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Burning The Page: The EBook Revolution And The Future Of Reading (2013)

by Jason Merkoski(Favorite Author)

3.25 of 5 Votes: 4

ISBN

1402288832 (ISBN13: 9781402288838)

languge

English

genre

Nonfiction

publisher

Sourcebooks

review 1: I disliked this book so much! I thought that it was going to be about the creation process of the Kindle but it had very little information about the Kindle itself. It was more about the opinions the author had about the future of books and the publishing business. Reading it felt like reading a really long blog post.The book was so incredible repetitive and by the time I had read around 25 percent of it really wished I had never even bought it.Also what’s up with generalization like saying that there is something emotionally bereft about the Kindle, that it’s hard to love Amazon or even worst that it’s hard to love the Post Office. I love all those things, I love my Kindle more than any other gadget I own, I love Amazon because they are the ones that allow me access... more to so many great books and I love the Post Office and buying stamps and mailing post cards and getting packages.I think this book was such a huge waste of time.
review 2: I loved this book and hated to see it end! Since the author was involved with Amazon and the beginnings of their e-books, I was expecting a book mostly about that. However, he writes about all aspects of digital publishing in general.This book would have gotten 5 stars, except for the fact that you could not view any of the extra content that is linked in the e-book unless you create an account! The links will let you sign up through Facebook or Twitter, while going to the main page will let you create an account. Needless to say, I didn't as I would at the very least have liked to take a little look around before signing up! If you do sign up, there may be a wealth of info there. I would definitely recommend this to anyone interested in both the rather short history and the long future of e-books! Very easy read, definitely not dry and technical! less

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