10-13-2006, 12:11 PM | #16 |
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I think it's safe to assume that Sony, at least, is interested in the textbook thing.
And the Pubs are probably drooling themselves all pruney about the prospect of gutting the used book market -- that's why they do new editions with no substantial changes every few years, you know. |
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I really disagree with Mossberg's statement of:
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10-13-2006, 04:07 PM | #18 | |
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I've looked through the Connect store, and there's plenty of content there for me, all of it cheaper than the Pbook. That recent argument about saving money on miles of bookshelves is a good one too. |
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To some extent, I agree with Leaping Gnome and anotherchance that my typical reading experience is read a bit, bookmark, read a bit more, bookmark, and so on, until the book is done. This is generally how it works. I do, however, get interrupted frequently when reading or can only catch a page or two here and there, so quite often I will go back to check on something that I read previously to make sure that I remember it correctly. (As an aside, I catch a fair number of continuity errors and references to the wrong character this way!). So, for me, a search feature would be very beneficial and useful.
When reading technical documents, whether for work or for pleasure, or educational materials, the features that Walter S. Mossberg refers to in his Wall Street Journal article are what makes electronic reading a much, much better solution than paper. If you've never used a Tablet PC, you might not know what you're missing! So, to really target and provide a more useful experience to the educational market, particularly for university and college students, I think those functions would be crucial to an e-book reader's success. Additionally, even when reading fiction, you often come across a phrase, saying, or even valuable information that would be nice to note and keep track of for future use. Being able to highlight this and have it automatically saved to a reference file with some keywords, the usual references such as title, author, copyright date, page number, etc. would be really handy. The original e-book from which it came could then be erased, but the reference file would be permanent and could be synced with your main PC for a wonderful, personalized knowledgebase. Then think about just how useful all that reading time could really become for you. Yeah, I know, I know. But, I can dream, can't I?? |
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10-18-2006, 04:36 AM | #21 |
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Gizmodo covers it too (with cool graphics of Pogue and Mossberg).
Mossberg says that the Reader is a good start, but recommends that the ebook fans (they actually exist?) wait for a better version. Pogue gives props to the older style reading mechanisms, you know, books. – Travis Hudson |
10-18-2006, 11:12 AM | #22 |
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I found the "paraphrase" of their findings particularly amusing.
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If you mean amusing as in a "reminder why I don't read gizmodo", I agree.
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10-18-2006, 11:56 AM | #24 |
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No, I meant that the phrase "blows goats" struck me as funny.
But then, I'm easily amused. I can see where you might interpret it that way though, LG. |
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Mossberg and the iLiad, eventually
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Well, of course it's only for a select market. It's a pricey investment just for the reader. And there are plenty of reasons not to buy a reader.
Some say they take their reader to the beach and stuff, but I highly doubt that the reader is sand, lemonade, dirtyfingers, etc-proof. I'm airdusting my reader once in awhile to keep it clean. I know I won't take it with me to the beach if I know that I could drop it in the sand. With a traditional book you can flap it a bit and go with it. With such an expensive device as the reader, you will never doe that.... even if the reader is only 50 bucks, you will take care of it differently than a book. |
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The Reader is DEFINITELY not for teh mases.
Tell me who reads more than 5 books per year. What percentage of USA citizens have read a book during the last year? The Reader is definitely for - geeks - nerds - misfits - people who prefer to read instead of watching television. |
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