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09-29-2008, 07:35 PM
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Re: ebook hardware
Most physical books I read have no color. For me, color would only really be useful for technical journals with color illustrations.
I'm mostly concerned with eye fatigue, and for that the paper-like nature of the Kindle is what has me intrigued. But I'm also worried about portability of the format: If the Kindle tanks as a product, do I lose my investment in content? It's like having all my purchased movies on Betamax tapes.
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09-29-2008, 10:08 PM
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Re: ebook hardware
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I don't want to spend $400+ (not including the cost of the book files) to later have it worth nothing. That's why I would hope that eventually, a common format would be adopted. Or some program that could convert them. Additionally - it doesn't seem like the kindle version of books are that much cheaper than the physical book. Which leads me in another line of thought. How much of the $8 for a paperback goes for what? I mean $8? I've seen some pretty thick books that might be worth the $8. But I've also seen some that are about a centimeter thick. I ain't paying $8 for a centimeter of thickness. Halfprice books/used at Amazon/yard sale - here I come! I like the look of the sony read. I don't like the two big buttons on the left side of the kindle. I have a feeling I'd accidentally change pages A LOT. but you need the keyboard for the kindle's wireless stuff. What might be cool is if they eventually included a palm pilot style writing system later on. The sony is also giving away the 100 classic books - probably in an effort to counter the other options (wireless, wikipedia, etc) that the Kindle has.
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09-30-2008, 12:59 AM
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Re: ebook hardware
The current technology doesn't have a white background. The background is actually a light gray, but it isn't white (especially not in less-than-sunny-lighting).
Having color would be a big plus for me since I will probably own one of these devices in the future and use it to read all the various documents and PDFs. Having black "ink" on a white background and still have some color pie charts (or whatnot) while preserving the battery life would be ideal. Quote:
Basically anything that's considered a "classic" and printed before 1950 can be found there in electronic book format.
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09-30-2008, 05:48 AM
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http://books.google.com/
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10-07-2008, 11:19 PM
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Re: ebook hardware
While reading a newsgroup for an ancient DB I use, I came across a question about how to convert output from the guy's program for reading on a Kindle, and this answer was supplied, for converting from PDF to Kindle:
http://www.mobileread.com/forums/sho...d.php?p=159387 One can then jump to the main page of that site, which covers all things ebook: http://www.mobileread.com/
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