09-02-2008, 07:57 AM | #1 |
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And another UK Newspaper Article: The Times
Waterstones and Sony are definitely gearing up. The article is available on-line, and is on page 4 of the printed version. (Apologies if this has already been posted!)
Reasonable article in that the journalist has actually gone out and spoken to people about it, and is fairly positive in many places. |
09-02-2008, 08:46 AM | #2 |
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Same set of typical Luddite responses though I don't know what we're doing wrong. It wasn't this hard with mp3s
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As e-readers evolve and become more available they will be adopted by people of all ages - as they have in the USA. If the technology is good enough, and if the prices asked for e-books are not unfair, this should not take too long. |
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I was actually talking about the people commenting on the article but you carry on jumping to conclusions over there.
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Remember how it began the other time.
No wireless. Less space than a Nomad. Lame. |
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That article would entice me to look for the PRS-505 in Waterstones, even if I were not otherwise inclined to do so. I'd say Sony would be perfectly happy with such publicity. |
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The only people they talked to were a 70 year old librarian who's initial response was
“Yeuuuch,” and Mr De Winter (Age unknown) who apparently leaves books in the back of lorries and gave the opinion “There’s nothing that will ever replace reading a real book in an armchair,” Why aren't they asking people who might actually be interested in a bit of new technology as balance? There's plenty of people here who are happy curling up in an armchair with a nice ebook Myself included. |
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Win a Reader.
http://www.metro.co.uk/gimme/article...4&in_page_id=4 |
09-02-2008, 09:45 AM | #10 |
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Another Times article.
http://technology.timesonline.co.uk/...cle4656831.ece |
09-02-2008, 09:48 AM | #11 |
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That article didn't seem as negative. It was disappointing to read just how few books we read as a nation though
12 books a year makes you a heavy reader? I wouldn't like to speculate what they think of some of us |
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Another analogy
I was in a shop the other day and saw some 35mm film for sale. It is only a few years ago that it was said that digital cameras would never replace real film!
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The article does mention that it is taking it to the hardest place for it be accepted. But I still content that there are some good points:
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Waterstones made a good decision having demo models in stores. I saw quite a few people having a fiddle with one this lunchtime.
It'll be slow but as the price drops and the publishing houses start to lose the technofear we should see more people starting to realise ebook readers are actually quite nice. |
09-02-2008, 12:59 PM | #15 |
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This is the second article on the Sony Reader coming to the UK that mentions battery life of 1680 page turns. Has Sony changed their specs from 8000, or just in the UK where the EU consumer protection is much more strict about certain things?
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