It appears that Oprah has become fascinated with reading books on a Kindle. The financial folks are projecting a bump in Kindle sales.You certainly will get no negative reaction from me. I wonder if Kindle reading is subject to the same hurdles that have prompted the recent discussion of the downside of reading from a screen (a recent discussion on WWWEDU focused on Nielson’s description of typical online scanning patterns and the concerns of some that this was encouraging a shallow style of interaction with text). I am guessing the content available for the Kindle offers little to those who want to skim. I don’t think I will invest in another gadget, but I hope a more general purpose “tablet” will eventually become available. I keep hoping Apple will offer a larger version of the “Touch” which I see as about half-way there.
Now, if we could direct Oprah toward other financial targets. How about hybrid cars?
