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Old 12-08-2008, 11:01 AM   #57
bill_mchale
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Just a thought, but Eric Flint actually credits giving away ebook copies of his books as being a large part of his success as a writer.

Dedicated ebook readers might ultimately sabotage this approach, but most people do not want to read an entire book from their laptop or their desktop. As a result, they might read a chapter or two, or three and then ultimately purchase a paper back version of the book.

In general, I am starting to think that the whole current scheme of copyright that has been developed over the last 2 centuries needs to be scrapped in favor of something that recognizes the new reality of the publishing world.

Oh to get to the original quesitons...

5" screen, VGA or better resolution, quick screen refreshes, built in wireless and probably a built in web browser as well. The ability to read epub, ereader, and mobi... but no DRM period.

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