Re: Amazon's Kindle e-book reader

Not this list member -- I especially appreciated reading Dee
Ann 
Allison's comments as an actual owner. I will say that, for
something 
widely reported to suck, it sure gets a lot of attention.

Larry Campbell
Librarian, Information Systems and Technology
UBC Library


B.G. Sloan wrote:

> 
>  I've often found this ironic about discussion lists.
They exist for the purpose of discussion, but when people
carry on actual discussions list members rapidly tire of
them.
>   
>  Bernie Sloan
>
>Bill Drew <drewwtc3.edu> wrote:
>  Anybody else sick of Kindle discussion and hype? My
delete key is all
>worn out. (GRIN)
>
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I must say that, although I'm getting a little weary of the
topic, I
think it's valuable to get some many opinions and
viewpoints,
especially, as Larry says, those of an actual owner. I'm
amazed at the
volume of comments and the vehemence of the views expressed
- I can't
remember the last time a new product drew such attention on
any of the
lists I'm on. I hope it reflects the future success of ebook
readers in
general; and if it helps bring an end to the format wars,
more power to
it!

-----Original Message-----
From: web4lib-bounceswebjunction.org
[mailto:web4lib-bounceswebjunction.org] On Behalf Of Larry
Campbell
Sent: Wednesday, November 28, 2007 2:08 PM
To: B.G. Sloan
Cc: web4libwebjunction.org
Subject: Re: [Web4lib] Amazon's Kindle e-book reader


Not this list member -- I especially appreciated reading Dee
Ann 
Allison's comments as an actual owner. I will say that, for
something 
widely reported to suck, it sure gets a lot of attention.

Larry Campbell
Librarian, Information Systems and Technology
UBC Library


B.G. Sloan wrote:

> 
>  I've often found this ironic about discussion lists.
They exist for
the purpose of discussion, but when people carry on actual
discussions
list members rapidly tire of them.
>   
>  Bernie Sloan
>
>Bill Drew <drewwtc3.edu> wrote:
>  Anybody else sick of Kindle discussion and hype? My
delete key is all
>worn out. (GRIN)
>
>Bill Drew
>_______________________________________________
>Web4lib mailing list
>Web4libwebjunction.org
>http://lists.we
bjunction.org/web4lib/
>
>
>       
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I've been lurking (since I'm not a likely purchaser), but I
think the
discussion has been interesting--and, for those who tire of
the Delete key,
I'll note that Gmail nicely stores all the comments in a
single thread, so
you can just Delete once a day or so.

On Nov 28, 2007 12:07 PM, Larry Campbell
<larry.campbellubc.ca> wrote:

>
> Not this list member -- I especially appreciated
reading Dee Ann
> Allison's comments as an actual owner. I will say that,
for something
> widely reported to suck, it sure gets a lot of
attention.
>
> Larry Campbell
> Librarian, Information Systems and Technology
> UBC Library
>
>
> B.G. Sloan wrote:
>
> >
> >  I've often found this ironic about discussion
lists. They exist for the
> purpose of discussion, but when people carry on actual
discussions list
> members rapidly tire of them.
> >
> >  Bernie Sloan
> >
> >Bill Drew <drewwtc3.edu> wrote:
> >  Anybody else sick of Kindle discussion and hype?
My delete key is all
> >worn out. (GRIN)
> >
> >Bill Drew
> >_______________________________________________
> >Web4lib mailing list
> >Web4libwebjunction.org
> > http://lists.we
bjunction.org/web4lib/
> >
> >
> >
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>>list members rapidly tire of them


I suppose "rapidly" is a relative thing.....

I, for one, have been awaiting someone to comment, like
sometimes
happens,  on the appropriateness to this list, or not, of
this topic on
textual, non-web, books loaded, not via the web, on a
stand-alone,
not-web-connected device..... 



Tom Klingler
Assistant Dean for Systems & Technical Services
Libraries & Media Services
Library Room 383
Kent State University
Kent, Ohio 44242-0001
tkkent.edu 
http://www.personal
.kent.edu/~tk/
330-672-1646



-----Original Message-----
From: web4lib-bounceswebjunction.org
[mailto:web4lib-bounceswebjunction.org] On Behalf Of Larry
Campbell
Sent: Wednesday, November 28, 2007 3:08 PM
To: B.G. Sloan
Cc: web4libwebjunction.org
Subject: Re: [Web4lib] Amazon's Kindle e-book reader


Not this list member -- I especially appreciated reading Dee
Ann 
Allison's comments as an actual owner. I will say that, for
something 
widely reported to suck, it sure gets a lot of attention.

Larry Campbell
Librarian, Information Systems and Technology
UBC Library


B.G. Sloan wrote:

> 
>  I've often found this ironic about discussion lists.
They exist for
the purpose of discussion, but when people carry on actual
discussions
list members rapidly tire of them.
>   
>  Bernie Sloan
>
>Bill Drew <drewwtc3.edu> wrote:
>  Anybody else sick of Kindle discussion and hype? My
delete key is all
>worn out. (GRIN)
>
>Bill Drew
>_______________________________________________
>Web4lib mailing list
>Web4libwebjunction.org
>http://lists.we
bjunction.org/web4lib/
>
>
>       
>---------------------------------
>Never miss a thing.   Make Yahoo your homepage.
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Well I guess you did that yourself, in an oblique way.  Nice
bank shot....
 
/rich

On Nov 28, 2007 11:06 PM, KLINGLER, THOMAS <tkkent.edu> wrote:

>
> >>list members rapidly tire of them
>
>
> I suppose "rapidly" is a relative thing.....
>
> I, for one, have been awaiting someone to comment, like
sometimes
> happens,  on the appropriateness to this list, or not,
of this topic on
> textual, non-web, books loaded, not via the web, on a
stand-alone,
> not-web-connected device.....
>
>
>
> Tom Klingler
> Assistant Dean for Systems & Technical Services
> Libraries & Media Services
> Library Room 383
> Kent State University
> Kent, Ohio 44242-0001
> tkkent.edu
> http://www.personal
.kent.edu/~tk/
> 330-672-1646
>
>
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: web4lib-bounceswebjunction.org
> [mailto:web4lib-bounceswebjunction.org] On Behalf
Of Larry Campbell
> Sent: Wednesday, November 28, 2007 3:08 PM
> To: B.G. Sloan
> Cc: web4libwebjunction.org
> Subject: Re: [Web4lib] Amazon's Kindle e-book reader
>
>
>  Not this list member -- I especially appreciated
reading Dee Ann
> Allison's comments as an actual owner. I will say that,
for something
> widely reported to suck, it sure gets a lot of
attention.
>
> Larry Campbell
> Librarian, Information Systems and Technology
> UBC Library
>
>
> B.G. Sloan wrote:
>
> >
> >  I've often found this ironic about discussion
lists. They exist for
> the purpose of discussion, but when people carry on
actual discussions
> list members rapidly tire of them.
> >
> >  Bernie Sloan
> >
> >Bill Drew <drewwtc3.edu> wrote:
> >  Anybody else sick of Kindle discussion and hype?
My delete key is all
> >worn out. (GRIN)
> >
> >Bill Drew
> >_______________________________________________
> >Web4lib mailing list
> >Web4libwebjunction.org
> >http://lists.we
bjunction.org/web4lib/
> >
> >
> >
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