Article on the MSNBC Technoblog by Wilson Rothman [UPDATE: link no longer good, sorry] leads with the news that the next Kindle OS is going to support “real” page numbers.<\/p>\n
That’s a good thing — but what really caught my interest is another upcoming new feature, “Before You Go . . . ” which Rothman says will let readers more easily rate books — and buy new ones:<\/p>\n
Just as you’re finishing a book, you’ll now get a “seamless” invitation to rate the book, share it on Twitter or Facebook, and of course, buy more books like it, or by the same author.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n
It will be interesting to see how this is handled.<\/p>\n
On the one hand, this might help writers build audiences. After all, what better time to sell another book than when your scintillating prose is fresh in a reader’s mind?<\/p>\n
But I also wonder whether I might personally find it a bit annoying to have my e-reader suggest I take an action of some kind.<\/p>\n
Will there be a forced interim step between the last page of a book and the home screen?<\/p>\n
Will it seem intrusive?<\/p>\n
UPDATE 10\/1\/2011: New post on how to rate a Kindle book<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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