindle-in-4-easy-steps-no-new-ereader-required/comment-page-1/#comment-12 ejesse Fri, 08 Jan 2010 08:43:36 +0000 http://www.jemery.com/?p=135#comment-12 Thank you. Great point about book loans, I totally forgot about that. And yes, there's no reason why this idea couldn't be partnered with goodreads. Thank you. Great point about book loans, I totally forgot about that. And yes, there's no reason why this idea couldn't be partnered with goodreads.

]]> By: eniat http://www.jemery.com/2010/01/07/idea-giveaway-how-to-kill-the-kindle-in-4-easy-steps-no-new-ereader-required/comment-page-1/#comment-11 eniat Fri, 08 Jan 2010 08:25:25 +0000 http://www.jemery.com/?p=135#comment-11 I agree with you completely, especially on the social side. There are already social networks built around book reviews (<a href="http://goodreads.com" rel="nofollow">goodreads.com</a> ) and posting a review to amazon seems like the most natural thing, especially if that review can then be shared with others via pre-existing social networks. <br><br>Also, in addition to recommending a book to a friend, it would be great to loan books out between accounts. The biggest problem I have with Kindle is that I can't lend it to a friend like I did with paper books. This can be done either by limiting the time the person can "read" the book (they can already automatically delete stuff from your device as they demonstrated when with the 1984 debacle) or by charging a small fee for the time the book is lent. <br><br>Finally, I'm really pissed that they launched Kindle for PC before launched it for Mac (which is still unavailable). Do you understand your market? I bet that the majority of Kindle owners are Apple users. I agree with you completely, especially on the social side. There are already social networks built around book reviews (goodreads.com ) and posting a review to amazon seems like the most natural thing, especially if that review can then be shared with others via pre-existing social networks.

Also, in addition to recommending a book to a friend, it would be great to loan books out between accounts. The biggest problem I have with Kindle is that I can't lend it to a friend like I did with paper books. This can be done either by limiting the time the person can “read” the book (they can already automatically delete stuff from your device as they demonstrated when with the 1984 debacle) or by charging a small fee for the time the book is lent.

Finally, I'm really pissed that they launched Kindle for PC before launched it for Mac (which is still unavailable). Do you understand your market? I bet that the majority of Kindle owners are Apple users.

]]>