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Lack of Software Makes iPhone Ebook Reading Primitive

Lack of Software Makes iPhone Ebook Reading Primitive

Last Friday, the innovative iPhone went on sale. Since its announcement in January, I’ve been vacillating back and forth debating whether I would purchase one or not. However, on Friday evening, we decided to hop over to the Apple Store to see what they looked like. There was no line and there was plenty of(…)

REVIEW:  Review of the Sony Reader

REVIEW: Review of the Sony Reader

Let me state my opinion right up front so you don’t have to slog through the pictures or the features if you aren’t interested. This device is for readers who are technologically savvy and want the best screen available for reading. For the others, I would suggest getting Ebookwise or a PDA for now. There(…)

Good Things Come to Those Who Wait

This past week, Sony sent an email letting everyone know that its e ink reader is ready to ship. It’s now backordered, but it was ready to ship. E ink devices work kind of like sophisticated magna doodle boards. (In an unrelated riff, I had a MDB on my dorm room door in college. It(…)

REVIEW: Greatness of Gowerpoint µBook

I think someone at the IPAQ forums (now Mobility Today) turned me onto Gowerpoint  µBook reader (pronounced microreader) when I purchased my IPAQ in 2004. Now I wonder how I ever lived without it. Gowerpoint  µBook gives the reader control over the look and feel of the ebook. The importance of this was driven home(…)

REVIEW: Ebook Weekly: Desktop Ereading Programs

Last week, I addressed what formats were commonly sold by epublishers. One of the commenters noted last week that she tried html format but it didn’t have any of the advantages of the other software such as bookmarking, annotations, library, etc. It is a true that reading an html file with a browser program like(…)

REVIEW: Ebook Weekly: PRC, PDB, IMP, LIT. Double U Tee Eff – What Do All These Letters Mean?

The question I often see around message boards is which format should I buy. Most publishers/ebook stores will offer at least 2, if not 6 or 7 different formats. For a novice ereader or even one who has been reading ebooks for a few years, this is problematic. There are lots of different formats. You(…)