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Old 01-21-2010, 09:34 AM   #1
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Popular Science eyeing e-book devices

In the same issue (on newsstands now) that features a blurb on the eDGe and an article on Mary Lou Jepsen, creator of the 3Qi display screen, Popular Science editor Mark Jannot confesses to being impatient that his science magazine hasn't made the transition to e-books yet:

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"Because this is a magazine that prides itself on using not only words, but also photos, illustrations, graphics, and the carefully choreographed interplay among them to communicate information in the clearest, most dazzling fashion, to read Popular Science on an E Ink e-book reader would, in a word, suck."
(Sadly, the Jannot editorial is not online, highlighting a small deficiency in PS to bring all of its content online at this stage.)

But Jannot apparently has hope for the Pixel Qi screen technology, and reports to be actively pursuing the transition of PS to e-book formats on good quality, high resolution color screens in the near future. (And hopefully, he's seen the Mag+ from Bonnier, for some good ideas on how to organize his content.)

Here's hoping that the proper combination of these desires, ideas and elements will result in a reader and e-book package of all magazine content that will mean I can move all my subscriptions to e-book packages and a good reading device, and stop filling my house with reams of paper every month.

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