Comments on: Free Kindle eBook Readers for 17M Filipinos

By: karen

karen — Sat, 28 May 2011 05:03:40 +0000

are there kindle readers here in the philippines?

By: bookgirl

bookgirl — Mon, 19 Apr 2010 08:07:17 +0000

Kindle requires access to the Internet to fully work. Therefore, as previous commenters noted, its features can’t be maximized. Mr Gordon is advocating Kindle use among students for the the convenience and ‘green-ness’ of using this kind of technology, rather than advocating the particular brand of device. An e-reader like Sony’s would be better serve the purpose, as this works like an mp3 player – ebook files in various formats (pdf, mobipocket, epub, etc)- may be saved to it.

As other commenters have suggested, CD-R King or some other entrepreneurial individuals should look into developing a quality yet affordable e-reader using e-ink technology; likewise, local publishers should be encouraged to develop and sell e-formats of their textbooks and other materials at prices lower than print copies. This would also pave the way for local authors to develop more content; as of now, they have no incentive to do so when their income is tied to print sales.

By: quobetah

quobetah — Sat, 13 Feb 2010 12:08:24 +0000

I think the quantity of 17 Million will be more tha enough for us to either commision a company to do this for us cheaply, set up a local ebook store to digitize all our textbooks and lock up the system so it would be useless on resale once stolen and or if sold to anyone else but the student on which its suppose to be part of. THIS IS AN AMAZING IDEA. IT MAKES PERFECT SENSE. THE FUTURE IS DIGITAL,ITS CHEAPER TO PUBLISH DIGITALLY, EASIER TO ALWAYS UPDATE INFORMATION ONCE AVAILABLE. AND IMAGINE ALL THE TREES THAT WILL BE SPARED BECUSE OF THIS MOVE TO PAPERLESS TEXTBOOK SYSTEM. Yes there kinks to be ironed out in this plan, but the basic idea behind it is superb! Kudos to Gordon! This king of out-of-the-Box thingking is what we need for a leader that can take us out of the dump. And he’s proven himself several times that he doe’snt just talk, he actually delivers..no matter how ridicolously wonderful his propositions are. GO GORDON!

By: tagacreekside

tagacreekside — Fri, 12 Feb 2010 17:47:07 +0000

if there’s a philippine version of kindle with a very affordable price then many students will buy it and Trees will be spared from being cut down in making books.

As for my own view. Kindle will help college students from bringing ultra thick heavy books and be more efficient from their work. less stress in weight can help. =)

Having CD-R KING have their own version of Kindle will probably make it more cheaper.. let’s say as cheap as 999? hehe.. well who knows, it’s CD-R KING, the king of inexpensive gadgets with a very unsatisfactory customer service.

cross fingers for a cheap kindle… can be a great help in college.. =)

By: Dick Gordon: Kindles for 17M Public School Students

Dick Gordon: Kindles for 17M Public School Students — Mon, 01 Feb 2010 01:02:18 +0000

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