Comments on: Is Kindle the iPod of books? http://mathewingram.com/media/2007/12/03/is-kindle-the-ipod-of-books/ ...watching the intersection of the Web and media Tue, 06 Jan 2009 06:24:01 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.5 By: Brett http://mathewingram.com/media/2007/12/03/is-kindle-the-ipod-of-books/#comment-10132 Brett Tue, 04 Dec 2007 04:03:00 +0000 http://mathewingram.com/media/2007/12/03/is-kindle-the-ipod-of-books/#comment-10132 The reason the iPod worked so well (for me, at least) was that it allowed me to easily import my extensive CD collection. If I had been unable to do this, and instead had to repurchase all of that music, it is very (VERY) doubtful that I would have ever purchased an iPod. I'm thinking the same may be true of Kindle. I have a lot of books, and I am one of those (apparently rare) people that will re-read a book many times. I can't imagine having to repurchase all of these books, not to mention the loss of all my margin notes from over the years. (That's in my non-fiction collection, my fiction collection is free from vandalism.) The reason the iPod worked so well (for me, at least) was that it allowed me to easily import my extensive CD collection. If I had been unable to do this, and instead had to repurchase all of that music, it is very (VERY) doubtful that I would have ever purchased an iPod.

I’m thinking the same may be true of Kindle. I have a lot of books, and I am one of those (apparently rare) people that will re-read a book many times. I can’t imagine having to repurchase all of these books, not to mention the loss of all my margin notes from over the years. (That’s in my non-fiction collection, my fiction collection is free from vandalism.)

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