Seth Godin: Community and Interactivity Would Benefit Kindle

Mac Slocum
June 19, 2008 | Permalink | Comments (0) | Listen

Seth Godin weighs in with random thoughts on the Kindle, including:

The Kindle does a fine job of being a book reader, and a horrible job of actually improving the act of reading a book.

Godin says the Kindle reading experience -- particularly with non-fiction titles -- would benefit from reader recommendations, Digg-style voting, and hyperlinks.

The post also examines the Kindle's pricing structure ("The pricing of books is whacked") and Amazon's strategy to market the Kindle to women rather than techie early adopters. It's worth a read.

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