Giles wrote:
On Jan 6, 11:44 pm, georgecleveland wrote:
On Wed, 5 Jan 2011 19:22:02 -0800 (PST), Giles
wrote:

THIS is what comes of having a family! I do not recommend it. :
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*snippage*

giles
who, like he ain't already got enough to do!
Cool. I looked at my first e-reader this holiday past and I too have
to admit that I was impressed. I downloaded books into my Palm Z22 for
years and when you had the auto scrolll set right it wasn't a bad way
to read books. But the Nook I looked at had fantastic resolution on
the print in comparison. I am considering a purchase.

Geo. C.

I used a Sony hend-held for several years. It was way cool to be able
to download books and carry them around in my pocket. But after the
inital buzz wore off, honest evaluation set in. It was a very tedious
way to read for many reasons.

The Kindle (and others of its ilk, I assume) is a vast improvement.
First and foremost, it looks and feels and reads much like a book.
This is crucially important.

However, I've already noted some things I'd change. First, a book
should open to two facing pages. Anything else is just not right.
And I'm not crazy about moving about from page to page by pushing a
button. I'd much rather "flip" the pages by swiping them with a
fingertip.
I-Pad does all the above BUT at a price...


And then there is the matter of pagination. A "page" on
the Kindle is whatever will fit on the screen in the given space at a
given type size. Which is to say that it can change (easily) in any
book. Books shouldn't do that (well, yeah, they should.....but they
never have.....it's weird.) It is probably this malleability that
lies behind the fact that pages are not numbered (except, perhaps, in
PDF files.....I haven't looked at any of those yet. This doesn't feel
right, either. To be sure, the Kindle has a way of tracking where you
are, and makes it easy to return there if you want to.....but it just
isn't the same as having honest and immutable pages.

And one needs to have several sizes for different reading situations
and evironments. Color graphics would also be good.....at least for
some applications.....field guides, for instance.

All that said (and there's more) I still like it.

Gotta go read now.

Wolfgang


For a free reader that works pretty well grab a copy of yBook.

http://www.spacejock.com/yBook.html

Works pretty well, handles a lot of formats, and many customizable
items. Drawback is that it only runs on a computer so isn't real
portable like the E-readers.


--
Steve W.