http://www.engadget.com/2010/07/29/amazon-sees-e-book-sales-surpassing-paper-versions-has-mirasol/ Engadget Comments for Amazon sees e-book sales surpassing paper versions, has Mirasol technology in the Kindle labs http://www.engadget.com/media/feedlogo.gif http://www.engadget.com en-us Copyright 2012 Weblogs, Inc. The contents of this feed are available for non-commercial use only. Blogsmith http://www.blogsmith.com/http://www.engadget.com/2010/07/29/amazon-sees-e-book-sales-surpassing-paper-versions-has-mirasol/http://www.engadget.com/2010/07/29/amazon-sees-e-book-sales-surpassing-paper-versions-has-mirasol/Jul 29th 2010 9:52AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/07/29/amazon-sees-e-book-sales-surpassing-paper-versions-has-mirasol/http://www.engadget.com/2010/07/29/amazon-sees-e-book-sales-surpassing-paper-versions-has-mirasol/What will you use to wipe your ass then?

Tree hugging hippies, too bad we cant use you lot to print books with...]]>Jul 29th 2010 10:33AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/07/29/amazon-sees-e-book-sales-surpassing-paper-versions-has-mirasol/http://www.engadget.com/2010/07/29/amazon-sees-e-book-sales-surpassing-paper-versions-has-mirasol/Jul 29th 2010 10:34AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/07/29/amazon-sees-e-book-sales-surpassing-paper-versions-has-mirasol/http://www.engadget.com/2010/07/29/amazon-sees-e-book-sales-surpassing-paper-versions-has-mirasol/Someones been watching Judge Dredd lol]]>Jul 29th 2010 11:30AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/07/29/amazon-sees-e-book-sales-surpassing-paper-versions-has-mirasol/http://www.engadget.com/2010/07/29/amazon-sees-e-book-sales-surpassing-paper-versions-has-mirasol/Jul 29th 2010 11:45AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/07/29/amazon-sees-e-book-sales-surpassing-paper-versions-has-mirasol/http://www.engadget.com/2010/07/29/amazon-sees-e-book-sales-surpassing-paper-versions-has-mirasol/
I mean, sure, we should stop cutting down trees for Twilight, but not all books.]]>Jul 29th 2010 9:53AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/07/29/amazon-sees-e-book-sales-surpassing-paper-versions-has-mirasol/http://www.engadget.com/2010/07/29/amazon-sees-e-book-sales-surpassing-paper-versions-has-mirasol/
but please - no color. Kindle is so good because it doesn't generate light.

eyes hurt on everything else.]]>Jul 29th 2010 9:54AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/07/29/amazon-sees-e-book-sales-surpassing-paper-versions-has-mirasol/http://www.engadget.com/2010/07/29/amazon-sees-e-book-sales-surpassing-paper-versions-has-mirasol/
Since when does color automatically mean backlit LCD? That's so 2008, man. Get with the times. Do you even know about the Mirasol tech mentioned in the article? Did you even read the article?]]>Jul 29th 2010 9:56AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/07/29/amazon-sees-e-book-sales-surpassing-paper-versions-has-mirasol/http://www.engadget.com/2010/07/29/amazon-sees-e-book-sales-surpassing-paper-versions-has-mirasol/
It's not useless. It creates books which power our industry, educate our children, inform ourselves, and provide space to doodle on when we're bored. It also helps clean your posterior.

Most paper trees, at least in the US, are generally raised on "farms" and replanted. We're not "losing" anything here.

I always get a little tired of the "tree saints" who come on here and try to demonize the rest of us for using paper. ]]>Jul 29th 2010 9:55AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/07/29/amazon-sees-e-book-sales-surpassing-paper-versions-has-mirasol/http://www.engadget.com/2010/07/29/amazon-sees-e-book-sales-surpassing-paper-versions-has-mirasol/Jul 29th 2010 9:58AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/07/29/amazon-sees-e-book-sales-surpassing-paper-versions-has-mirasol/http://www.engadget.com/2010/07/29/amazon-sees-e-book-sales-surpassing-paper-versions-has-mirasol/Jul 29th 2010 9:59AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/07/29/amazon-sees-e-book-sales-surpassing-paper-versions-has-mirasol/http://www.engadget.com/2010/07/29/amazon-sees-e-book-sales-surpassing-paper-versions-has-mirasol/Jul 29th 2010 10:01AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/07/29/amazon-sees-e-book-sales-surpassing-paper-versions-has-mirasol/http://www.engadget.com/2010/07/29/amazon-sees-e-book-sales-surpassing-paper-versions-has-mirasol/"Print is dead."
-Dr. Egon Spengler]]>Jul 29th 2010 10:03AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/07/29/amazon-sees-e-book-sales-surpassing-paper-versions-has-mirasol/http://www.engadget.com/2010/07/29/amazon-sees-e-book-sales-surpassing-paper-versions-has-mirasol/
If anything, I'm hoping for a transfer of using timber to using hemp (the weed that doesn't make you high). Its cheaper, it grows anywhere and you don't have to bleach it.]]>Jul 29th 2010 10:04AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/07/29/amazon-sees-e-book-sales-surpassing-paper-versions-has-mirasol/http://www.engadget.com/2010/07/29/amazon-sees-e-book-sales-surpassing-paper-versions-has-mirasol/
Hmm, I need to cut down on my coffee.]]>Jul 29th 2010 10:05AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/07/29/amazon-sees-e-book-sales-surpassing-paper-versions-has-mirasol/http://www.engadget.com/2010/07/29/amazon-sees-e-book-sales-surpassing-paper-versions-has-mirasol/
I'm not touching these things till they are in full color, this black and white garbage is going to look quite silly in a few years.

None the less, these Kindles are wonderful... ]]>Jul 29th 2010 10:07AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/07/29/amazon-sees-e-book-sales-surpassing-paper-versions-has-mirasol/http://www.engadget.com/2010/07/29/amazon-sees-e-book-sales-surpassing-paper-versions-has-mirasol/Jul 29th 2010 10:08AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/07/29/amazon-sees-e-book-sales-surpassing-paper-versions-has-mirasol/http://www.engadget.com/2010/07/29/amazon-sees-e-book-sales-surpassing-paper-versions-has-mirasol/Jul 29th 2010 10:08AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/07/29/amazon-sees-e-book-sales-surpassing-paper-versions-has-mirasol/http://www.engadget.com/2010/07/29/amazon-sees-e-book-sales-surpassing-paper-versions-has-mirasol/While publishers will certainly embrace e-books, don't expect to see prices come down. Most of the cost of a textbook is not paper, but the talent to write the book, which will not get any cheaper with e-books. The only way you can save money unfortunately, is through buying used. ]]>Jul 29th 2010 10:27AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/07/29/amazon-sees-e-book-sales-surpassing-paper-versions-has-mirasol/http://www.engadget.com/2010/07/29/amazon-sees-e-book-sales-surpassing-paper-versions-has-mirasol/Like you, I hope to one day not carry 50 pounds of books. Even more importantly, I hope that my daughter doesn't have to develop muscles like a linebacker by the time she's in 2nd grade, just to carry her backpack.]]>Jul 29th 2010 11:26AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/07/29/amazon-sees-e-book-sales-surpassing-paper-versions-has-mirasol/http://www.engadget.com/2010/07/29/amazon-sees-e-book-sales-surpassing-paper-versions-has-mirasol/
The ebook textbook costs 50% of the retail price of a new textbook. Sounds like a good deal? So the $150 textbook costs you $75.

The kicker is that they are only leasing you the textbook; with the lease expiring in one year. So if you want to keep the textbook forever (good plan if you are an engineer), you probably will have to pay full cover price (and that isn't part of their model).]]>Jul 29th 2010 12:42PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/07/29/amazon-sees-e-book-sales-surpassing-paper-versions-has-mirasol/http://www.engadget.com/2010/07/29/amazon-sees-e-book-sales-surpassing-paper-versions-has-mirasol/Jul 29th 2010 10:12AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/07/29/amazon-sees-e-book-sales-surpassing-paper-versions-has-mirasol/http://www.engadget.com/2010/07/29/amazon-sees-e-book-sales-surpassing-paper-versions-has-mirasol/Jul 29th 2010 10:13AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/07/29/amazon-sees-e-book-sales-surpassing-paper-versions-has-mirasol/http://www.engadget.com/2010/07/29/amazon-sees-e-book-sales-surpassing-paper-versions-has-mirasol/
Things way more toxic than a printing company.]]>Jul 29th 2010 10:14AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/07/29/amazon-sees-e-book-sales-surpassing-paper-versions-has-mirasol/http://www.engadget.com/2010/07/29/amazon-sees-e-book-sales-surpassing-paper-versions-has-mirasol/Jul 29th 2010 10:15AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/07/29/amazon-sees-e-book-sales-surpassing-paper-versions-has-mirasol/http://www.engadget.com/2010/07/29/amazon-sees-e-book-sales-surpassing-paper-versions-has-mirasol/
Smh @ killing trees. Un. Real. ]]>Jul 29th 2010 10:17AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/07/29/amazon-sees-e-book-sales-surpassing-paper-versions-has-mirasol/http://www.engadget.com/2010/07/29/amazon-sees-e-book-sales-surpassing-paper-versions-has-mirasol/Jul 29th 2010 10:48AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/07/29/amazon-sees-e-book-sales-surpassing-paper-versions-has-mirasol/http://www.engadget.com/2010/07/29/amazon-sees-e-book-sales-surpassing-paper-versions-has-mirasol/Oh wow. Maybe you should actually read a book instead of whining about them. Paper, E-Ink, it doesn't matter how the content is delivered, you just need to learn a bit more.]]>Jul 29th 2010 11:15AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/07/29/amazon-sees-e-book-sales-surpassing-paper-versions-has-mirasol/http://www.engadget.com/2010/07/29/amazon-sees-e-book-sales-surpassing-paper-versions-has-mirasol/Jul 29th 2010 4:48PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/07/29/amazon-sees-e-book-sales-surpassing-paper-versions-has-mirasol/http://www.engadget.com/2010/07/29/amazon-sees-e-book-sales-surpassing-paper-versions-has-mirasol/
There is hardly anyone developing for the device. Is there even something like an app store for kindle?

The image browser is still "experimental".
The internet browser is still "experimental".
pathetic.

You know in the end the kindle will have to compete against IPad and all those android Tablets on the horizon. Both have thousands of apps.

If amazon wants a device that can only be used to read their own books, then for craps sake it should be for free.]]>Jul 29th 2010 10:19AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/07/29/amazon-sees-e-book-sales-surpassing-paper-versions-has-mirasol/http://www.engadget.com/2010/07/29/amazon-sees-e-book-sales-surpassing-paper-versions-has-mirasol/Jul 29th 2010 10:28AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/07/29/amazon-sees-e-book-sales-surpassing-paper-versions-has-mirasol/http://www.engadget.com/2010/07/29/amazon-sees-e-book-sales-surpassing-paper-versions-has-mirasol/I don't want apps on my Kindle. It's designed for reading, and that's what I use it for. Amazon is right not to try to make the Kindle all things for all people. Get an iPad for the other stuff. For reading books (and newspapers and magazines), nothing beats a Kindle.]]>Jul 29th 2010 10:40AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/07/29/amazon-sees-e-book-sales-surpassing-paper-versions-has-mirasol/http://www.engadget.com/2010/07/29/amazon-sees-e-book-sales-surpassing-paper-versions-has-mirasol/Yeah, you completely miss the point of the device. It's for reading books. That is it's purpose. It does it incredibly well. Do you throw this kind of fit when you see paperback books sitting around? Do you complain to the MP3 player manufacturers that you can only use them for music?

I have an Android phone. I have an iPod Touch. I have several computers. However, when I want to read, I rarely use any of those. I use my Kindle. Worth every penny I spent on it. Oh, by the way, you can get books from other sources besides Amazon. Its very easy.]]>Jul 29th 2010 10:54AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/07/29/amazon-sees-e-book-sales-surpassing-paper-versions-has-mirasol/http://www.engadget.com/2010/07/29/amazon-sees-e-book-sales-surpassing-paper-versions-has-mirasol/Jul 29th 2010 11:01AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/07/29/amazon-sees-e-book-sales-surpassing-paper-versions-has-mirasol/http://www.engadget.com/2010/07/29/amazon-sees-e-book-sales-surpassing-paper-versions-has-mirasol/
Yeah, Whispersync is amazingly useful. When I need to write papers on a book for a class, I make highlights and annotations as I read on my Kindle, and then, I use the computer application to view the same annotations and quotes, saving me worlds of time when trying to cite page numbers and remember various happenings in the book.

The Kindle is an amazing platform.
Schattenherz fail.]]>Jul 29th 2010 11:51AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/07/29/amazon-sees-e-book-sales-surpassing-paper-versions-has-mirasol/http://www.engadget.com/2010/07/29/amazon-sees-e-book-sales-surpassing-paper-versions-has-mirasol/You do realize that in the past few years it has been possible to make electronic devices such as these without toxic chemicals for either the screens or the semiconductor fabs. Lithium polymer batteries are also recyclable. If anything, the paper industry uses far more toxic chemicals to print paperbooks than the electronic industry these days. Yes there are alternatives, like soy based inks, and paper is 100% recyclable, but the fact that you need much more paper, and that the paper companies are losing money, thus have less incentive to actually switch to more environmentally friendly inks. ]]>Jul 29th 2010 10:20AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/07/29/amazon-sees-e-book-sales-surpassing-paper-versions-has-mirasol/http://www.engadget.com/2010/07/29/amazon-sees-e-book-sales-surpassing-paper-versions-has-mirasol/And actually, paper is about the most resilient "back-up device" available. When properly stored, paper books can last a millennium and still be readable. USB drives and CDs can barely last a year, and harddrives are barely any better.

Also, cutting down and regrowing trees ensures a steadily high rate of carbon removal from the atmosphere. Once a tree reaches old age, it's rate of carbon extraction decreases.]]>Jul 29th 2010 10:22AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/07/29/amazon-sees-e-book-sales-surpassing-paper-versions-has-mirasol/http://www.engadget.com/2010/07/29/amazon-sees-e-book-sales-surpassing-paper-versions-has-mirasol/
http://whywrite.tumblr.com/]]>Jul 29th 2010 10:28AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/07/29/amazon-sees-e-book-sales-surpassing-paper-versions-has-mirasol/http://www.engadget.com/2010/07/29/amazon-sees-e-book-sales-surpassing-paper-versions-has-mirasol/Better battery life , better readability in sun and evrywhere else , thinner lighter , cheaper. Free DL of books on 3G.
But the best part is like Bezos said "pay once , read anywhere" (any platform)
iBooks doesn`t stand a chance against this.]]>Jul 29th 2010 10:28AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/07/29/amazon-sees-e-book-sales-surpassing-paper-versions-has-mirasol/http://www.engadget.com/2010/07/29/amazon-sees-e-book-sales-surpassing-paper-versions-has-mirasol/I agree completely. I can share our purchases across all of our devices, except for the newspapers or magazines, but I'm sure they'll come. It's very convenient.]]>Jul 29th 2010 11:11AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/07/29/amazon-sees-e-book-sales-surpassing-paper-versions-has-mirasol/http://www.engadget.com/2010/07/29/amazon-sees-e-book-sales-surpassing-paper-versions-has-mirasol/What are you talking about?

CDs have a life expectancy of ~10 years.
USB flash drives are good for 10,000 - 100,000+ writes (Depending on the drive). I still have a working 64MB flash drive that I bought back in the day. Unfortunately, I just don't have a use for it.
SCSI drives are rated for 171 years.
]]>Jul 29th 2010 10:30AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/07/29/amazon-sees-e-book-sales-surpassing-paper-versions-has-mirasol/http://www.engadget.com/2010/07/29/amazon-sees-e-book-sales-surpassing-paper-versions-has-mirasol/Jul 29th 2010 10:36AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/07/29/amazon-sees-e-book-sales-surpassing-paper-versions-has-mirasol/http://www.engadget.com/2010/07/29/amazon-sees-e-book-sales-surpassing-paper-versions-has-mirasol/Jul 29th 2010 10:37AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/07/29/amazon-sees-e-book-sales-surpassing-paper-versions-has-mirasol/http://www.engadget.com/2010/07/29/amazon-sees-e-book-sales-surpassing-paper-versions-has-mirasol/
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See:
http://cnx.org/content/m14503/latest/
http://www.pwbrc.org/members/pdf/works99/Muller.pdf
http://www.computer.org/portal/web/csdl/doi/10.1109/ISEE.2004.1299707]]>Jul 29th 2010 10:48AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/07/29/amazon-sees-e-book-sales-surpassing-paper-versions-has-mirasol/http://www.engadget.com/2010/07/29/amazon-sees-e-book-sales-surpassing-paper-versions-has-mirasol/Jul 29th 2010 10:49AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/07/29/amazon-sees-e-book-sales-surpassing-paper-versions-has-mirasol/http://www.engadget.com/2010/07/29/amazon-sees-e-book-sales-surpassing-paper-versions-has-mirasol/
Just FYI, most tree production practices is pretty sustainable and trees are renewable. So we aren't just cutting down trees uselessly.

I don't condone strip clearing of the land (ie what many countries in S. America do), but most forestry practices in the USA is very environmentally friendly. Besides, I don't think people realize that most paper is not 100% wood--many other materials such as clays are used in paper production.

Lastly, there are many environmental groups/activists that believe in harvesting from virgin forests--this is because older trees actually do not fix carbon dioxide as efficiently as younger trees do.]]>Jul 29th 2010 10:49AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/07/29/amazon-sees-e-book-sales-surpassing-paper-versions-has-mirasol/http://www.engadget.com/2010/07/29/amazon-sees-e-book-sales-surpassing-paper-versions-has-mirasol/Jul 29th 2010 10:54AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/07/29/amazon-sees-e-book-sales-surpassing-paper-versions-has-mirasol/http://www.engadget.com/2010/07/29/amazon-sees-e-book-sales-surpassing-paper-versions-has-mirasol/Jul 29th 2010 10:57AM