tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5973076997355696465.post4153890628832311069..comments2023-10-03T08:23:51.469-07:00Comments on Speak Quietly: Ramblings About Libraries, Writing, and Everything in Between: Amazon Kindle - Day Two, Reading a BookScott Douglashttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17702996334629741325noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5973076997355696465.post-6649831917098810942008-11-05T16:27:00.000-08:002008-11-05T16:27:00.000-08:00You never know...maybe Amazon will work with libra...You never know...maybe Amazon will work with libraries in the future; it's great brand exposure for them. For now, I think libraries could put magazines and newspapers on them, and let patrons check them out for use in the library only. $120 bucks for a year subscription to the LA Times is cheaper then buying a printed subscription.Scott Douglashttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17702996334629741325noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5973076997355696465.post-62953711578875001832008-11-05T16:21:00.000-08:002008-11-05T16:21:00.000-08:00My husband and I both own Kindles; we absolutely a...My husband and I both own Kindles; we absolutely adore them and I take mine everywhere. When I broke my leg yesterday morning, the staff at my library bought me a bag for my Kindle so I can still carry it around while using crutches!<BR/><BR/>As for using it in a library setting...I can't see that working out very well for several reasons. While you can attach up to six Kindles to an account, and share books on those Kindles, you also have to have the One-click purchasing turned on. Library borrowers could buy whatever they wanted, without approval, whenever they checked out a Kindle. Also, say you buy 100 Kindle books, but only have five Kindles. That puts 100 books in the hands of five borrowers. It makes more sense from a collection development standpoint to buy 100 books that could, potentially, serve 100 borrowers at a time.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01606303532790301445noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5973076997355696465.post-28603434648890690422008-11-05T15:29:00.000-08:002008-11-05T15:29:00.000-08:00I don't think the Kindle is really appropriate for...I don't think the Kindle is really appropriate for libraries since the books, etc. are licensed to a single user only and are not really supposed to be shared.<BR/><BR/>One limitation of the dictionary is that you can't get too exotic. I've been reading War and Peace, which I downloaded many months ago and occasionally run across a word (usually military) which I don't know. The Kindle dictionary does not provide definitions of such words.<BR/><BR/>Another thing I really thinks needs improvement is the way you "turn the pages." It's much too easy to hit the bar to turn the page since it takes up almost the entire right side of the device and about a third of the left side. The on-off switch is also a bit out of the way (on the back) especially when you are using the leather cover.Tom Kaunhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14813378381838446780noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5973076997355696465.post-12846269916667956062008-10-28T08:28:00.000-07:002008-10-28T08:28:00.000-07:00Actually there is a search. On the keypad you just...Actually there is a search. On the keypad you just hit "search," type the word, and it will search every single book on your Kindle for that word and show many how many times in each book the work is used.<BR/><BR/>As far as Kindle in the library...I'm not sure; for newspapers I think it's a great idea. The subscription is actually cheaper then a printed version, and no one steals them. I still like books on the bookshelf...nothing beats browsing for a book that's on the shelf.Scott Douglashttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17702996334629741325noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5973076997355696465.post-60971897801702918832008-10-28T07:24:00.000-07:002008-10-28T07:24:00.000-07:00I would be interested to hear during your review t...I would be interested to hear during your review this week on how libraries might use Kindles - would it be more suitable for in library use of reference materials, for checkout of fiction, for reserves of textbooks, etc. I downloaded the CIA World Factbook on our library's new Kindle (not being used by patrons) and was disappointed to find that I could not search the full text of the book. I wonder if searching a book depends on the title or if that is just a feature that is not a part of Kindle books.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com