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"ugly HTML files" - so convert it, it takes about 2 minutes
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Convert to what exactly? ePub? That's what I meant by "ugly HTML files". To typeset the books I do for my reader, I normally spend at least a couple of hours before I have an adequate PDF.
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"low contrast monochrome" - I do not know what you are referring to. The PRS-700? Because other readers are high contrast.
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All e-ink devices have low contrast. I have a PRS-505 which is reputed to be top-end in the contrast category, and every e-ink device I've seen has been a pathetically low-contrast affair...I can hardly tell the quality difference between a 505 and a 700 because although I can see the 505 looks punchy juxtaposed with the 700, they're both pathetic when viewed in isolation.
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"extremely slow response times" -- ?? Page turning on my PRS-505 is faster than turning a paper page.
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Not being disabled, I find this completely untrue, but that's beside the point. Global and semi-local navigation with these devices is the real joke, even though single-page turning is pretty pathetic too.
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"availability issues, DRM issues, price issues" - that, I agree with. Add to that eBabel and poor software from the manufacturers. Oh my. Some basic conversion tools to native formats should be included with any eReader.
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I'd say apart from the devices themselves, the rather irritating ways that publishers and producers are trying to leech this bandwagon is the worst part of the whole ebook situation nowadays. It's like the companies have replaced their designers and marketers with lawyers and short-sighted economists.