depends on which books... some books contain pictures you know
I doubt if I will ever have want for more than 32GB of space for digital reading material in my entire life (ie the ereader simply needs to allow me to plug in an SDHC card)... I can easily suffice on 512MB
This is one of those "ill believe it when I see it" deals. Lets see if the hype meets reality. If it lives up to the hype... I'll be purchasing this (if it's sold in canada that is...)
I have bought a total of 4 books from sony reader store
Three of these books were $1 each during the onedollarorbit sale... the other was "Dragons of the Hourglass Mage" which cost $9 (it was $30 hardcover at the time).
now all of this was before December of 09... so maybe things have changed in the past few months... but I dont think the sony ereader store books cost more than paper books.
DRM is a serious issue... but so is theft. The internet was created to easily share text, its perhaps 10x easier to pirate a non-DRM eText than an MP3... the only thing stopping rampant piracy of ebooks is that no one wants to read a book on a computer monitor
With the rise of the ereader... book piracy is going to explode. DRM is basically a MUST when it comes to eText
However, your point is ENTIRELY valid. If you actually pay for the book you should have lifelong access to it, and shouldn't be crippled by only using a single piece of hardware (which may break) to read it.
I suggest that an international-government-sponsored agency handle the DRMing of eText so that the DRM isn't in the hands of corportations which 1) may go bankrupt thus causing customers to lose access to their books 2) are greedy and may intentionally force their consumers to repurchase their books (I had a bad experience with iTunes and DRMed music)
I suggest that this agency hold the DRM encryption along with the keys to the data. It can ensure that an individual has lifelong access to the books that are purchased, and can ensure "fair-play" where media is not tied to a single piece of hardware.
The iPad 2.0 which I expect to have a reflective screen option (re: Pixel Qi like tech) will be an amazing device. It will be a serious eReader with this tech.
right now the iPad is a great "portable internet" but a poor ereader.
No actually... you can redownload your books when/if you get a new kindle. It sucks having to purchase the hardware again, but hey, maybe you shouldn't have been reading in the bath anyway.
Its NOT the size of a piece of paper... the 8.5" by 11" advertising (that you just bought hook line and sinker) is the size of the entire device.
the PLQ screen size is about the size of a sheet of paper __With the margins removed__ (I actually took the measurements and drew them on a piece of paper... its rather exact to a no margined piece of notebook paper).
actually its kind of nice to carry all the books of a series.
I recently re-read dragonlance chronicles+legends+soulforge+hourglass mage (thats 8 books for the record... a bit too much to be carrying around on vacation).
Since I've read 6 of the books before, I went through them very fast.
I did all this at my home, so its irrelevant (except that I seem to have misplaced some of the paper-back books:( )... but if I were on vacation it would be very handy.
you can read a page second? holy shit dude. I wish I was so awesomely exaggerant that it only took me 30minutes to read war and peace (20min reading, 10min turning pages.
There is a very simple test to see if you would like eInk over an LCD. Go to the piratebay, find your favourite author and download a book... start reading it on your computer monitor.
If you don't go buggy eyed, bully for you. Many people have a very hard time reading LCD.
In my eyes, in disposed, In disguise as no one knows Hides the face, Lies the snake, the sun in my disgrace Boiling heat, summer stench 'neath the black the sky looks dead Call my name through the cream and I'll hear you scream again
Black hole sun Won't you come And wash away the rain
Stuttering cold and damp steal the warm wind tired friend Times are gone for honest men and sometimes far too long for snakes In my shoes walking sleep in my youth I prayed to keep Heaven send, Hell away
__No one sings like you anymore__
Black hole sun Won't you come And wash away the rain
Hang my head drown my fear till you all just Disappear
Black hole sun Won't you come And wash away the rain
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depends on which books... some books contain pictures you know
I doubt if I will ever have want for more than 32GB of space for digital reading material in my entire life (ie the ereader simply needs to allow me to plug in an SDHC card) ... I can easily suffice on 512MB
lets see if it can live up to the hype... if it does half of what's promised, I'll be purchasing this.
how did you understand the rant? I think Grammar is the opposite of his statement.
This is one of those "ill believe it when I see it" deals. Lets see if the hype meets reality. If it lives up to the hype... I'll be purchasing this (if it's sold in canada that is...)
will it be sold in canada?
I have bought a total of 4 books from sony reader store
Three of these books were $1 each during the onedollarorbit sale... the other was "Dragons of the Hourglass Mage" which cost $9 (it was $30 hardcover at the time).
now all of this was before December of 09... so maybe things have changed in the past few months... but I dont think the sony ereader store books cost more than paper books.
for the record, how often is the 3G on the device used?
DRM is a serious issue... but so is theft. The internet was created to easily share text, its perhaps 10x easier to pirate a non-DRM eText than an MP3 ... the only thing stopping rampant piracy of ebooks is that no one wants to read a book on a computer monitor
With the rise of the ereader... book piracy is going to explode. DRM is basically a MUST when it comes to eText
However, your point is ENTIRELY valid. If you actually pay for the book you should have lifelong access to it, and shouldn't be crippled by only using a single piece of hardware (which may break) to read it.
I suggest that an international-government-sponsored agency handle the DRMing of eText so that the DRM isn't in the hands of corportations which
1) may go bankrupt thus causing customers to lose access to their books
2) are greedy and may intentionally force their consumers to repurchase their books (I had a bad experience with iTunes and DRMed music)
I suggest that this agency hold the DRM encryption along with the keys to the data. It can ensure that an individual has lifelong access to the books that are purchased, and can ensure "fair-play" where media is not tied to a single piece of hardware.
Donno about the free 3G, but the sony daily edition sounds similar to your needs.
I hear that bookmarking and annotations do not work on PDFs on the kindle dx... is this true?
The iPad 2.0 which I expect to have a reflective screen option (re: Pixel Qi like tech) will be an amazing device. It will be a serious eReader with this tech.
right now the iPad is a great "portable internet" but a poor ereader.
I too want this ebook/audiobook combo you speak of.
No actually... you can redownload your books when/if you get a new kindle. It sucks having to purchase the hardware again, but hey, maybe you shouldn't have been reading in the bath anyway.
Its NOT the size of a piece of paper... the 8.5" by 11" advertising (that you just bought hook line and sinker) is the size of the entire device.
the PLQ screen size is about the size of a sheet of paper __With the margins removed__ (I actually took the measurements and drew them on a piece of paper... its rather exact to a no margined piece of notebook paper).
you cannot grep on the majority of ereaders at the moment either.
actually its kind of nice to carry all the books of a series.
I recently re-read dragonlance chronicles+legends+soulforge+hourglass mage (thats 8 books for the record... a bit too much to be carrying around on vacation).
Since I've read 6 of the books before, I went through them very fast.
I did all this at my home, so its irrelevant (except that I seem to have misplaced some of the paper-back books :( )... but if I were on vacation it would be very handy.
This plane runs on love baby
Happy valentines day.
Umm... how long does it take you to turn a page on a real book... eInk vs real paper is rather comparable.
If your hoping for internet scrolling etc, then yeah its too slow, but thats not the purpose of ereaders.
you can read a page second? holy shit dude. I wish I was so awesomely exaggerant that it only took me 30minutes to read war and peace (20min reading, 10min turning pages.
There is a very simple test to see if you would like eInk over an LCD. Go to the piratebay, find your favourite author and download a book... start reading it on your computer monitor.
If you don't go buggy eyed, bully for you. Many people have a very hard time reading LCD.
Your missing the point.... its an opinion that the name is funny, and the list of funny names is entirely opinion.
In my eyes, in disposed, In disguise as no one knows
Hides the face, Lies the snake, the sun in my disgrace
Boiling heat, summer stench 'neath the black the sky looks dead
Call my name through the cream and I'll hear you scream again
Black hole sun
Won't you come
And wash away the rain
Stuttering cold and damp steal the warm wind tired friend
Times are gone for honest men and sometimes far too long for snakes
In my shoes walking sleep in my youth I prayed to keep
Heaven send, Hell away
__No one sings like you anymore__
Black hole sun
Won't you come
And wash away the rain
Hang my head drown my fear till you all just
Disappear
Black hole sun
Won't you come
And wash away the rain
... round and round, round and round round and round. The wheels on the bus go round and round...
What does the wifi on the bus go?
No that happens in CS as well... those whom we call "non-contributors"
basically you avoid them like the plague. if they ask to be in your group... the correct response is "no"
Interesting, I should have thought of that...