Kindle Launch at Frankfurt Book Fair? - Page 4

igorsk · 10-10-2007, 05:41 PM

No news from Frankfurt, but I found the page of Amazon's Digital Media Technology group. They list their projects, some of which I didn't know about.
http://media-server.amazon.com/jobs/jobs.html

yvanleterrible · 10-10-2007, 06:10 PM

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Originally Posted by igorsk

No news from Frankfurt, but I found the page of Amazon's Digital Media Technology group. They list their projects, some of which I didn't know about.
http://media-server.amazon.com/jobs/jobs.html

Good find igorsk! The word 'magazine' somewhere in there caught my eye and my attention. That will be nice...

Hadrien · 10-10-2007, 06:16 PM

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Originally Posted by igorsk

No news from Frankfurt, but I found the page of Amazon's Digital Media Technology group. They list their projects, some of which I didn't know about.
http://media-server.amazon.com/jobs/jobs.html

Interesting indeed:

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e-Books & Documents

Waiting for the postman is so 20th century. Our e-Books and e-Docs stores are thriving and you can take a large role in helping us grow our offerings and improve the customer experience.

Our selection of e-books and e-documents continues to grow, so Amazon customers are able to find and download an even wider selection of best-selling books and unique content on an increasingly diverse range of topics. Customers get access to these digital goods immediately through their digital locker after purchase.

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Amazon Shorts

Amazon Shorts is an entirely new way for customers to enjoy their favorite authors and to sample the work of new authors through exclusive short-form literature, for 49 cents each. Customers can find Amazon Shorts from accomplished authors in a diverse array of genres and formats, including alternate chapters and scenes to well-known stories, personal memoirs about everything from food poisoning to contact lenses to potty training, one-act plays, and, of course, classic short stories. Amazon Shorts have no printed editions and are only delivered digitally.

But I hate that one:

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What kind of person would thrive in MediaTech?

They would be interested in the challenges of...

[...]Producing digital rights management and security that works for the customer and for Amazon.com

NatCh · 10-10-2007, 06:29 PM

Well, at least they nominally want something that also works for the customer!

Nate the great · 10-10-2007, 07:11 PM

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Originally Posted by Alexander Turcic

I wasn't 100% sure if I could even come on Saturday due to a mix up in my schedule. Well, and tomorrow I've a dentist appointment ... anything bad could happen then...

Nate, would you've come straight from Virginia?

I could have done it. I'm somewhat glad I didn't know about the trade access; there are better ways for me to spend my money.

CommanderROR · 10-10-2007, 08:29 PM

Wasn't the Kindle launch planned for the 15th of October?

I'm really starting to wonder why the launch of the Kindle is such a...quiet...affair...

guguy · 10-10-2007, 08:37 PM

According to this article : http://www.cluster21.com/blog/malo21...francfort_2007

The journalist asked what was amazon planning for ebook readers and the answer
was "i don't comment on rumors".

JSWolf · 10-10-2007, 09:03 PM

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Originally Posted by guguy

According to this article : http://www.cluster21.com/blog/malo21...francfort_2007

The journalist asked what was amazon planning for ebook readers and the answer
was "i don't comment on rumors".

The jouralist then should have asked "What about Kindel Edition listed on Amazon.com?" That is not a roumer. It's a fact that it was on the site with some books.

HarryT · 10-11-2007, 03:12 AM

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Originally Posted by vivaldirules

Amazon's presentation, presumably to officially announce the Kindle and their ebook offerings, was scheduled to have finished an hour or so ago. Hopefully, we'll hear some useful facts instead of having to rely on speculation.

I thought that the rumoured launch date was the 15th, wasn't it, not yesterday?

vivaldirules · 10-11-2007, 10:14 AM

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Originally Posted by HarryT

I thought that the rumoured launch date was the 15th, wasn't it, not yesterday?

Yes, that's the rumor from engadget. But the Frankfurt Book Fair is the largest in the world and Amazon is giving two talks - one yesterday and one Saturday. It made sense to me that they would lead the public announcement (maybe even initial sales) with presentation to the publishing world a couple of days in advance. I think I was overly anxious in assuming it would be yesterday. Sorry.

My hopes are still that they'll present good, relevant information on Saturday and that Alex and Keith will be there to hear it.

Either that or it's been released already and hidden in that damned table lamp thing I keep getting when I search Amazon for 'Kindle'. I'm morally certain that that lamp shade is a large screen backlit eink display!

HarryT · 10-11-2007, 10:19 AM

Let's hope that you're right

.

Alexander Turcic · 10-11-2007, 12:59 PM

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Originally Posted by vivaldirules

Yes, that's the rumor from engadget.

It first came from a French newspaper: https://www.mobileread.com/forums/showthread.php?t=13756

Let's hope you're right and Amazon will spill the beans this Saturday!

Btw, I'll definitely be at the book fair tomorrow (Friday). I won't make it for Saturday because I have to be back in Switzerland by then.

vivaldirules · 10-11-2007, 04:26 PM

Finally, a word from the Frankfurt Book Fair: "Amazon and Sony were expected to steal the show this Frankfurt with their eBook readers, but they are instead conspiquous in their absence." From: http://www.thebookseller.com/blogs/4...to-arrive.html

vivaldirules · 10-11-2007, 04:40 PM

From the same blogger, different site: "Perhaps Amazon spread rumours of a possible launch to see if there was real interest, well if the level of conversation we've heard is anything to go by, the eBook reader is in demand."

He also suggests that Wiley may be interested in getting big into ebooks.

From: http://blog.iwr.co.uk/2007/10/specialist-publ.html

Alisa · 10-11-2007, 05:17 PM

"I was particularly interested in a conversation I had with sceintific, technical and medical publisher WIley, where it hinted that it and other specialists may get involved in driving the adoption of eBooks.

Could we see the eBook reader adopt a similar model to the mobile phone where users sign up to a subscription service, content of a particular kind in this case, and in return they get a sleek and sexy device? It's certainly worked for the mobile industry, which now resembles the car world with its emphasis on styling and marketing." (from http://www.thebookseller.com/blogs/4...to-arrive.html )

This comment brings O'Reilly to my mind with their Safari service. http://safari.oreilly.com/ It's a library service for technical books. I would love to have something like this combined with a good reader device. Well, that is as long as it had a good search function which sadly is missing from most current offerings. I have a backbreaking number of O'Reilly books that I cart back and forth between job and home depending on what projects either my husband or I are working on. They take up a lot of real estate & paper. The information becomes outdated quickly. I'm constantly needing new ones. I often want them immediately. This is a niche that is prime for ebooks and a good reading device. You can get electronic copies of a lot of technical books but often people end up printing out chapters to avoid eye strain when they'd prefer to leave them electronic and searchable. It feels so silly having the text on the screen to search and then flipping to the dead tree page in your hand. It shouldn't have to be that way. At home we probably have an entire bookcase or two full of books like this (most from O'Reilly) that I would love to have on a sleek, portable reader rather than taking up precious square footage in my house.

10-10-2007, 08:37 PM	#52
guguy Groupie Posts: 191 Karma: 15 Join Date: Jul 2007 Location: Clermont-Ferrand/Paris, France Device: PRS-505	According to this article : http://www.cluster21.com/blog/malo21...francfort_2007 The journalist asked what was amazon planning for ebook readers and the answer was "i don't comment on rumors". Last edited by guguy; 10-10-2007 at 08:40 PM.

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igorsk Wizard Posts: 3,442 Karma: 300001 Join Date: Sep 2006 Location: Belgium Device: PRS-500/505/700, Kindle, Cybook Gen3, Words Gear	No news from Frankfurt, but I found the page of Amazon's Digital Media Technology group. They list their projects, some of which I didn't know about. http://media-server.amazon.com/jobs/jobs.html

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NatCh Gizmologist Posts: 11,615 Karma: 929550 Join Date: Jan 2006 Location: Republic of Texas Embassy at Jackson, TN Device: Pocketbook Touch HD3	Well, at least they nominally want something that also works for the customer!

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CommanderROR eink fanatic Posts: 2,022 Karma: 4924 Join Date: Mar 2006 Location: Germany Device: STAReBOOK, iRex Iliad, Sony 505, Kindle 2	Wasn't the Kindle launch planned for the 15th of October? I'm really starting to wonder why the launch of the Kindle is such a...quiet...affair...

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vivaldirules When's Doughnut Day? Posts: 10,059 Karma: 13675475 Join Date: Jul 2007 Location: Houston, TX, US Device: Sony PRS-505, iPad	Finally, a word from the Frankfurt Book Fair: "Amazon and Sony were expected to steal the show this Frankfurt with their eBook readers, but they are instead conspiquous in their absence." From: http://www.thebookseller.com/blogs/4...to-arrive.html

10-11-2007, 04:40 PM	#59
vivaldirules When's Doughnut Day? Posts: 10,059 Karma: 13675475 Join Date: Jul 2007 Location: Houston, TX, US Device: Sony PRS-505, iPad	From the same blogger, different site: "Perhaps Amazon spread rumours of a possible launch to see if there was real interest, well if the level of conversation we've heard is anything to go by, the eBook reader is in demand." He also suggests that Wiley may be interested in getting big into ebooks. From: http://blog.iwr.co.uk/2007/10/specialist-publ.html

10-11-2007, 05:17 PM	#60
Alisa Gadget Geek Posts: 2,324 Karma: 22221 Join Date: Aug 2007 Device: Paperwhite, Kindle 3 (retired), Skindle 1.2 (retired)	"I was particularly interested in a conversation I had with sceintific, technical and medical publisher WIley, where it hinted that it and other specialists may get involved in driving the adoption of eBooks. Could we see the eBook reader adopt a similar model to the mobile phone where users sign up to a subscription service, content of a particular kind in this case, and in return they get a sleek and sexy device? It's certainly worked for the mobile industry, which now resembles the car world with its emphasis on styling and marketing." (from http://www.thebookseller.com/blogs/4...to-arrive.html ) This comment brings O'Reilly to my mind with their Safari service. http://safari.oreilly.com/ It's a library service for technical books. I would love to have something like this combined with a good reader device. Well, that is as long as it had a good search function which sadly is missing from most current offerings. I have a backbreaking number of O'Reilly books that I cart back and forth between job and home depending on what projects either my husband or I are working on. They take up a lot of real estate & paper. The information becomes outdated quickly. I'm constantly needing new ones. I often want them immediately. This is a niche that is prime for ebooks and a good reading device. You can get electronic copies of a lot of technical books but often people end up printing out chapters to avoid eye strain when they'd prefer to leave them electronic and searchable. It feels so silly having the text on the screen to search and then flipping to the dead tree page in your hand. It shouldn't have to be that way. At home we probably have an entire bookcase or two full of books like this (most from O'Reilly) that I would love to have on a sleek, portable reader rather than taking up precious square footage in my house.

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