04-22-2010, 08:47 PM | #1 |
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Interesting Article On Gizmodo about Ebook Readers
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04-22-2010, 09:33 PM | #2 |
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Interesting article.
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04-28-2010, 07:50 AM | #3 |
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Interesting article
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04-28-2010, 10:10 AM | #4 |
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It's nice to see a reasoned and obviously researched discussion of e-readers. No complaints at all about not smelling like a book, etc.
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04-28-2010, 03:19 PM | #5 |
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My word - I am not sure how to handle an article by an intelligent, literate author with no axe to grind.
Recommended reading. Robert |
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04-28-2010, 06:11 PM | #6 |
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Thanks for the link, indeed interesting.
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05-23-2010, 10:42 AM | #7 |
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A thoughtful article, indeed. Thank you, JoeC, for the link.
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05-23-2010, 11:45 AM | #8 |
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It was interesting, even though I didn’t agree with a number of his conclusions.
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05-23-2010, 12:48 PM | #9 |
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The author's perspective very interesting. I prefer to become immersed in a book's world, so I don't share his desire to have 10,000 other readers a click away. However, he did broaden my thinking about ebooks.
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It's OK but too much focused at the end on social networks, at least for me. I'm still crying about underlined text and dog-eared books.
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05-23-2010, 05:25 PM | #11 |
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He makes excellent points about typography. Personally, I don't like right-justified text and would be delighted to de-justify everything.
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05-24-2010, 06:05 PM | #12 |
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Thanks for the article
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I particularly enjoyed this part....
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05-25-2010, 02:24 PM | #14 |
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It was a fine article, and whether the changes mentioned appeal to any one of us individually, it is certainly true that ebooks are thought of as just an extension of print, then they're going to be limited.
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05-26-2010, 05:33 AM | #15 |
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Some great thoughts, especially in the comments area...
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