Australia and New Zealand: New ebook reader

cbell · 08-05-2009, 01:51 AM

DA Direct and Central Book Services announce an ebook reader designed for Australians and New Zealanders.

The ECO Reader is the ANZ version of the HanLin V3, supporting Adobe Digital Editions (ePub and PDF) and Mobipocket non-DRM, along with all the other formats usually supported by V3s.

Features:
6 inch electronic paper display (Vizplex)
4 greyscale
MP3 Music Player
512 MB storage memory (Expandable via SD card to 4GB)

ECO Readers come pre-loaded with 21 nicely formatted ebooks, including several Australian titles.

The pre-loaded ebooks include the following:
My Brilliant Career by Miles Franklin
A Horse of Air by Dal Stivens (Miles Franklin Award Winner)
Designing Better Futures by Michael J C McAllum

ECO Readers are priced at A$449.00 (including Australian GST) or A$408.18 (New Zealand).

Included in the box: ECO Reader, leather cover, USB cable, earphones and AU/NZ wall charger.

The ECO Reader helpdesk is in Melbourne, Australia.

For more information or to place an order, please go to our website:

Central Book Services

Based in Melbourne, DA Direct is the largest full-service library supplier in Australia. Central Book Services is DA Direct's trade section. DA Direct and CBS are Australian owned and have branches in Singapore and New York.

DA Direct will be launching an Australian ebookstore, based on OverDrive, on 20th August 2009.

Edit: Store opening has been delayed to early September.

I’m affiliated with DA Direct/CBS.

montsnmags · 08-05-2009, 01:57 AM

EDIT: Deleted, because it looks like you fixed it up.

cbell · 08-05-2009, 01:59 AM

EDIT: It was a work-in-progress when you first looked at it

Xiaopanda · 08-05-2009, 02:36 AM

How cool, Thanks for posting this!! Looks like an EZ Reader with a new Logo.... but avilalbe in OZ...'bout bl&^dy time....

Though "Designed for Aust and NZ"...Can't SEE a stubby cooler intergrated into the design anwhere..........

cbell · 08-05-2009, 02:55 AM

Yes, it's very much like an EZ Reader, but with our own firmware, content, accessories and AU/NZ support.

lol, I didn't think of adding an ECO Reader stubby holder to the accessory list.

montsnmags · 08-05-2009, 03:03 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by cbell

Yes, it's very much like an EZ Reader, but with our own firmware, content, accessories and AU/NZ support.

lol, I didn't think of adding an ECO Reader stubby holder to the accessory list.

Too late now. Xiaopanda's already patented the idea. In fact, looking through all the newly registered patents, it looks like he's gone through the entire encyclopaedia & dictionary and lodged patents for every "stubby holder attached to [noun]" possibility.

I'm very interested in investing in the "Stubby Holder Attached To Prohibitionist" when it comes to market.'

Cheers,
Marc

Xiaopanda · 08-05-2009, 03:35 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by montsnmags

I'm very interested in investing in the "Stubby Holder Attached To Prohibitionist" when it comes to market.'

Cheers,
Marc

You think I'd waste a mint condition exceptionally rare (unique?) Australian Prohabtionist on prototype testing when there is a plethera of (insert racist / offence Tea-totaler group name here) to trial it on?!!?

tech_au · 08-05-2009, 03:43 AM

Cool. An Oz ebook store to buy epub titles from

Lets hope they are competitively priced and not overpriced like Dymocks is.

AlexBell · 08-05-2009, 06:30 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by cbell

Included in the box: ECO Reader, leather cover, USB cable, earphones and AU/NZ wall charger.

The ECO Reader helpdesk is in Melbourne, Australia.

DA Direct will be launching an Australian ebookstore, based on OverDrive, on 20th August 2009.

I'm very tempted - for my wife you understand. Is it available at Reader's Feast? Is there a downloadable manual?

Please do keep us informed about the Australian ebookstore.

Regards, Alex

zelda_pinwheel · 08-05-2009, 06:59 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Xiaopanda

How cool, Thanks for posting this!! Looks like an EZ Reader with a new Logo.... but avilalbe in OZ...'bout bl&^dy time....

the "ez reader" is a rebranded hanlin v3 from Jinke (they sell through many distributeurs), like the BeBook as well. this is also a V3. same hardware ; sometimes the firmware is different, as is the case here according to cbell.

Quote:

Though "Designed for Aust and NZ"...Can't SEE a stubby cooler intergrated into the design anwhere..........

Quote:

Originally Posted by cbell

Yes, it's very much like an EZ Reader, but with our own firmware, content, accessories and AU/NZ support.

lol, I didn't think of adding an ECO Reader stubby holder to the accessory list.

hm, seems a bit short-sighted of you cbell !

now what kind of start is that for launching the aussie reader ?

Quote:

Originally Posted by montsnmags

Too late now. Xiaopanda's already patented the idea. In fact, looking through all the newly registered patents, it looks like he's gone through the entire encyclopaedia & dictionary and lodged patents for every "stubby holder attached to [noun]" possibility.

I'm very interested in investing in the "Stubby Holder Attached To Prohibitionist" when it comes to market.'

Cheers,
Marc

cbell · 08-06-2009, 12:16 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by AlexBell

I'm very tempted - for my wife you understand. Is it available at Reader's Feast? Is there a downloadable manual?

Please do keep us informed about the Australian ebookstore.

Regards, Alex

For your wife, yes, I understand

Yes, the lovely people at Reader's Feast bookshop in Melbourne CBD will be demonstrating and selling our ECO Readers and they'll be very happy to accept over-the-counter and phone orders.

Regarding our new ebookstore, tech_au and Alex, I'll post more info when I announce the website. Adobe DE ePub format will definitely be available - ePub will be THE ebook format for Australia.

sianon · 08-07-2009, 10:27 PM

Chris, does the new e-book store mean that we will be able to access more content from Australian authors.

cbell · 08-07-2009, 11:33 PM

Hi sianon! Yes, we'll be selling OverDrive's ebook content and we're planning to load our own content, too.

We're currently sourcing ebooks from local (Australia and New Zealand) publishers to sell on our website.

I believe we'll initially be offering over 100,000 ebooks for sale. OverDrive has several of our ECO Readers now and they're testing ebook formats on them.

We want to do this really well!

cbell · 08-08-2009, 01:36 AM

For PDF and ePub files, the ECO Reader has 5 x zoom levels. You can rotate the page at any zoom level.

Attached, from the left: Jellby's Alice in Wonderland PDF showing the menu. Pride and Prejudice, tagged PDF version, zoomed x 2 and zoomed x 4.

sherman · 08-08-2009, 01:59 AM

Quote:

ECO Readers are priced at A$449.00 (including Australian GST) or A$408.18 (New Zealand).

What's with the difference in price between AU and NZ? Not that I mind all that much - the price difference appears to favour NZ buyers...

08-05-2009, 01:51 AM	#1
cbell Frenetic Posts: 590 Karma: 8181 Join Date: Apr 2008 Location: Australia Device: iLiad V2	Australia and New Zealand: New ebook reader DA Direct and Central Book Services announce an ebook reader designed for Australians and New Zealanders. The ECO Reader is the ANZ version of the HanLin V3, supporting Adobe Digital Editions (ePub and PDF) and Mobipocket non-DRM, along with all the other formats usually supported by V3s. Features: 6 inch electronic paper display (Vizplex) 4 greyscale MP3 Music Player 512 MB storage memory (Expandable via SD card to 4GB) ECO Readers come pre-loaded with 21 nicely formatted ebooks, including several Australian titles. The pre-loaded ebooks include the following: My Brilliant Career by Miles Franklin A Horse of Air by Dal Stivens (Miles Franklin Award Winner) Designing Better Futures by Michael J C McAllum ECO Readers are priced at A$449.00 (including Australian GST) or A$408.18 (New Zealand). Included in the box: ECO Reader, leather cover, USB cable, earphones and AU/NZ wall charger. The ECO Reader helpdesk is in Melbourne, Australia. For more information or to place an order, please go to our website: Central Book Services Based in Melbourne, DA Direct is the largest full-service library supplier in Australia. Central Book Services is DA Direct's trade section. DA Direct and CBS are Australian owned and have branches in Singapore and New York. DA Direct will be launching an Australian ebookstore, based on OverDrive, on 20th August 2009. Edit: Store opening has been delayed to early September. I’m affiliated with DA Direct/CBS. Last edited by cbell; 08-21-2009 at 05:34 PM.

08-05-2009, 01:57 AM	#2
montsnmags Grand Sorcerer Posts: 10,155 Karma: 4632658 Join Date: Nov 2007 Device: none	EDIT: Deleted, because it looks like you fixed it up. Last edited by montsnmags; 08-05-2009 at 01:58 AM. Reason: Deleted presumed correction

08-05-2009, 01:59 AM	#3
cbell Frenetic Posts: 590 Karma: 8181 Join Date: Apr 2008 Location: Australia Device: iLiad V2	EDIT: It was a work-in-progress when you first looked at it Last edited by cbell; 08-05-2009 at 02:10 AM. Reason: Deleted response to presumed correction

08-05-2009, 03:43 AM	#8
tech_au Oz Bookworm Posts: 516 Karma: 4056 Join Date: Nov 2008 Location: Australia Device: Sony PRS 505,PRS 650	Cool. An Oz ebook store to buy epub titles from Lets hope they are competitively priced and not overpriced like Dymocks is. Last edited by tech_au; 08-08-2009 at 06:22 PM. Reason: polite request from cbell :-)

08-08-2009, 01:36 AM	#14
cbell Frenetic Posts: 590 Karma: 8181 Join Date: Apr 2008 Location: Australia Device: iLiad V2	For PDF and ePub files, the ECO Reader has 5 x zoom levels. You can rotate the page at any zoom level. Attached, from the left: Jellby's Alice in Wonderland PDF showing the menu. Pride and Prejudice, tagged PDF version, zoomed x 2 and zoomed x 4. Attached Thumbnails Last edited by cbell; 08-08-2009 at 01:39 AM.

08-05-2009, 02:36 AM	#4
Xiaopanda Addict Posts: 230 Karma: 1290 Join Date: May 2009 Location: Brisbane Australia Device: Kindle Paperwhite	How cool, Thanks for posting this!! Looks like an EZ Reader with a new Logo.... but avilalbe in OZ...'bout bl&^dy time.... Though "Designed for Aust and NZ"...Can't SEE a stubby cooler intergrated into the design anwhere..........

08-05-2009, 02:55 AM	#5
cbell Frenetic Posts: 590 Karma: 8181 Join Date: Apr 2008 Location: Australia Device: iLiad V2	Yes, it's very much like an EZ Reader, but with our own firmware, content, accessories and AU/NZ support. lol, I didn't think of adding an ECO Reader stubby holder to the accessory list.

08-07-2009, 10:27 PM	#12
sianon Addict Posts: 352 Karma: 572 Join Date: Jul 2007 Location: Melbourne Device: Sony 500, Bebook, Kindle, Eco reader Drs and soon the Archos 9	Chris, does the new e-book store mean that we will be able to access more content from Australian authors.

08-07-2009, 11:33 PM	#13
cbell Frenetic Posts: 590 Karma: 8181 Join Date: Apr 2008 Location: Australia Device: iLiad V2	Hi sianon! Yes, we'll be selling OverDrive's ebook content and we're planning to load our own content, too. We're currently sourcing ebooks from local (Australia and New Zealand) publishers to sell on our website. I believe we'll initially be offering over 100,000 ebooks for sale. OverDrive has several of our ECO Readers now and they're testing ebook formats on them. We want to do this really well!

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