Comments on: Who Says There’s Not a Market?

By: paulmerrill

paulmerrill — Mon, 11 May 2009 20:24:00 +0000

Makes me wanna visit Charlynn’s shop!

By: Becky McCray

Becky McCray — Mon, 11 May 2009 15:14:00 +0000

Thanks, Jeremy. I think Charlynn has done a great job of making an old building full of boxed books into a thriving business, with plans to expand. Love this story!

By: Jeremy

Jeremy — Mon, 11 May 2009 14:33:00 +0000

I really think that the Kindle is a great idea. It is a fairly expensive product though. Also, the transition is going to take time. It will be the kids in High School and college who begin really using the Kindle-type products as a replacement for paper books. Once they have grown older it will then be mainstream. I don't believe that many in the older generations will ever switch over to electronic media products.

BTW ~ Used book stores are a great idea. As long as the books are in good condition they read exactly the same. We have a few Half-Priced Bookstores in KC that allow you to buy used books and to sell back old books. Great concept.

Jeremy @ RefocusingTechnology.com

By: Becky McCray

Becky McCray — Mon, 11 May 2009 13:51:00 +0000

Ari, I don’t know. There are not very many Kindles locally. I do know one person in my circle of local acquaintances who has one. She’s a librarian, too. :)

By: Ari Herzog

Ari Herzog — Mon, 11 May 2009 05:00:00 +0000

I’m curious how many Pixie customers–or families of the customers–own Kindles, in addition to wanting books. Or if they also enjoy the tactile sensation of flipping pages of a newspaper.

There is a used bookstore like Pixie around the corner from me, too. There’s always at least one person there.