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Sparrow · 08-07-2008, 04:00 AM

Item lasted about 5 minutes. Shame about the battery life misinformation.

Here are some notes of the discussion:

Watersons and Borders both promoting their versions of readers - Sony Reader and Iliad.
In the US you can get the Kindle (Amazon).

Presenter Jim Naughtie (JM) desribed reader he had - 6 inches by 9 inches, 'fairly clear, nice type face - you can change the type face of course'
Evan Davis (ED) - co-presenter

Guests:
Prof. Catherine Hughes (CH) - teaches writing, reviews for the Guardian
Naomi Alderman (NA) - won Orange prize for new writers

JM - It reads pretty well, but couldn't imagine taking it to bed
CH - Happy to read it in bed
JM - descibed page turning method
CH- great to be able to increase font
ED - reading no problem, but want to know where I am - the geography of the book - that's the one thing they need to build into these
NA - pointed out bar at bottom with page number. Tested with 'Middlemarch' - is a fan
JM - but wouldn't you rather have you favourite dog-eared, note filled edition
NA - don't need to give up your favourite edition - but book collection growing all the time and running out of space
CH - agrees, allows you to control your environment
JM - Gutenberg Project (sic) - a lot of classics available
NA - about 24,000 books for free online
JM - You're both very evangelical. What about on holiday - wouldn't look right reading one of these outside a cafe on Capri
CH - Good on holiday when you've normally run out of reading matter
JM - Also on plane - usually take 3 books in case you don't get on with one - you need some to fall back on
NA - as a novelist, creative opportunities are going to be amazing (e.g. Penquin Stories telling stories by Google Maps)
JM - commuters could download a daily short story
NA - audio facilities, when you're doing the washing up get the audio to carry on
CH - visceral quality to old books - smell. You can't stiff an eReader.
NA - you can hide your embarassing books out of sight
JM -what's the battery life
NA - 800 (sic) page turns
JM - not that many
NA - probably last you through a plane journey
ED - world desperately needs better battery technology

08-07-2008, 04:00 AM	#2
Sparrow Wizard Posts: 4,395 Karma: 1358132 Join Date: Nov 2007 Location: UK Device: Palm TX, CyBook Gen3	Item lasted about 5 minutes. Shame about the battery life misinformation. Here are some notes of the discussion: Watersons and Borders both promoting their versions of readers - Sony Reader and Iliad. In the US you can get the Kindle (Amazon). Presenter Jim Naughtie (JM) desribed reader he had - 6 inches by 9 inches, 'fairly clear, nice type face - you can change the type face of course' Evan Davis (ED) - co-presenter Guests: Prof. Catherine Hughes (CH) - teaches writing, reviews for the Guardian Naomi Alderman (NA) - won Orange prize for new writers JM - It reads pretty well, but couldn't imagine taking it to bed CH - Happy to read it in bed JM - descibed page turning method CH- great to be able to increase font ED - reading no problem, but want to know where I am - the geography of the book - that's the one thing they need to build into these NA - pointed out bar at bottom with page number. Tested with 'Middlemarch' - is a fan JM - but wouldn't you rather have you favourite dog-eared, note filled edition NA - don't need to give up your favourite edition - but book collection growing all the time and running out of space CH - agrees, allows you to control your environment JM - Gutenberg Project (sic) - a lot of classics available NA - about 24,000 books for free online JM - You're both very evangelical. What about on holiday - wouldn't look right reading one of these outside a cafe on Capri CH - Good on holiday when you've normally run out of reading matter JM - Also on plane - usually take 3 books in case you don't get on with one - you need some to fall back on NA - as a novelist, creative opportunities are going to be amazing (e.g. Penquin Stories telling stories by Google Maps) JM - commuters could download a daily short story NA - audio facilities, when you're doing the washing up get the audio to carry on CH - visceral quality to old books - smell. You can't stiff an eReader. NA - you can hide your embarassing books out of sight JM -what's the battery life NA - 800 (sic) page turns JM - not that many NA - probably last you through a plane journey ED - world desperately needs better battery technology Last edited by Sparrow; 08-07-2008 at 04:05 AM.