Haven't seen or tried the Zeemore, but I am not much in favor of the Kindle, largely because I suspect it to be one of the ulterior motives behind Amazon's recent changes in POD policies (yes, it's an ebook reader, but I do believe they are trying to position it so that POD will be deliverable to it. No, I have no evidence at present to support this theory.)
[edited to expand reasoning and minor clarification.]
Aside from Amazon's politics -- I am not in favor of the last self-publish-on-Kindle contract they had up -- I've heard the Kindle is reasonably easy to use.
Writer-persective on Kindle: That contract needs a lot of revamping. User-perspective: Damn, I'm looking forward to bringing just the Kindle on the plane, instead of stacks of heavy books.
I like the idea of the Kindle, but the combo of expensive platform + expensive/DRMed/non-transferable books is a turnoff for me. If they're going to make them nontransferable and nonlendable, they should cost about a quarter of what they're currently charging. (I know why books cost what they do...paper is expensive. Kindle ebooks cost the same because...?)
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Date: 2008-04-30 01:29 am (UTC)[edited to expand reasoning and minor clarification.]
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Date: 2008-04-30 11:29 am (UTC)no subject
Date: 2008-04-30 11:48 am (UTC)User-perspective: Damn, I'm looking forward to bringing just the Kindle on the plane, instead of stacks of heavy books.
I should bring mine to Diesel next week.
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Date: 2008-04-30 11:53 am (UTC)