{"id":1584,"date":"2009-02-09T21:29:57","date_gmt":"2009-02-10T01:29:57","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blogs.n1zyy.com\/n1zyy\/?p=1584"},"modified":"2009-02-09T21:29:57","modified_gmt":"2009-02-10T01:29:57","slug":"kindle","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.n1zyy.com\/n1zyy\/2009\/02\/09\/kindle\/","title":{"rendered":"Kindle"},"content":{"rendered":"

The new Kindle<\/a> is really, really slick.<\/p>\n

I just realized a problem with it, though: I rarely pay for books. If the library doesn’t have it, I turn to half.com. $9.99 for a book might be a great deal compared to $29.99 for the dead-tree version, but it’s a rip-off compared to $0.00 at the local library, or $2.99 on half.com.<\/p>\n

That said, the opportunity to subscribe to newspapers and magazines wirelessly is brilliant. I always felt\u00a0 bad for the ailing newspaper industry. Enough so that I might be willing to pay $10\/month to get a copy on a Kindle.<\/p>\n

I’m a little confused, though, by their “Get blogs wirelessly delivered to your Kindle for as little as $.99 per month” statement. I thought you were able to browse for free. (Obviously, restricted a bit.)<\/p>\n

What interests me is the availablity of computer eBooks. I brought home a 1,200 page MySQL tome. Seems like they have a lot, but not centered on the ones I want to buy. I can take there being more books on MS SQL and Oracle (even if MySQL is probably most populous?), but PL\/SQL and SQLite? Isn’t an SQLite book like writing a manual for using the Windows calcluator? And discounting a book to $50 for the Kindle doesn’t make me want to buy it. (Psst: The Pirate Bay has a great selection… I don’t want to resort to that, though.)<\/p>\n

All this brings up something I’ve thought for a long time: if you release a book for an e-book platform like the Kindle, and then it’s obsolete (like all the MySQL books about MySQL 4 that don’t get to the major changes in MySQL 5), can you please, please offer a heavily-discounted “update” to people who own the old version?<\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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