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The once and future e-book: on reading in the digital age
ars technica ^ | February 1, 2009 | John Siracusa

Posted on 02/02/2009 1:00:38 PM PST by MrEdd

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61 posted on 02/05/2009 8:38:21 PM PST by neb52
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To: RikaStrom

“I love the device. With the GEBLibrarian download, a lot of different formats can be converted for use with the ebook.”

Even pdf files?


62 posted on 02/06/2009 12:05:09 AM PST by neb52
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To: Melian

“Publishers will be dealing with the same problems that newspapers are now.”

I agree. I think we will see the publishing world turned upside down. Where the author takes back control of the content and the Editor/Marketing people are hired to assist the author instead of the Publisher hiring the author.


63 posted on 02/06/2009 12:14:42 AM PST by neb52
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Even pdf files?

No, not pdf files yet. If I am not mistaken there is another program that converts pdf.

SD, can you chime in on that? I don't recall the product.

RS

64 posted on 02/06/2009 7:47:44 AM PST by RikaStrom (Bitter? Who me? Nah, I'm just clinging to my guns!)
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To: MrEdd

I’ve got a Sony eBook. For someone like me who travels amost weekly, it’s fantastic. I can go through two or three books a week, and since it supports PDF as well I can keep my reference materials on it. The screen is easy on the eyes, it’s light and compact, and a goes for between two and three weeks between battery charges.

Books, even new releases, generally cost about half of the hardcover and usually less than paperback. There are plenty of places you can get classics for no cost at all.


65 posted on 02/06/2009 7:54:24 AM PST by Doohickey (The more cynical you become, the better off you'll be.)
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Thanks for the report,...got one on the shelf that I haven’t tried yet...time to break it out.


66 posted on 02/08/2009 9:36:46 AM PST by Ernest_at_the_Beach (No Burkas for my Grandaughters!)
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