Comments on: Kindle Japan Please – An Open Letter to Amazon

By: jay

jay — Sat, 17 Oct 2009 22:58:50 +0000

So true. It’s a crying shame when someone has to get rid of a whole library of accumulated books when they leave Japan… Actually, I also remember how insanely expensive English language books were until Amazon Japan stepped onto the scene. People looked forward to the big Kinokuniya clearance sale every year!

By: Charlotte Araki

Charlotte Araki — Thu, 15 Oct 2009 22:35:12 +0000

Oh, if only I’d had a Kindle for the twenty years I lived in Japan. I did order books off of the internet but, as said above, could only afford to ship the most important home. Now my husband is coming here soon. He does not read English unless absolutely necessary. If only I could get him his own Kindle to download newspapers and books in Japanese it would be a dream come true. I love my Kindle and never travel without it.

Charlotte

By: George Donnelly

George Donnelly — Wed, 18 Mar 2009 12:29:13 +0000

Yes, mine has served me pretty well. Cool.

By: jay

jay — Wed, 18 Mar 2009 03:30:36 +0000

I’ll try and find a good Japanese pdf and send it to you. Thanks for the offer. You seem really happy with yours. I’ve been enjoying your blog entries about your trip to NH.

By: George Donnelly

George Donnelly — Tue, 17 Mar 2009 15:52:57 +0000

The kindle can play mp3s.

And you don’t need the cell network for it to work. You can upload files to it over a USB cable from your computer. That’s what I do. Not even all of the US is within their cell coverage area.

Have you tested the kindle with japanese script yet? Send me a japanese pdf, I’ll try it on mine and send you a photo of the result.

By: jay

jay — Wed, 25 Feb 2009 10:59:46 +0000

Most people seem to think the kindle is pretty green thanks to its low energy use and of course the lack of need for newspapers and books (and the machines that pump them out)… I don’t know… maybe we should stop talking about this before I buy one… if I could get Japanese language books on the Kindle 2 I’d order one today.

By: Dave

Dave — Wed, 25 Feb 2009 03:52:16 +0000

coffee – But then you would have to wonder how much power is used on recharging the reader throughout the course of reading a number of books compared to the resource savings from not cutting down trees. Something called a cost-benefit analysis if my memory serves me well.

By: coffee

coffee — Wed, 25 Feb 2009 02:46:20 +0000

it seems like the Kindle is a practical step toward saving trees since it is so much more convenient to carry around than a stack of books.

By: jay

jay — Fri, 20 Feb 2009 13:33:39 +0000

OK, you got me. The fact is, I want one! If I went nuts with the wishful thinking I would want them to sell them cheaply and just take their profit on the content I buy for it!… I was hoping to convince amazon japan that there’s a market here for my own selfish ends. I loathe me.

Oh yeah, and the Kindle should also be able to play MP3s! Thanks for the good idea!

By: Dave

Dave — Fri, 20 Feb 2009 04:15:27 +0000

Do you think people would want another gadget in their possession other than their phone? Even tiny MP3 players are only catching on slowly due to many people just throwing a memory card into their phone and playing music from there.