The Book vs. The Kindle, Round 1: The Buy Counter

[OfficialAIRHUNTER]

A lot of bookstores where I lived are closed down, but there's Walmart, K-mart, and some other place I think. It definitely sucks because my mom hates reading off computers and I do too because it hurts our eyes after a while.

[BovineGirl3]

I hate Kindle. I bet it is the reason why Borders is closing down! My only comic resource! And I love to hold physical book than a artificial book.

[lucyinthesky16]

yeah, let's all hate the book store!

stupid bookstore, trying to be a small Independence business...how DARE they?

for real though, this stupid kindle is going to cost jobs.

[SomethingiLove]

@lucyinthesky16 yeah i'd kill to work at a bookstore. HA that's not gonna happen any more.

[cmadison93]

@lucyinthesky16

All you have shown is a poor understanding of economics. Sure, on the surface it might appear as though jobs are lost. However, there are just as many jobs that are gained. More Amazon warehouses open up, needing more workers for customer service/delivery/etc. More people need to be hired to manufacture the parts that make up the Kindle. More tech-support. More engineers. More accountants, etc. More people becoming authors due to the ease of becoming an author with eReaders, etc

[DeathlyDavid]

@cmadison93 But all the jobs will be shipped off overseas to China.  Anyway, still like the convenience of the Kindle.

[cmadison93]

@DeathlyDavid

The jobs regarding paper books or ebooks are going to be shipped overseas regardless of whether there is a Kindle or not.

[lucyinthesky16]

@cmadison93 warehouses? in america? not likely. they'll probably be overseas. But you're right, I'm not good at debating economics. I just made the comment in jest.

[BookLending]

I have a lovely English language edition of the Decameron in paperback. I bought it in Florence. I have to lighten my load for an upcoming move. I bought a Kindle version for $0.00 cents and will probably donate the physical book to a charity. I don't live in a large center with stores that buy used books.

[insanitymoonshine]

well, if you read alot and dont have enough money to buy all those books the kindle will pay for itself!

[EvanescentMelody]

@insanitymoonshine

One word: No.

Two words: public libraries.

Three words: used book stores.

[cmadison93]

@EvanescentMelody

One word: Yes.

Two words: Gas prices

Three words: Sharing of files

[DeathlyDavid]

@EvanescentMelody One word: Yes

Two Words: Library E-books

Three Words: Lending of E-Books

[xy274]

reading on kindle will like destroy your eyes



[DeathlyDavid]

Kindles are really starting to pop up now. I see the new one, K3 and the kobo as well. I don't bring mine to school because i'm not gonna be the one to let it get stolen. Anyway, more and more people are buying ereaders and ebooks because in school i could get a book for class in a second, while i'd have to drive to your store to get a book,

[KrfNYC2]

I saw a kindle the other day...I couldn't believe it. It was like seeing Big foot.

[psikeyhackr]

But what did she spend on all those books he didn't buy.

You can download books for free from Project Gutenberg. You can't sell them but then you don't spen any money on them. Of course I wouldn't buy a Kindle. I have an Archos PMA400. It's a Linux computer and MP3 player and e-book reader and ... Hey, it's a Linux computer, what do you expect.

[SuperBravoOne]

the zach galafinikis ripoff guy is annoying

[BlauerSamt1]

you´re not funny, just extremely lame

[newharmony85]

Riiiight the most I ever got was 12 bucks. It's way cheaper to buy the books in ebook format.

[nilsmontan60]

Nice to see the kids being creative - but this is super lame.

[raystaar]

Yeah. I've been to Green Apple Books. Great store, but $80 for a short stack of books? Not a chance.

[boobtbam]

i love my books. but this is pretty fail video. i mean, its like music: if you wanted to hear a performance back you used to have to buy it on wax and have a record player, now you can just have files on a computer or you portable device, it doesnt mean the music isn't still there, it just means its in a different media. i collect books and record, but im not gonna deny its the 21st century now and most people will have albums on their ipods instead of a huge record collection.

[comedian3152]

creative!

[PREY4WAR]

I suppose I should keeping buying CD's for the awesome liner notes and the resale value. lol. C'mon the kindle isn't going to replace vibrant colorful graphic novels. This is a replacement for your newspapers and dog eared paperbacks that you would tote around. Your daily reading pretty much. I rolled my eyes at the guy talking about "checking myspace" while you read a book. If you tried to sell the kindle as some sort of tablet PC for web browsing you'd totally fail.

[PlayThisCrap]

e-books sucks.... old school is the only way...

[RSpolkadot7]

Fuck Kindle!

[GrandFenwyck]

so.....a month in Europe, and my choice is 5 travel guides, and 4 or 5 novels.....that's 10 books to card around versus a Kindle?

I'll keep my Kindle, thank you very much.

[copperwalrus]

That's why I read ebooks now. I don't have to drag boxes to used book stores. And, this video makes an interesting point. You unload two or three books and have to drag the rest home. Not only that, but most of the shops I have been to offered instore credit, not cash.

[JPPT1974]

I love non-fiction books and haven't read a fiction book since 1992.

[tnwar330]

wow jppt1974, you're such a freakin grown up aren't cha?? smh

[jeremyshambles]

reading is magic

[Mikemillering1]

books are so old school

[yeonathon]

1oth

[laststrpk1]

10th

[Panixomfg]

Pygmy poster ftw.

[baraclude]

i still prefer to read paper books.

[faruh123]

holy shit 0:57 captain underpants! I HAVNT FORGOTTEN IT LMAO! i remember reading it in like 5th grade haha!

[IdleGod]

I pay $0 for my books. I win.

[Silvoleon]

ebook owns any book

[sonnenberg]

Yeah, eighty bucks. In yer dreams. She'd be lucky to get $7.50 in real life, no matter how cool they are.

[mrefranklin]

Cute but what happened to the rest of the books that girl wanted to sell? Landfill?

[shiftlessxl]

I have no amount of books that would fetch me $80. Just donate.

[melancholyguy]

I love you guys and hope you all live forever!

[pwntalive]

5 stars for great premise, and synchronized shrugging.

Fail at presenting a convincing argument.

[Indie1Rob]

How very cool.  We need to get htis one to go viral. I hope that everone will post it on their pages.

[rebfishabbott]

That was very exciting and I can't wait for round 2!