Posts tagged Jeff Bezos
Charlie Rose Interviews Jeff Bezos
On 28th July Charlie Rose interviewed Amazon CEO Jeff Bezos. You can watch the interview here. Here is some selection of the interview related to Kindle:
Kindle VS iPadCHARLIE ROSE: In the end when people say the iPad or some other tablet device that allows you to read is a Kindle killer. JEFF BEZOS: Yes. CHARLIE ROSE: Jeff Bezos says what? JEFF BEZOS: I get this all the time. And first of all I can say Kindle is succeeding. It’s a very different product. It’s a little bit — I can give you an example. If I came to you, Charlie, and I said, “Charlie, I love your show. We’ve got to More >
Jeff Bezos in His Words (Lately)
More >The hardware business for us has been so successful that we’re going to continue. I predict there will be a 10th-generation and a 20th-generation Kindle. We’re well-situated to be experts in purpose-built reading devices.
At $139, if you’re going to read by the pool, some people might spend more than that on a swimsuit and sunglassesAt $139, if you’re going to read by the pool, some people might spend more than that on a swimsuit and sunglasses
There will never be a Kindle with a touch screen that inhibits reading. It has to be done in a different way. It can’t be a me-too touch
USA Today Interviews Jeff Bezos
USA Today have just published an interview of Jeff Bezos where he talks about kindle ebook sells, touch capability issues, ebook formats, market competition etc…..Here is a selected sections of the interview:
On multimedia
Q: Why not add multimedia to e-books?
A: You want to enter the author’s world, the great novel or engaging non-fiction narrative. In the case of a physical book, you’re not noticing the stitching and the glue and the paper and the ink. That all disappears. We’re always trying to make Kindle get out of the way.
On touchscreen
Q: Why didn’t you add a touch-screen?
A: It’d More >
A Thinner Kindle in August? Does it Mean Also a Cheaper Kindle?
Jeff Bezos said a new Kindle with color display screen is “some ways out.” And according to Bloomberg news amazon “plans to introduce the next version of its Kindle electronic-book reader in August…….The device will be thinner and have a more responsive screen with a sharper picture……. the new Kindle won’t include a touch screen or color”.
So what are major improvements over existing Kindle?
- It will be thinner
- More responsive screen with sharper image
What the new kindle might not have (though they are sought after)?
- Color screen
- Touch control
Now the real question: would it make a huge More >
Jeff Bezos on P-Book & Kindle and How I differ with Him on Issues
NewsWeek has recently published an interview with Jeff Bezos. Among many other issues, when he was asked whether P-Book will eventually go away, he said that he believed so:
I don’t know how long it will take. You know, we love stories and we love narrative; we love to get lost in an author’s world. That’s not going to go away; that’s going to thrive. But the physical book really has had a 500-year run. It’s probably the most successful technology ever. It’s hard to come up with things that have had a longer run. If Gutenberg were alive today, he would recognize the physical book and More >
Jeff Bezos on P-Book & Kindle and How I differ with Him on Issues
NewsWeek has recently published an interview with Jeff Bezos. Among many other issues, when he was asked whether P-Book will eventually go away, he said that he believed so:
I don’t know how long it will take. You know, we love stories and we love narrative; we love to get lost in an author’s world. That’s not going to go away; that’s going to thrive. But the physical book really has had a 500-year run. It’s probably the most successful technology ever. It’s hard to come up with things that have had a longer run. If Gutenberg were alive today, he would recognize the physical book and More >
