The guy who made a printing press. I think it was a modified wine press (would that actually be a grape press?). Yeah, what was his name... Gutenberg....And I could put the free library of those old books on that one web-site (how can I forget it? Arg. What's it called...)
on there and read Burroughs around the house.
Was just browsing through Sony's site, you know, as you do, researching other items and came across their Reader Digital Book. I know this has been previously covered up-thread, however, looks like it's been redesigned and has just started shipping today (5 Nov).
Several months later he answers...Shadow Ferret,
The readers may not become as cheap as paperbacks, but the e- books themselves usually are. Most around $6-7 or less. And many readers can hold up to 100 books.
Several months later he answers...
Yeah, the day Half Price books offers ebooks for Half Price is the day I might consider ebooks. I wonder if the library will offer ebooks.
But even so, I'm not inclined to spend my whole life in front of a computer screen, which is what would happen. I'm on the computer at work. I'm on the computer when I write. I'm on the computer when I surf.
Reading books is my only chance to get away and give my eyes a break of sorts.
I also curious if you can take a ebook reader to the beach and read it in the sun like you can a book. I've tried using my laptop in the sun and was sorely disappointed when I couldn't see the screen. What's the point in having a portable device if I can only use it in a building?
You know what's wrong with ebooks?
I can't write comments in the margins. I can't put a little pencil tick in the corner so I can go back to that passage months later and reread it.
I think ebooks are for one-time, wham-bam-thank-you-ma'am kind of readers, not for readers who like to keep the book and use it for further reference or enjoyment.
(Or maybe they do have a notation ability in the software and I'm just unware of it never having seen one.)
And don't forget the Baen Free Library for science fiction and fantasy. Many people think it helped Baen become a better known publisher with more sales and more hardbacks, etc.The guy who made a printing press. I think it was a modified wine press (would that actually be a grape press?). Yeah, what was his name... Gutenberg.
http://www.gutenberg.org
Has it been confirmed that the Amazon reader really looked like that? A lot of people thought that picture was a hoax. Or maybe it was a prototype, so it doesn't resemble the actual product.It's still too expensive. And Amazon's is too ugly. I might still buy myself an ebookwise reader though. I've heard good things.
The eBookwise lets you make comments on the screen. However, it's not real handwriting recognition because the handwriting is saved as a graphic, not as actual words. It also allows bookmarks and highlighting. However, when you delete the book from the reader, the markups are not saved on the computer. Other ebook readers, particularly PDA-based ones, do have commenting features that do store comments on both the reader and the computer. Also, even if you delete the book from the reader (which is often needed to save space on some devices), in almost all cases, the original is still stored on the computer.You know what's wrong with ebooks?
I can't write comments in the margins. I can't put a little pencil tick in the corner so I can go back to that passage months later and reread it.