Amazon: Kindle Outsold Everything in November

[tanderskey]

I have to count myself among those also skeptical of amazons claim of popularity.

I'm waiting for essentially a web browser in a tablet with wifi (and maybe 3g too) that doesn't use proprietary reader formats. I want open document format supported for sure and PDF for sure and HTML for sure and maybe a few others would be fine too. Really want to avoid getting my books stuck in any device or vendor owned format.

 

[platemoon]

Last post responded my question, so my new question would be...

are there any format converter available for the kindle?

 

[burfordg]

Give me a color device that can do pictures (comics), music, video, and and ebooks with a battery life of 8 hours for video playback, and I will buy it. (My Archos 5 gets 6-7 hours of video playback, and my PSP gets about 7.5)

Oh, and it should have a nice big hard drive that's bigger than 100GB, and can use any file manager program, be it Windows Explorer or whatever, to load stuff, so I don't have to install some crappy software that wants to sync everything all the time.

 

[lafery]

Waiting for an e-reader that is 8x11 in size so i can carry around my must have tech books. Pocket size is too small.

 

[Guest]

I'm buying a Nook. From Barnes & Noble it's options are much better then any other ereader out there. New hard backs are only $9.99. Plus B&N classics are free to download.

 

[nachowarrior]

you can get your hands on certain other mobile de\/ices that fit in your pocket and do SO much more for around the same price. Why are people buying this? eg: n8xx full day of batt life, fits in pocket, will do e-books web, games, mo\/ies, etc.

 

[PrangeWay]

Had one for over a year now. Love it, outside of the fact I now buy more books and read far more than I ever did before. It's pretty awesome, better than a real book and very portable and useful. Can't see what the whole "color" hubub is about, none of my hardcovers/paperbacks are color print either

 

[cablechewer]

I don't know if I want to make the jump to an ereader. I worry about the fate of my books as new versions of the ereader are released and as time passes. Even a common paperback can easily last 50 years - can the same be said of a Kindle and the content on it? Words written on paper, wood or stone last until entropy destroys the material or your language is forgotten. The same can't be said for any digital format.

 

[Guest]

great idea the kindle, imagine how many trees can be saved!!

 

[Guest]

The kindle 3 is one of the best ebook reader's available. It's got everything great going for it.

The design, battery life and screen. Perfection. Recently we road tested the kindle 3 and gave it our review ( http://ebookreaderreview.net.au/reviews/kindle-3-review/amazon-kindle-3-review/ )