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  • Rather than try to "outbook" the bound book, Bezos said, Amazon designed Kindle with the e-book's strengths in mind.

    Web/Tech 2009

  • Rather than try to "outbook" the bound book, Bezos said, Amazon designed Kindle with the e-book's strengths in mind.

    Book 2.0 Amazon style? 2007

  • Rather than try to "outbook" the bound book, Bezos said, Amazon designed Kindle with the e-book's strengths in mind.

    November 2007 2007

  • Ishawooa, I'd say your ppk would outbook mine today.

    The Utah Exception 2008

  • Amazon thought about things "different than a physical book can do" - "a physical book can't read to you." "you can't outbook a book"

    Jack Hidary: Amazon Kindle 2.0 Launch - Huff Post interview with Steve Kessel 2009

  • The idea was to mimic the experience of reading an actual book as much as possible, Bezos said, though he acknowledged that Amazon "will never outbook the book."

    Kindle: I'm Not Thinking So scifirantergirl 2007

  • The idea was to mimic the experience of reading an actual book as much as possible, Bezos said, though he acknowledged that Amazon "will never outbook the book."

    Archive 2007-11-01 scifirantergirl 2007

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