Comments on: Ebook Readers for 2007

By: Reading eBooks - John Baker’s Blog

Reading eBooks - John Baker’s Blog — Sun, 13 Jan 2008 19:28:23 +0000

[...] reading, reviewsAdditional Tags: books, computers, ebooks, reading There is a short article on the Dear Author site about some of the eBook Readers we can expect to see in the coming months. The post also has a [...]

By: Dear Author.Com | I’m Exhausted and Need Your Help

Dear Author.Com | I’m Exhausted and Need Your Help — Sun, 06 May 2007 10:02:01 +0000

[...] new to say. DRM is bad. New York needs to do a better job getting their books digitized. There is no perfect ebook [...]

By: How to get free books, totally legally, honest guv

How to get free books, totally legally, honest guv — Sun, 18 Mar 2007 22:33:59 +0000

[...] I’ve saved using a combination of it and Gutenberg more than makes up for it. And with other readers potentially on the way, things are looking up for this nice way of getting ahold of cheap [...]

By: NatCh

NatCh — Mon, 08 Jan 2007 20:06:37 +0000

[quote comment="16395"]I keep wondering if the answer here is just to get a good PDA and forget the dedicated ebook readers?[/quote]

If that works for you, you should definitely go for it.

Personally, I find the larger screen, and reduced eyestrain that I get with e-ink to be a much better solution, and since it’s not that hard to get the things I want to read in RTF format …. (shrug)

By: Nancy N.

Nancy N. — Wed, 03 Jan 2007 02:56:05 +0000

Cybook warning: I purchased a Cybook in June 2006. The Cybook ships from France and I live in the United States. As soon as I received the Cybook/package I noticed the Cybook had a large crack down the middle of the screen. I contacted the company the same day. After exchanging several emails with the company and offering to email or mail pictures of the box and/or Cybook, they told me to return it to France for repair or replacement. Assuming the company would reimburse me for the return shipment, I paid more than $60.00 to ship it back to France. Eventually, I received the orignal Cybook’s replacement. At that point I asked to be reimbursed for the cost of most, or all of the money for the return shipment of the damaged product. The company avoided responding to my requests for reimbursement although they responded to questions regarding Cybook problems I made in the same emails. I have also had various other problems with the Cybook and would not recomend it. It is definitely not worth the very expensive cost (etc.).

By: Danielle

Danielle — Sun, 31 Dec 2006 02:13:18 +0000

I purchased a eReader from eBookwise.com a sister company of Fictionwise.com. I’ve just been buying my books from eBookwise because i know the format will be correct. I am not computer savvy.

By: Jane

Jane — Thu, 28 Dec 2006 15:51:10 +0000

Amazon used to carry ms lit and adobe ebooks. This was sourced through Ingram’s digital division, Lightning Source. When Amazon bought Mobipocket, it stopped carrying all those other formats and stopped using Lightning Source as its delivery service for ebooks. If you want to buy an ebook, the link from Amazon takes you directly to Mobipocket.

When I mean sourced, Lightning Source actually stores the digital files on their servers and when you download a book from them, the download comes from a lightning source link. This is true for Fictionwise and other etailers.

By: Michael Jahn

Michael Jahn — Thu, 28 Dec 2006 15:46:46 +0000

When I read this – I was confused — “Amazon currently sells ebooks only through the Mobipocket store thereby circumventing digital warehouser, Lightning Source.”

Does Lightning Souce wearhouse digital files for Amazon – ? I would think think Amazon might use Lightning Sources parent – Ingram – to warehouse physical books, but would be shocked to learn that they would be managing the Amazon web site and the eBook portion of their business.

By: Candy

Candy — Wed, 27 Dec 2006 23:22:36 +0000

I just wanted to comment on the Bookeen reader you showed. I currently own a Cybook and love it, but I really like the look of the Generation 2 reader they show on their web site (above the one you reference) It has a little bit bigger screen size (which apeals to me as I read everything in a very large font) and you should see all of the ebook reader software that comes on it – every major one is listed I think. I would love to know their asking price, because you only have to order 5 of them instead of 200. Here is the link to it. http://www.bookeen.com/Design/ebook-reading-device.aspx?selectionm=2.

PS: I have really enjoyed your web site since I followed a link from the another site.

By: LinM

LinM — Tue, 26 Dec 2006 14:49:21 +0000

Once again a 5 minute visit to DearAuthor ends up taking several hours. I’ve now:
a) started a want list for my next ebook reader (Sony doesn’t come close).
b) discovered that Gowerpoint’s µbook lite is not ready for prime time on the palm TX (the orange logo screen of death is imprinted on my eyeballs).
c) installed FBReader on my linux laptop – I’ve decided that this is a keeper.

Thanks for an informative, thought-provoking site. Just WOW!

By: TeddyPig

TeddyPig — Mon, 25 Dec 2006 17:22:50 +0000

I keep wondering if the answer here is just to get a good PDA and forget the dedicated ebook readers?

It’s more expensive but it seems to make sense since you can do more to keep it up to date and usable due to the lack of standard file types.

By: Tilly Greene

Tilly Greene — Sun, 24 Dec 2006 17:39:48 +0000

You guys are the best! May 2007 be a fabulous year for you and yours, and I’ll continue to come over, read some great reviews and find out what’s happening in the ebiz – hopefully there will be a perfect reader coming out soon!