Goodbye paperbacks

" You got dropped good morning good morning with -- upstart thing I. I love listening to you guys every morning and especially cook -- when he comes in with his comments he's so funny and."

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" Good morning I love that interest snuck up some morning."

" Yeah you want -- to send you attend the event at the very much like Garcia battery got like a positive stuff. Not the negatives are so we shield you from the negative estimate that -- thank you tell us what's gone on out there have you got your Kindle yet again."

" I have not I've never at a candle you avenue I can't I would I certainly know people who do have them and the one. Use them swear."

" On our blog at dodge has one. Don has when the foreigners are always technologically on the cutting edge you noticed that we absolutely and half of the -- couple -- from -- depend yeah it's gone from you know regular -- but let's not make you politicians also egocentric -- let's talk about list goes answers he devised this is the Amazon.com. Book reading device. And what's. What's cool but I don't touch one yet but I've read about them if they have a cell technology in in the costs you nothing sprint -- or Amazon -- sprint. Or Verizon whomever is. And you can have a book in seconds you just decide I want to read a book that's -- downloads in here in your machine. And there it is and you don't need to worry about paper anymore you save the planet. No trucks have to take it to a store you don't have to drive to the store thought they don't have to stores any that are rare front in my area."

" And bucks for something that would be -- you know the equivalent of a new part."

" Yes now now it's it's absolutely amazing technology to see Steve tell us what Kindle is doing most recently that's got your attention."

" Well they've got you know this new version now which. Has some incremental improvement I think but if it does that thing with the -- at from the very beginning and to now is that. You know it's expensive and it's in that regard it's only gotten more expensive you know. We're talking about something in the -- now in this latest edition of the DX. Is you know up approaching not quite given approaching 500 dollars so that noted it's. -- technology but that's a real number you up. So you know I think that. When you talk about you know sort of barriers to adoption that there are lots of people who are reluctant to adopt technology they're people who like book the way they are. And there's people like me who don't really want to give up 500 bucks to do it."

" early entry level one is cheaper and I I think the new one that smallest 350 ish and then you're talking about the big screen one. You know -- I'm just looking for just I want to be able lay there and read like you do a book you can't do that. With your laptop. Can you do with a Kindle that's a big question botnets are used on only -- couch and read whether."

" Donna has -- reads in bed she reads on an airplane -- you read in the audio line on the -- absolutely -- that you altar candle anywhere she -- the -- and -- it in it adapts to low -- circumstances of the screen will light up if it's not only does -- it doesn't back -- I thought that had come tell Iowa whenever it has yeah it is very very -- can -- up on the steering -- and read while she's driving -- I leave you with a -- fortunate enough --"

" You got to do to get into books were talking about here there are a lot of newspapers that you can sort of download first thing in the morning and and take -- with you have -- your newspaper and your Kindle --"

" Well that's what I'm most curious about yeah."

" as a technology that the newspaper business is very interested in not just the -- but. These kind of neat readers. The general and."

" Category yes Sony hasn't won their other companies that have there."

" That there's a lot of technology. Sort of it in development right now to did improve on this to make it -- make it -- make it does make of that. But this idea about whether. People who. It you know are prepared to move -- paper but dead don't necessarily want to be tied down to your PC or even herself on. Which a lot of people read news and so on that upon that personally annoying but. If they had. -- or other readers weird that served that purpose you know is that something that people would adopt and I think. The answers are encouraging."

" And -- heard anything about how the publishing industry feels about the idea of moving off of a printed book."

" The publishing it industry I don't really know I mean obviously the bookstores are part and see about that must be steered the -- says you know a big. It's what are these things that it isn't going to happen. In a in a big number for a long way and and I think it's more things that. As a technology all of these things happen and you talked about it for years and years and years. In these tiny miniscule changes and all of a sudden there's something you -- to change happens much faster than anybody was thinking."

" Yeah I'm -- Barnes & Noble and borders guy like to go to the bookstore but the palace I just that I never spent any money had to buy a cup of coffee read the -- I can't help myself I spent lots of money buy clothes I buy books oh absolutely and and I'll browse now what do you do with them. I read them what are we going to be out of it and the -- door stops. But I literally Steve on a Sunday morning I read a book review in the in in the -- such -- it to Donna says -- you might like this in front of my guys -- downloaded the 85 seconds -- had done right here -- what had a great thing you know of no -- the -- about the -- no trip to no browsing -- ask in the -- have this. This addition in yet right the it was astounding."

" But I gotta tell god that you don't. I like the browsing I like shopping around -- and I loved what you know books."

" Yes so let's let's say McCullough comes -- another one I'll go in and buy anything that David McCullough Lou will writes about right but that while the F I see full. Look at that this is about Guadalcanal want to learn more about that and so on and so forth sold by to a three of four runs Donna goes crazy should go sheets yet when he says I will I'm not let you and bookstore anymore because if I can match like a lose control."

" by the news the newspaper modeled newspapers really are counting on this aren't they because you can charge subscriptions they charge a monthly fee. For saying having the globe downloaded instead of having delivered I would think. That you could cut the cost of a subscription down to you know where it's at a fraction of of what it is and still have to be more profitable for the paper Steve."

" Absolutely I mean there is that essentially no. Production or delivery expense which is a huge part of the total expense getting newspaper and build customer every day so. That's actually something a model where weekend Serbs Serbia electronic it needs. The customer. And -- and find a way to make money right now the big question and these things it's a lot of times or I think most typically. When people read newspapers and cable you only get one version per day you know there's there's a download that's available first thing in the morning but. It is an updated with new information throughout the day as. Boston.com or I'd like that would be a so that that that the big issue that has to be addressed as well but we were taking baby steps in the right direction."

" All right thank you sire it's nice to hear about the new attack and the future of news."