Comments on: Why Amazon’s Kindle will fail.

By: Before the Kindle Fire, Some Misfires - NYTimes.com

Before the Kindle Fire, Some Misfires - NYTimes.com — Fri, 11 Nov 2011 19:01:15 +0000

[...] be.”“First, let me say I very much like Amazon,” wrote the product marketing consultant Jeremy Toeman. “But no matter how much I may like them that doesn’t change my belief that their new [...]

By: Articles of interest |

Articles of interest | — Tue, 11 Oct 2011 16:35:00 +0000

[...] sell. That e-books would never catch on. In 2007 Jeremy Toeman wrote one such article entitled “Why Amazon Kindle will fail’ Toeman wrote “First let me say, I very much like Amazon…But no matter how much I may like [...]

By: Migration — To Kindle or To Kindle 2.0? « Lizr128′s Blog

Migration — To Kindle or To Kindle 2.0? « Lizr128′s Blog — Tue, 15 Feb 2011 01:15:43 +0000

[...] not on the list yet, but that’s what half.com and libraries are for. I disagree with Jeremy Toeman that Kindle is most likely to be used by the well off. I can see less-than-wealthy writers without [...]

By: Kindle 2007 – Blast from the Past « Kindle Review – Kindle 2 Review, Books

Sat, 08 Aug 2009 15:21:36 +0000

[...] Toeman of LIVEdigitally – Seth Godin writes “The challenge that my hero Jeff Bezos has is that if he’s really really [...]

By: Mark Johnson

Mark Johnson — Fri, 31 Jul 2009 15:33:57 +0000

“The only really viable argument against physical books is they are bigger and bulkier, but that really only applies to hardcover books.”

- Production, marketing, distribution and disposal of paper books, newspapers and junk mail are environmentally destructive.
- You can’t carry a paper library around with you.
- Paper books aren’t searchable; traditional indices are limited and vary in quality.
- Paper books can’t be delivered to practically anywhere in under ten minutes.
- Write in a paper book, and the mark is there to stay.
- Photocopiers are more expensive and harder to use than a “Copy” key.
- Paper books can’t cross-index each other just because they’re on the same shelf. (I’m sure Kindle doesn’t do this, but it could.)

I’m sure there are a lot more viable reasons.

All that said, though, I’m not rushing out to buy a Kindle. It wouldn’t solve many problems I really care about, and introduces other problems (listed above). And there are a lot of other things I’d rather spend $400 on.

But I LOVE the idea of college textbooks on the thing. And API reference manuals.

Maybe Kindle is good for some kinds of reading and publication, and not for others?

By: Tiffany

Tiffany — Sat, 31 Jan 2009 23:19:16 +0000

I love this idea. I wish that I could afford to buy one. Especially if college books were available. I would save some money. Unfortunately, at $360.00 it’s not an affordable device. With that said, I also can’t figure out how it would pay for itself over time. I could buy a lot of books for $360 and even though these e-books are cheaper than than their hardcover counterparts, I could find these books used for $3 and $4 at a used bookstore in a few months. I do love this idea; especially the idea of taking 100′s of books with me everywhere I go, but at this point it just doesn’t seem affordable.

By: Sam Levenback » Amazon Kindle

Sam Levenback » Amazon Kindle — Sat, 27 Dec 2008 21:05:05 +0000

[...] including a cover story in Newsweek. Everyone has something to say: Robert Scoble, Seth Godin, etc, etc, etc. Most of the reviews are cautiously negative. A lot of people will be arguing that ebook [...]

By: DBAGuy

DBAGuy — Sat, 05 Jan 2008 19:04:06 +0000

Bad facts in your argument, Mr. Toeman.

– you really need to look at the Kindle bookstore…you’ll see that there are many, many, many books for less than $9.99. If you include being able to load (at no cost) all the Gutenberg project books, your argument about price (which is a main argument of your position) just doesn’t hold water.

– As far as TPPA, the pain of adoption isn’t as high as you say, especially when I can, without adding an SD card, carry over 100 books with me, including humor, reference, etc. For people who like to read, especially those who have several books (I usually have 4 or 5) running at the same time, I don’t find myself at the airport, or in the doctor’s office, or anywhere, without a book or magazine to read. The pain of the ‘crisis’ for anyone that likes to read and has a busy life, is high…the pain of adoption isn’t. Granted, that is a matter of opinion, but you should really get your hands on one, or even better, see a non-gadget person with one, before you issue your ‘it will fail’ proclamation. IMHO, your prediction is similar to Time magazine, in 1996, saying that Apple had no future.