Bookpac - new Berlin based e-book company gearing up

Stuart Young · 08-21-2006, 05:14 PM

Another interesting piece of news via the Yahoo Librie Group:

"Bookpac is a Berlin-based company developing and trading eBook hard- and software for the German market.
We are a university spin-off and our enthusiastic staff have a strong research background as well as tight relationships to academic communities in Berlin and elsewhere."

For those of you who speak German, visit the site now and take part in a survey about the German e-book market, and you'll be given the chance to win some Amazon voucher.

For more information read Bookpac's Mission Statement.

segatang · 08-22-2006, 02:19 AM

I read the mission statement of the website.
In my opinion, the project sounds/looks like a Germany/English version Librie?
Because of electronic paper, search & notes (by the keyboard of Librie), bookmark, music. Librie is able to provide above function. (the picture also shows the Librie)
I hope they can develop a LRF generator with TOC edit function and unicode support for CJK fonts (tranditional Chinese, simplified Chinese, Japanese...)

EDIT:
MAYBE I AM WRONG...
Maybe a new ebook reader?

xendula · 08-22-2006, 05:02 AM

Alex, you misspelled the link, not a biggie, though.

Bookpac is planning the producton for the middle of 2007. Their questionnaire was definitely targeted at ebook virgins - what they really wanted to know was: how much would you be willing to pay for content and for an eInk device (options for three diferent display dimensions), and would you prefer to buy it preloaded or free of content (the examples definitely geared towards lawyers and health professionals).

The other questions were more or less rhetorical: importance of battery life, support, ease of use, etc.

Hmm, I'm not to impressed

Stuart Young · 08-22-2006, 05:47 AM

Hi Guys I'm being dumb can someone point out where I've mispelled something.

thx

tribble · 08-22-2006, 06:06 AM

The sites called bookpac.com

Bob Russell · 08-22-2006, 06:28 AM

Thanks guys. I've fixed the link and the name. Should be okay now. Of course, I'd get much more from the site if I still remembered some of my German from grad school!

Stuart Young · 08-22-2006, 09:34 AM

English version of the Survey now available.

http://www.bookpac.com/survey_en.html

08-21-2006, 05:14 PM	#1
Stuart Young MobileRead Editor Posts: 195 Karma: 75 Join Date: May 2006 Location: London Device: e61i / Eee PC / PRS-505	Bookpac - new Berlin based e-book company gearing up Another interesting piece of news via the Yahoo Librie Group: "Bookpac is a Berlin-based company developing and trading eBook hard- and software for the German market. We are a university spin-off and our enthusiastic staff have a strong research background as well as tight relationships to academic communities in Berlin and elsewhere." For those of you who speak German, visit the site now and take part in a survey about the German e-book market, and you'll be given the chance to win some Amazon voucher. For more information read Bookpac's Mission Statement.

08-22-2006, 02:19 AM	#2
segatang Connoisseur Posts: 98 Karma: 81 Join Date: Aug 2006 Location: Taiwan Device: Kolin i-library	I read the mission statement of the website. In my opinion, the project sounds/looks like a Germany/English version Librie? Because of electronic paper, search & notes (by the keyboard of Librie), bookmark, music. Librie is able to provide above function. (the picture also shows the Librie) I hope they can develop a LRF generator with TOC edit function and unicode support for CJK fonts (tranditional Chinese, simplified Chinese, Japanese...) EDIT: MAYBE I AM WRONG... Maybe a new ebook reader? Last edited by segatang; 08-22-2006 at 11:17 AM.

08-22-2006, 05:02 AM	#3
xendula eBookworm Posts: 2,300 Karma: 4525746 Join Date: Aug 2005 Location: East Coast brrrrr Device: Kindle 4B/K ~ Nexus 7 ~ Kindle Paperwhite 1&2 ~ iPad Air	link prob Alex, you misspelled the link, not a biggie, though. Bookpac is planning the producton for the middle of 2007. Their questionnaire was definitely targeted at ebook virgins - what they really wanted to know was: how much would you be willing to pay for content and for an eInk device (options for three diferent display dimensions), and would you prefer to buy it preloaded or free of content (the examples definitely geared towards lawyers and health professionals). The other questions were more or less rhetorical: importance of battery life, support, ease of use, etc. Hmm, I'm not to impressed

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08-22-2006, 05:47 AM	#4
Stuart Young MobileRead Editor Posts: 195 Karma: 75 Join Date: May 2006 Location: London Device: e61i / Eee PC / PRS-505	Hi Guys I'm being dumb can someone point out where I've mispelled something. thx

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tribble iLiad Maniac Posts: 1,382 Karma: 2369 Join Date: Apr 2006 Location: Germany Device: Bookeen Opus (i love that thing) and iPad (what an irony)	The sites called bookpac.com

08-22-2006, 06:28 AM	#6
Bob Russell Recovering Gadget Addict Posts: 5,381 Karma: 676161 Join Date: May 2004 Location: Pittsburgh, PA Device: iPad	Thanks guys. I've fixed the link and the name. Should be okay now. Of course, I'd get much more from the site if I still remembered some of my German from grad school!

08-22-2006, 09:34 AM	#7
Stuart Young MobileRead Editor Posts: 195 Karma: 75 Join Date: May 2006 Location: London Device: e61i / Eee PC / PRS-505	English version of the Survey now available. http://www.bookpac.com/survey_en.html