Coming soon to an ebook reader near you.

ardeegee · 08-19-2010, 01:43 PM

I'm looking forward to a reader with 64 GB of storage.

http://www.computerworld.com/s/artic...?taxonomyId=15

http://blogs.wsj.com/digits/2010/08/...-by-shrinking/

FizzyWater · 08-19-2010, 06:19 PM

Yikes!

Not if you're still limited to the current navigation methods on most of them! Can you imagine, for example, trying to find a book 10-at-a-time on a Sony PRS300 if you had 10,000 books on it?!

Ravensknight · 08-20-2010, 02:41 PM

guess you better know what you've got in your library, eh? :-D

SkyDream · 08-20-2010, 03:19 PM

Hmmm...having catalogued about 2100 books with calibre the size is only about 5GB. How many book with 64 GB ? Dont think i will ever need that much.

charleski · 08-20-2010, 03:26 PM

I have enough books on my 505 to last me the next 6 months. I also have 40MB free from the 192MB total storage, part of which is consumed by the custom firmware and fonts. I have no idea what I'd do with 64GB.

Ben Thornton · 08-20-2010, 03:27 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by SkyDream

Hmmm...having catalogued about 2100 books with calibre the size is only about 5GB. How many book with 64 GB ? Dont think i will ever need that much.

As readers come to be more practical for (colour) magazines, comics, etc., the files sizes will increase, so such memory capacities will become useful.

EricDP · 08-20-2010, 03:27 PM

How much you need depends a lot on the books you read. I'm just finishing typesetting Little Women, fully illustrated, and it's about 5.6MB for one book. That's a lot different from the text-only books that are often less than 0.5MB.

bjones6416 · 08-20-2010, 03:30 PM

If it has audio capabilities, I could probably fill up a chunk of it with audiobooks. Regular ebooks just aren't that large, though. I've been so pleasantly surprised at how little space they take up.

Ben Thornton · 08-20-2010, 03:40 PM

Children's books are another category that haven't hit ereaders much yet, but will do. These are likely to be large (plus incorporate sound/animations to further increase file sizes)

GeoffC · 08-20-2010, 03:44 PM

books will develop more and more internal features, they will find ways to expand themselves into the available space ....

pop-up- children's books anybody !

magazines with video ....

ardeegee · 08-20-2010, 04:03 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by SkyDream

Hmmm...having catalogued about 2100 books with calibre the size is only about 5GB. How many book with 64 GB ? Dont think i will ever need that much.

My ideal ebook reader would contain everything ever published in the English language.

One of the plot elements in Vernor Vinge's recent Rainbows End (set in 2025) is a project to (destructively-- the technique consists of tossing the books into a industrial-strength shredder connected to a vacuum tube lined with thousands of tiny cameras-- as the fragments tumble down the tube, they are photographed thousands of times and distributed computing networks digitally patch them back together again) digitize every book in a major library-- and the protests against it. In the end (very minor spoiler) the project-- and similar ones done at other libraries-- results in the whole of English literature being made available to everyone on cheap 128PB memory cards.

My ebook library will not be complete until I have that.

Ken Maltby · 08-20-2010, 04:11 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by GeoffC

books will develop more and more internal features, they will find ways to expand themselves into the available space ....

pop-up- children's books anybody !

magazines with video ....

!!Help Me, Obi Wan Kenobi!!

Hmm... a holographic trip down Alice's rabbit hole.

Luck;
Ken

CyGuy · 08-20-2010, 04:41 PM

Many readers also play MP3 files and display pictures. I personally don't think you can ever have too much storage space. In fact, I insist on removable media for any device I purchase just so I can accommodate any and all content I may want.

lord_blackfang · 08-20-2010, 06:41 PM

That sounds really useful. If your reader also does HD video.

Crowl · 08-20-2010, 10:54 PM

While it clearly wouldn't be needed for text-only books, a magazine in pdf format is often more than 50MB, a comic around 20MB and if I remember correctly the first ipad edition of wired was around 500MB, so there are plenty of ways for people to use up the space even without departing the area of reading so overtly as storing things like videos.

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FizzyWater You kids get off my lawn! Posts: 4,220 Karma: 73492664 Join Date: Aug 2007 Location: Columbus, Ohio Device: Oasis 2 and Libra H2O and half a dozen older models I can't let go of	Yikes! Not if you're still limited to the current navigation methods on most of them! Can you imagine, for example, trying to find a book 10-at-a-time on a Sony PRS300 if you had 10,000 books on it?!

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Ravensknight Serpent Rider Posts: 1,123 Karma: 10219804 Join Date: Jun 2009 Device: Sony 350; Nook STR; Oasis	guess you better know what you've got in your library, eh? :-D

08-20-2010, 03:19 PM	#4
SkyDream Wizard Posts: 1,377 Karma: 9400 Join Date: Sep 2009 Location: Europe Device: PRS-650, iPod touch 4G, iPad 3	Hmmm...having catalogued about 2100 books with calibre the size is only about 5GB. How many book with 64 GB ? Dont think i will ever need that much.

08-20-2010, 03:26 PM	#5
charleski Wizard Posts: 1,196 Karma: 1281258 Join Date: Sep 2009 Device: PRS-505	I have enough books on my 505 to last me the next 6 months. I also have 40MB free from the 192MB total storage, part of which is consumed by the custom firmware and fonts. I have no idea what I'd do with 64GB.

08-20-2010, 03:27 PM	#7
EricDP Groupie Posts: 165 Karma: 339490 Join Date: May 2010 Device: nook, BlackBerry	How much you need depends a lot on the books you read. I'm just finishing typesetting Little Women, fully illustrated, and it's about 5.6MB for one book. That's a lot different from the text-only books that are often less than 0.5MB.

08-20-2010, 03:30 PM	#8
bjones6416 ↓↓ Skirt!! Earrings!! Posts: 3,394 Karma: 17432172 Join Date: Jun 2009 Location: Georgia, USA Device: Acer netbook, JetBook Lite, Sony PRS-300, Kindle 2, Kindle Fire	If it has audio capabilities, I could probably fill up a chunk of it with audiobooks. Regular ebooks just aren't that large, though. I've been so pleasantly surprised at how little space they take up.

08-20-2010, 03:40 PM	#9
Ben Thornton Guru Posts: 900 Karma: 779635 Join Date: Jan 2010 Location: UK Device: Kindle 3, iPad 2 (but not for e-books)	Children's books are another category that haven't hit ereaders much yet, but will do. These are likely to be large (plus incorporate sound/animations to further increase file sizes)

08-20-2010, 03:44 PM	#10
GeoffC Chocolate Grasshopper ... Posts: 27,600 Karma: 20821184 Join Date: Mar 2008 Location: Scotland Device: Muse HD , Cybook Gen3 , Pocketbook 302 (Black) , Nexus 10: wife has PW	books will develop more and more internal features, they will find ways to expand themselves into the available space .... pop-up- children's books anybody ! magazines with video ....

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CyGuy Avid Reader Posts: 769 Karma: 7777778 Join Date: Aug 2009 Device: PocketBook 902, Galaxy Tab 2 7.0, ASUS TF700, and Cybook Gen III	Many readers also play MP3 files and display pictures. I personally don't think you can ever have too much storage space. In fact, I insist on removable media for any device I purchase just so I can accommodate any and all content I may want.

08-20-2010, 06:41 PM	#14
lord_blackfang Enthusiast Posts: 41 Karma: 80 Join Date: Jul 2010 Device: PRS-600	That sounds really useful. If your reader also does HD video.

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Crowl Wizard Posts: 1,340 Karma: 1160346 Join Date: Jun 2009 Location: Southport, GB Device: Kindle Voyage, PW Signature edition	While it clearly wouldn't be needed for text-only books, a magazine in pdf format is often more than 50MB, a comic around 20MB and if I remember correctly the first ipad edition of wired was around 500MB, so there are plenty of ways for people to use up the space even without departing the area of reading so overtly as storing things like videos.