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segatang · 09-04-2006, 08:57 AM

I think the problem of ebook standard is hard.

For example, converting music CD to mp3 is easy.
The users think the music is still the music.

Converting book to ebook is not easy.
The format and layout of book will lose without careful re-edit.

The users find the readibility is somewhat different due to the hardware or ebook itself.

It is hard to rebuild the 'feeling of reading book' of magzine or journal paper for a small size ebook hardware, but 'listening to music' is the same in any mp3 player...

09-04-2006, 08:57 AM	#7
segatang Connoisseur Posts: 98 Karma: 81 Join Date: Aug 2006 Location: Taiwan Device: Kolin i-library	I think the problem of ebook standard is hard. For example, converting music CD to mp3 is easy. The users think the music is still the music. Converting book to ebook is not easy. The format and layout of book will lose without careful re-edit. The users find the readibility is somewhat different due to the hardware or ebook itself. It is hard to rebuild the 'feeling of reading book' of magzine or journal paper for a small size ebook hardware, but 'listening to music' is the same in any mp3 player... Last edited by segatang; 09-04-2006 at 08:59 AM.