Comments on: Interview: Stephen King On Kindle: ‘This Device Will Not Replace Books’

By: MJ

MJ — Mon, 18 Apr 2011 20:08:27 +0000

“Nobody’s going to buy the whole if you can just buy a slice.”

You can’t make such a blanket statement like this. If someone is merely a casual fan of an artist’s music, naturally they’ll only buy individual songs like hits. Most people who really like an artist or band have no problem buying an entire album’s worth of music in physical form (LP or CD). Not to mention, you get liner notes, artwork, and uncompressed music in the form of a WAV file (or DSD in reference to Sony’s SACD Super Audio CD format).

When I say uncompressed, I’m referring to data compression. Music is still heavily compressed these days, although most of this compression is not needed at all. Try researching something called “the Loudness Wars” to learn about the overcompression and little dynamic range used in today’s music, resulting in poor sound quality. Another interesting and informative link regarding quality of today’s music (and music in general) is http://www.stevehoffman.tv/forums/ . Hope this helps everyone.

By: Anthony

Anthony — Wed, 25 Feb 2009 19:10:10 +0000

Wow, the interviewer really needs to take a major course in interviewing starting with Interviewing 101. When you ask someone for their opinion on a product, NEVER stop them halfway like this guy did, ESPECIALLY when it's a leading question. The interviewer asked him "You don't see it as a replacement for books? You see it as a compliment? How do you like reading on it?" and Stephen responds "I see it as a compliment. I like reading on it just fine, BUT…" and at this point, before he can answer the question, the interviewer switches gears and asks him another question, and in the end nobody gets the scoop at all. Someone kick this guy in the rear for being a clown.

By: jtmonrow

jtmonrow — Thu, 12 Feb 2009 02:09:59 +0000

Right, Stephen, remember "your seat cushion is a flotation device…"

By: StephanieInCA

StephanieInCA — Wed, 11 Feb 2009 03:19:45 +0000

The Kindle is great for convenience (although I still think a lot of the downloadable media is overpriced), but I'm surprised more people aren't talking about the potential security/free speech implications of the digitization of books.

http://urbzen.com/2009/02/09/amazon-kindle-privacy-fail/

By: Bill Ross

Bill Ross — Tue, 10 Feb 2009 20:14:13 +0000

I agree with Mr. king. I don't think electronics will replace hard and soft cover books. One might argue that only is replacing newspapers but in my opinion that because news is a timely media and books are not.

By: invitedmedia

invitedmedia — Tue, 10 Feb 2009 00:48:44 +0000

"….king hung around and granted pC a quick interview."

great get!