Yet another new eBook reader

[ksmith]

Someone has taken the iPod approach, with colors and such.

IMO, the "direct publishing" aspect will just fill the thing with junk--I'm sorry, but the need for editing will never go away--but it looks cooler than other devices. Still too expensive, but given how quickly the inventor went from conception to market, new iterations are right around the corner.

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[silvergryphyn.livejournal.com]

I'm quite interested in an ebook reader so I keep an eye out. None have quite gotten it right for me yet but here's a great article by David Pogue on this particular one. I think they started well but jumped in a bit too fast.

http://www.nytimes.com/2009/05/28/technology/personaltech/28pogue.html

[kristine-smith.livejournal.com]

I just find it interesting that this came from a wannabe writer who grew frustrated with the process of getting an agent/getting his stuff read. Like that's the next logical step--I can't sell my stuff, so I'll invent a platform for it.

I still have not jumped into the e-reader pool. Maybe when book clubs start giving them away with new memberships...and commitments to buy 500 books.

[silvergryphyn.livejournal.com]

That was interesting. At least it was a more productive response than some (and I'm all more aware these days of some of the other possible responses from reading jmeadows LJ blog). :)

I'm still waiting as well. I really like the concept, particularly for traveling (it's hard to fit 8 paperbacks for a week or so in my bag) but I'm unconvinced that I like any of the implementations well enough to drop the bucks yet. So I wait and hope for a waterproof version that I can use in the bath as well!

~Sarah

[(Anonymous)]

The new Palm Pre has a book reader app that is free to use, & you buy the books directly on your phone. The font is easy to read holding the phone the traditional way, but you can turn it sideways if you want to enlarge the font.

[kristine-smith.livejournal.com]

Do Palms work with Macs?