Comments on: Amazon launches Kindle in SA with 230 000 e-books http://www.techcentral.co.za/amazon-launches-kindle-in-sa-with-230-000-e-books/10717/ South Africa's quality technology news source Wed, 08 Feb 2012 15:05:00 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: Vincent Maher http://www.techcentral.co.za/amazon-launches-kindle-in-sa-with-230-000-e-books/10717/comment-page-1/#comment-495 Vincent Maher Tue, 20 Oct 2009 04:42:36 +0000 http://www.techcentral.co.za/?p=10717#comment-495 If you are going to get an ebook reader get the Sony instead. The Kindle is great if you want to be tied to Amazon for your books but the last thing you want is vendor lock-in on the books you read. The Sony Reader is shop-agnostic and lets you load all the popular ebook formats on it, including word docs and PDF and you can do this via USB. I blogged about it here: http://www.vincentmaher.com/?p=934 and no, I don't work for Sony and they don't send me free stuff :-) If you are going to get an ebook reader get the Sony instead. The Kindle is great if you want to be tied to Amazon for your books but the last thing you want is vendor lock-in on the books you read.

The Sony Reader is shop-agnostic and lets you load all the popular ebook formats on it, including word docs and PDF and you can do this via USB. I blogged about it here: http://www.vincentmaher.com/?p=934 and no, I don’t work for Sony and they don’t send me free stuff :-)

]]> By: Jude Mathurine http://www.techcentral.co.za/amazon-launches-kindle-in-sa-with-230-000-e-books/10717/comment-page-1/#comment-489 Jude Mathurine Mon, 19 Oct 2009 18:16:09 +0000 http://www.techcentral.co.za/?p=10717#comment-489 Amazon has to expand its international footprint and offerings with Barnes and Noble, Sony and soon Apple nipping at its heels. Would have been good to learn little more about the product and whether it only supports drm kindle downloads. Still an almost 1:2 ratio of online to print sales is amazing for a technology that is still so immature and which may do to books what the Ipod did to CDs. Amazon has to expand its international footprint and offerings with Barnes and Noble, Sony and soon Apple nipping at its heels. Would have been good to learn little more about the product and whether it only supports drm kindle downloads. Still an almost 1:2 ratio of online to print sales is amazing for a technology that is still so immature and which may do to books what the Ipod did to CDs.

]]> By: Themba Sikhosana http://www.techcentral.co.za/amazon-launches-kindle-in-sa-with-230-000-e-books/10717/comment-page-1/#comment-487 Themba Sikhosana Mon, 19 Oct 2009 13:44:55 +0000 http://www.techcentral.co.za/?p=10717#comment-487 I think this is a great product. I will certaily get myself one and get to read the best books from all corners of the world. I hope to feature a promotion on my competitions blog (www.luckysters.com) that will be giving away the product to lucky South Africans. Themba Editor www.luckysters.com I think this is a great product. I will certaily get myself one and get to read the best books from all corners of the world. I hope to feature a promotion on my competitions blog (www.luckysters.com) that will be giving away the product to lucky South Africans.

Themba
Editor
http://www.luckysters.com

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