Thread: Cory Doctorow: "Hardware ebook readers are a dead end"
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Old 03-11-2008, 01:20 PM   #89
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Originally Posted by GeoffC View Post

OK, multi-purpose machines may come along, but there is no guarantee they will support the file structure of your books in the long term ....
and here and now, my 'need' is for a dedicated bit of hardware ... something like me - simple that allows me to pick and choose a 'book' and read it without interruption, very portable - and because it tends to be easier on the eye ( ? ) black text on white .....
Sounds like a pbook to me, and without the worry of formats in 5-10 years time.

For me its pbooks for laying around reading (including in the bath) and ebooks for reading on the commute, and I am quite happy to go for the egg-laying-wool-pig thing the Germans have.
Still waiting for these dedicated readers to be on sale in the UK though.
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