Our society is split between two types of reading, short and long reading. Teenagers prefer to read MySpace bulletins, forums, and instant messages. These are examples of short readings. Long reading involves reading books. The Kindle is best thought of as a product for long reading.


The New York Times wrote about the Amazon Kindle today and separates out this type of reading habits.
There’s even a crude Web browser. It’s fine for text and graphics, lousy for Web layouts and useless for streaming audio or video. But with some effort, you can use it to get news, rebook a flight, monitor blogs and even check Web e-mail (like Gmail).
But that’s not why Amazon is paying your wireless bills, and that’s not why it burdened the design with a tiny, clicky keyboard. No, the real point is instant book downloading.
Yes, instant book downloading is the main feature of the Kindle. Yet, reading websites (quick reading) is important for the Kindle to be accepted by the teenagers.


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