The Entroporium

Last night I attended an author event in San Francisco where Nick Hornby was interviewed by Dave Eggers.  Towards the end of the evening, an audience member asked Hornby’s opinion of E-readers.  A palpable shudder went through the crowd; you could feel the room waiting and rooting for the bash to come.  Hornby went one better, bringing [...]

In an earlier post, I went into detail on the problems with the Kindle’s magazine store.  In spending a little more time in the books section, easily solved problems are present there as well.   It’s so compulsively simple and fun to buy books in the store that this represents a massive opportunity.  I’d say conservatively that [...]