03-19-2009, 02:12 PM | #76 |
Wizard
Posts: 2,251
Karma: 3720310
Join Date: Jan 2009
Location: USA
Device: Kindle, iPad (not used much for reading)
|
I'm confused. Weren't the vast majority of public domain books that most people would be interested in reading already available in formats for Sony at places like feedbooks.com, here at mobileread, manybooks.net, etc? How is getting a freshly OCRed version any better than a version already proofed and formatted?
|
03-19-2009, 02:19 PM | #77 | |
Sir Penguin of Edinburgh
Posts: 12,375
Karma: 23555235
Join Date: Apr 2007
Location: DC Metro area
Device: Shake a stick plus 1
|
Quote:
|
|
Advert | |
|
03-19-2009, 02:20 PM | #78 |
Literacy = Understanding
Posts: 4,833
Karma: 59674358
Join Date: Dec 2007
Location: The World of Books
Device: Nook, Nook Tablet
|
I agree, Elsi, that we can't make that assumption. But if you can get a powerhouse like Google to push for no DRM, it is likely to be a more effective push than you and I doing so.
|
03-19-2009, 02:37 PM | #79 | |
Literacy = Understanding
Posts: 4,833
Karma: 59674358
Join Date: Dec 2007
Location: The World of Books
Device: Nook, Nook Tablet
|
Quote:
Then again, perhaps tomorrow Jeff Bezos will decide that a gazillion dollars is trivial and have an epiphany that tells him how to squeeze more out of the consuming public while leading us down the primrose path. Or, perhaps, tomorrow Sony will come out with a new Reader that is so far advanced that all other device makers, including Amazon, simply give up hardware manufacturing and adopt the Sony DRM as the standard. Or, perhaps, tomorrow . . . |
|
03-19-2009, 02:46 PM | #80 | |
Hi There!
Posts: 7,473
Karma: 2930523
Join Date: Feb 2008
Location: Ft Lauderdale
Device: iPad
|
Quote:
|
|
Advert | |
|
03-19-2009, 02:54 PM | #81 |
Kate
Posts: 1,697
Karma: 3605799
Join Date: Mar 2009
Location: Oregon, United States
Device: MeeBook, Kobo Libra Colour
|
I ordered a Sony PRS-505 on Monday. As I sit here waiting for it to arrive (and lurking in this forum was a great help as I decided what ebook reader I finally settled on), I have to say that between this and the Kindle DMCA debacle, I find I'm really glad I decided as I did.
I also hope that Google makes ePubs available to other devices, but this is a great start. |
03-19-2009, 02:56 PM | #82 |
Wizard
Posts: 3,442
Karma: 300001
Join Date: Sep 2006
Location: Belgium
Device: PRS-500/505/700, Kindle, Cybook Gen3, Words Gear
|
You can use Google's EPUBs on other devices already, they don't have any DRM.
|
03-19-2009, 03:03 PM | #83 |
Resident Curmudgeon
Posts: 74,624
Karma: 130140792
Join Date: Nov 2006
Location: Roslindale, Massachusetts
Device: Kobo Libra 2, Kobo Aura H2O, PRS-650, PRS-T1, nook STR, PW3
|
I hope that's not a reference to Diana Gabaldon's rather awful books. I had a GF who loved them and she managed to get me to read the first one and it start off innocuous enough but nothing all that interesting and then came the time travel nonsense. And from there it went downhill from there quite fast. Outlander is a book that should remain lost in time. With LOST being the optimum word.
|
03-19-2009, 03:04 PM | #84 |
Resident Curmudgeon
Posts: 74,624
Karma: 130140792
Join Date: Nov 2006
Location: Roslindale, Massachusetts
Device: Kobo Libra 2, Kobo Aura H2O, PRS-650, PRS-T1, nook STR, PW3
|
Well, I've taken away one single lass from Scotland. She's now living in America married to me and is an American citizen.
|
03-19-2009, 03:06 PM | #85 | |
Resident Curmudgeon
Posts: 74,624
Karma: 130140792
Join Date: Nov 2006
Location: Roslindale, Massachusetts
Device: Kobo Libra 2, Kobo Aura H2O, PRS-650, PRS-T1, nook STR, PW3
|
Quote:
|
|
03-19-2009, 03:18 PM | #86 |
I need a holiday!
Posts: 1,227
Karma: 4622
Join Date: Dec 2008
Location: Scotland
Device: PRS-505, ipod touch
|
|
03-19-2009, 03:22 PM | #87 |
Resident Curmudgeon
Posts: 74,624
Karma: 130140792
Join Date: Nov 2006
Location: Roslindale, Massachusetts
Device: Kobo Libra 2, Kobo Aura H2O, PRS-650, PRS-T1, nook STR, PW3
|
I would have moved to Scotland to be with her. But she decided that it would be better for her to move here and I gave in and now she's here and has a new life and it's working out very well.
|
03-19-2009, 03:41 PM | #88 | |
Bookaholic
Posts: 14,391
Karma: 54969924
Join Date: Oct 2007
Location: Minnesota
Device: iPad Mini 4, AuraHD, iPhone XR +
|
Quote:
I'm all for ePub, but by the time ePub really takes over, if it does, most of the current devices will be long gone. It's going to take a fair amount of time for it to take over unless something new happens and people actually agree for once on DRM schemes, etc. |
|
03-19-2009, 03:54 PM | #89 |
Junior Member
Posts: 4
Karma: 10
Join Date: Feb 2009
Device: Sony PRS505
|
Know what I'll be doing when I get off work tonight
|
03-19-2009, 04:19 PM | #90 | |
It's about the umbrella
Posts: 25,112
Karma: 56250158
Join Date: Jan 2009
Device: Sony 505| K Fire | KK 3G+Wi-Fi | iPhone 3Gs |Vista 32-bit Hm Prem w/FF
|
Quote:
At this site (not through the Sony store download now section) a book being viewed can be flagged as unreadable, view as HTML or download as PDF. It looks like they are asking for help in areas that need to be corrected. After viewing all the beautiful color covers, I so want to have a color Reader |
|
Tags |
google books, sony reader |
|
Similar Threads | ||||
Thread | Thread Starter | Forum | Replies | Last Post |
500,000 Free Books! I Must be Thick Today! | PeeBus | Sony Reader | 11 | 06-10-2009 09:18 AM |
Can't find 500,000 free books at Sony; can you? | epubreader | Sony Reader | 12 | 06-06-2009 05:11 PM |
Sony e-book reader gets 500,000 books from Google | Maxen | News | 1 | 03-19-2009 10:30 AM |
Reading Google pdf books on the Sony Reader | charlieperry | Sony Reader | 2 | 02-08-2008 06:40 AM |
Sony Reader and Google Books | Stoneneedle | Sony Reader | 6 | 08-22-2007 09:44 PM |