Comments on: Amazon’s Kindle and Google’s Book Thing: More eBook Readers

By: The surprise advantage of ebooks

The surprise advantage of ebooks — Mon, 01 Dec 2008 00:09:58 +0000

I purchased a Kindle last January. To my surprise and delight it became my primary medium for reading in bed. Why? Well as those of my age, pushing 60, know reading glasses have a limited focus area or range. To read a book I either had to sit or prop myself up in bed with a pillow or two behind my head. Any other position you have to constantly adjust a book to keep it in focus and the heavier or larger it is the more awkward it becomes.

With the Kindle I can read on my side, prop my head on one hand, keep the writing in the focus range of my glasses and with a flick of my thumb change a page. That’s almost as good as not having to wear glasses.

By: Animesh Singh

Animesh Singh — Sun, 05 Oct 2008 14:28:16 +0000

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By: Goundamani

Goundamani — Tue, 23 Sep 2008 09:46:06 +0000

Ada athu illa da komuti thalayaaa,

Ebooks are meant to be portable devices!

How bout carrying ur PC for a trip just to read books on the way :-)

By: eBooks are not meant to replace paper books.

eBooks are not meant to replace paper books. — Sun, 31 Aug 2008 20:50:49 +0000

I’m not sure I’d pay anything for an ebook rader, can’t most of them be read right from your pc??? So why would you pay for a reader??

By: mike

mike — Tue, 01 Jan 2008 17:19:24 +0000

What I have found that converting normal or easy text, word doc or pdf file to kindle is quite easy but if the pdf file consists of lot of images and tables the conversion process does not work properly and the whole layout of the ebook gets change. Kindle is still in experimental stage in converting the complicated pdf file to kindle format, but very recently I came across one website which provide ebook conversion service along with kindle ebook conversion at very affordable rates, mostly for the PDF ebook which consists of tables and images which are quite tough to convert them to ebook format such as mobipocket, kindle or MS reader, but I have found that the above ebook conversion company converts these type of ebooks in more profession and efficient way at very reasonable rate.

By: brandy

brandy — Sat, 24 Nov 2007 16:11:53 +0000

It’s $399 not $500.

By: Nick

Nick — Tue, 20 Nov 2007 02:30:07 +0000

The Sony Reader and Amazon Kindle are relatively comparable on most levels. The Reader is cheaper and it doesn’t charge you for RSS feeds, but some people can just pay for stuff like that. The specs are laid out here:

http://comparati.com/1125-Amazon-Kindle-vs-Sony-Reader

But… The major differentiators are (and these are very big deals):

1) The Kindle has EV-DO internet.

2) The Kindle has 4x the titles to choose from.

You just can’t argue with those two facts. That’s why the Sony Reader was a dud and the Kindle will pave the way for success in this market.

By: K.L. Nappier

K.L. Nappier — Sat, 08 Sep 2007 19:20:45 +0000

The Sony Reader really is a sexy beast, I agree. But it’s a little too rich for my blood. Until the price begins to drop, I’m happy with my 1150.

By: K.L. Nappier

K.L. Nappier — Sat, 08 Sep 2007 19:17:26 +0000

But why must it be an either/or situation? Sure, I’m sold on my e-reader, but that doesn’t mean I’ve become a paperback hater. I have a collection of hard copies I won’t part with and it will keep building.
I’ve watched as this topic has become an Us Versus Them controversy all over the web. What is up with that? An e-reader is just one more option for the avid reader, nothing more, nothing less. Plenty of room in the world for paperback, ebook, audiobook -what have you- and it’ll be that way for many, many years to come.

By: David Mackey

David Mackey — Sat, 08 Sep 2007 02:39:32 +0000

A friend of mine has the Sony ebook reader. I was amazed. I’m not a big fan of ebook readers – but the display is so soft on your eyes. By contrast, that photo looks pretty bad above. I think Sony has the display nailed down, now if only they would add the featureset.

By: K.L. Nappier

K.L. Nappier — Thu, 06 Sep 2007 19:34:27 +0000

John, have I got the e-reader for you. Disclaimer first: I’m a published author in both ebook and paperback. But I am NOT an e-reader sales person. Just a convert (who once thought she never would be) and a true believer.

The Ebookwise 1150 reading device (formerly the Gemstar 1150) is a terrific, basic e-reader, if you don’t mind living without the bells and whistles of Sony and its pricey ilk. Granted, it’s not as light, sleek and sexy at the Sony Reader, but for the avid bookworm it really fits the bill: especially at about $140.00. The screen is the size of a paperback, backlit, etc. It doesn’t do PDF, unfortunately, but it’ll read HTML and accepts personal content, plus a few other things.

The link is: http://www.ebookwise.com/

I’m a serious enthusiast for e-reader technology in general; so much so that, in early October, I’ll be presenting a talk on today’s e-reader technology options at the Necronomicon Convention in Tampa. It’s a travesty that the general public hardly even knows about the technology, let alone ever laid eyes on an e-reader. It’s a technology that’s poorly and woefully under-marketed. A terrible disservice to the reading public, in my opinion. But don’t get me started on that.

At any rate, hope the info about the Ebookwise 1150 is helpful to you and your readers.

Best Regards ~Kathy

By: Travis

Travis — Thu, 06 Sep 2007 15:13:15 +0000

Why do we need these things? I know I get so eye strained from looking at a computer screen all day that sometimes it is nice to relac with a paper book and be low tech for a few hours. Part of the fun of reading is having a real object in you hand that you can pass back and forth between friends and family – not a data packet you download to you monocolor craptastic screen and try to read. Paper books forever FTW!