Comments on: Newspapers: Please Buy a Kindle. Unless We Can Sell You a Paper Instead.

By: Amazon Cuts Price on Improved Kindle DX | Peter Kafka | MediaMemo | AllThingsD

Thu, 01 Jul 2010 16:48:07 +0000

[...] and magazines, as well–publishers like the Washington Post (WPO) and the New York Times (NYT) were going to subsidize the device as an incentive for digital [...]

By: Mario Sanz

Mario Sanz — Sun, 27 Sep 2009 08:35:01 +0000

I’ve bought a Kindle DX at Revolution Store few weeks ago and I’m really impressed with it. It’s wonderful. I love it!

By: Kindle Nation Could Be 10 Million Strong. But What Happened to Amazon’s “Save the Newspaper Business” Plan? | Peter Kafka | MediaMemo | AllThingsD

Thu, 13 Aug 2009 12:06:06 +0000

[...] Amazon (AMZN) unveiled the DX in May, it briefly mentioned plans to sell the $489 machine at a discount to people who bought subscriptions to the Times, the Po…, but didn’t say much more than that. Details were supposed to be released “this [...]

By: Amazon Sells Out Newest Version of Kindle E-Book Reader | Peter Kafka | MediaMemo | AllThingsD

Tue, 16 Jun 2009 17:03:41 +0000

[...] And publishers, including the New York Times (NYT) and the Washington Post (WPO) are supposed to offer discounts on the machine for (some) digital subscribers. But unless I missed it, no one has actually rolled out any discount programs [...]

By: Medienlinks zum Wochenstart: Wozu Zeitung? — CARTA

Medienlinks zum Wochenstart: Wozu Zeitung? — CARTA — Sun, 10 May 2009 22:26:49 +0000

[...] Medium zu bewegen und mittelfristig Druck- und Vertriebskosten zu sparen. CNET, PC World und All Things Digital sind skeptisch. Deutschsprachige Zusammenfassung der Diskussion bei [...]

By: Linktipps zum Wochenstart (9) « Medial & Digital

Linktipps zum Wochenstart (9) « Medial & Digital — Sun, 10 May 2009 22:10:08 +0000

[...] Medium zu bewegen und mittelfristig Druck- und Vertriebskosten zu sparen. CNET, PC World und All Things Digital sind skeptisch. Deutschsprachige Zusammenfassung der Diskussion bei [...]

By: Murdoch: Get Ready To Pay For Our Stuff Online - But Not On A Kindle | Peter Kafka | MediaMemo | AllThingsD

Wed, 06 May 2009 22:33:27 +0000

[...] Murdoch also made it clear that he doesn’t plan on selling his content via the Kindle, as publishers like the Washington Post (WPO) and the New York Times (NYT) are doing. Here’s part of his opening remarks: That it is possible to charge for content on the web is [...]

By: Amazon Unveils Kindle DX. Big Screen, Big Price: $489 | Peter Kafka | MediaMemo | AllThingsD

Wed, 06 May 2009 19:39:11 +0000

[...] And if Amazon wants to position the DX as a device that’s going to help revive the dying newspaper business, it’s going to have to make sure that the newspapers are actually gung-ho about the idea. For now, at least, they seem to have some reservations — which is why the Washington Post and the New York Times are only willing to subsidize the gadgets for people who live outside of their home delivery zones. [...]

By: Dale Harrison

Dale Harrison — Wed, 06 May 2009 19:17:23 +0000

It seems that Print is the Crack…

The answer will not be found trying to salvage the old business models through clever gadgets, new forms of paper, new laws, lawsuits or pay-walls.

A lesson worth remembering is that at the turn of the 20th century, people had a transportation problem…and the solution turned out not to be a faster horse…but a Ford.

And one should note that the Ford didn’t arise out of the development of a new “Steam Horse” or the “horse industry’s” R&D efforts, nor the “Horse Industry Stabilization Act” nor the horse industry’s attempts to experiment with new Business Models. I think the future of the media business will look as different as Ford and GM’s operations look from horse traders and blacksmiths.

dale.harrison@inforda.com

By: Alan Sanders

Alan Sanders — Wed, 06 May 2009 17:02:19 +0000

It should be obvious by now that the handwriting is on the wall (on the computer screen, actually) for the newspaper business. There is no way to save it, just as there was no way to save small, independent bookstores once Amazon came on the scene. For better or worse, times change. Newspapers have already stopped breathing; they just haven’t been pronounced dead yet.

Meanwhile, the Kindle is strictly a niche product, being way too expensive and not nearly versatile enough to justify its high price. If, as I suspect, Amazon is promoting this device to stimulate interest in electronic books, they may succeed in this endeavor; but the Kindle itself, imho, is destined to fail unless Amazon is content to keep making it for a very limited customer base.