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Leslie in the news again - on CNN.com!!
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Holy smokes. Leslie you are famous now. Sir William must be so proud of you!
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Wow that is impressive Leslie! Congrats.
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Here's a sample, the link to the whole thing is at the end.
A year later, Amazon's Kindle finds a niche
* Story Highlights
* Amazon.com's electronic Kindle reader celebrates its first birthday
* Device holds about 200 digital books and can reduce bookshelf clutter
* Sales have been steady, but the device so far remains mostly a tech novelty
* Oprah Winfrey has praised it, but J.K. Rowling vows no e-versions of "Harry Potter"
By Zach Pontz
CNN
(CNN) -- It has the curves of a Lamborghini, looks like something an astronaut might take into space and weighs only 10.3 ounces.
Amazon.com's electronic Kindle reader -- a device meant to remove the paper from the page and make reading both more convenient and eco-friendly -- is celebrating its first birthday....
"I think the Whispernet is what sets the Kindle apart from all the other e-readers on the market," says Leslie Nicoll of Portland, Maine, who co-authored "The Amazon Kindle F.A.Q." book after her tech-loving teenage daughter urged her to get a Kindle.
Like Branch, Nicoll says she likes the Kindle's low-impact effect on her bookshelves. "I don't have to worry about giving it to someone else, reselling it on Amazon or finding a place to store it in my house," she says. "For the enjoyment and convenience, it has given me in the past seven months, I consider that it has paid for itself already."
Find this article at:
http://www.cnn.com/2008/TECH/12/03/kindle.electronic.reader/index.html
A year later, Amazon's Kindle finds a niche
* Story Highlights
* Amazon.com's electronic Kindle reader celebrates its first birthday
* Device holds about 200 digital books and can reduce bookshelf clutter
* Sales have been steady, but the device so far remains mostly a tech novelty
* Oprah Winfrey has praised it, but J.K. Rowling vows no e-versions of "Harry Potter"
By Zach Pontz
CNN
(CNN) -- It has the curves of a Lamborghini, looks like something an astronaut might take into space and weighs only 10.3 ounces.
Amazon.com's electronic Kindle reader -- a device meant to remove the paper from the page and make reading both more convenient and eco-friendly -- is celebrating its first birthday....
"I think the Whispernet is what sets the Kindle apart from all the other e-readers on the market," says Leslie Nicoll of Portland, Maine, who co-authored "The Amazon Kindle F.A.Q." book after her tech-loving teenage daughter urged her to get a Kindle.
Like Branch, Nicoll says she likes the Kindle's low-impact effect on her bookshelves. "I don't have to worry about giving it to someone else, reselling it on Amazon or finding a place to store it in my house," she says. "For the enjoyment and convenience, it has given me in the past seven months, I consider that it has paid for itself already."
Find this article at:
http://www.cnn.com/2008/TECH/12/03/kindle.electronic.reader/index.html
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I love to see Kindle get good press. 
http://www.cnn.com/2008/TECH/12/03/kindle.electronic.reader/index.html
http://www.cnn.com/2008/TECH/12/03/kindle.electronic.reader/index.html
I do too and I was surprised at the comment from JK Rowling. What a shortsighted comment!Doc Rhubarb said:I love to see Kindle get good press.
http://www.cnn.com/2008/TECH/12/03/kindle.electronic.reader/index.html
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Yes, very shortsighted, but not surprising. She's made her stand quite clear on numerous occasions.Jesslyn said:
Who's looking to make print format obsolete? There are many reasons for printed books, and it may be another century or even two before they go the way of rolled parchment. Peaceful co-existence between print books and the Kindle.
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I feel the same way about audiobooks. They put me to sleep.Leslie said:
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·I guess if Ms Rowling had her way, we'd be reading her books on scrolls and they would be delivered by owls
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