Re: [Nolug] E- Readers

Bah!

They'll *never* be cheap enough and durable enough to survive the
drop test, and they'll never have The One Vital Quality: annotation.
  How do you effectively study without highlighting important
passages, adding margin notes, etc.

Then there's "flipping between two pages" or even laying two books
side by side to compare them.

Books are just too damned useful. And the Evil Rights Holder can't
pull an Amazon and erase a physical book from your library.

On 2010-04-10 13:58, Michael Jeter wrote:
> The paper will mention cost as a restriction, but mention that as the
> products become more popular, they should become more affordable. The
> paper will become part of my thesis, and suppose a time when student
> textbooks, particularly Freshman Composition readers, will exist on
> computers and e-readers.
>
> On 4/10/10, Ron Johnson <ron.l.johnson@cox.net> wrote:
>> Especially when they are so darned expensive. It's the old drop test.
>>
>> On 2010-04-10 13:00, Petri Laihonen wrote:
>>> Overall, I think the situation with eReaders are pretty much the same as
>>> with MP3 players.
>>> There are devices to listen music, and there are software for desktop
>>> computers to do the same.
>>>
>>> As for reading anything with an eReader device, I have not even remotely
>>> considered a such event. If someone gives me one, and the usage is free,
>>> then maybe. I see no need to buy one.
>>>
>>> P
>>>
>>> On Sat, Apr 10, 2010 at 12:48 PM, Michael Jeter <
>>> michael.damian.jeter@gmail.com> wrote:
>>>
>>>> Actually, as I am doing a paper on E-Readers, and I know about the
>>>> major players - kindle, iPad, Nook, and I see downloads of e-reader
>>>> software from Barnes & Noble and Amazon for Windows and Mac machines,
>>>> I wanted to know about all versions of e - readers and to include a
>>>> mention of Linux in my work.
>>>>
>>>> Thanks for your help.
>>>>
>>>> On 4/10/10, Chris Jones <techmaster@gmail.com> wrote:
>>>>> Then it wouldn't be a device, it would be software. You're wanting the
>>>>> linux equivalent to adobe reader.
>>>>>
>>>>> On Apr 10, 2010 7:09 AM, "Michael Jeter" <michael.damian.jeter@gmail.com
>>>>>
>>>>> wrote:
>>>>>
>>>>> What I mean is an e-reader, a device for downloading and reading
>>>>> books, that runs off of linux, perhaps a reader that I could d/l to my
>>>>> computer.
>>>>>
>>>>> Thanks for your response.
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>> On 4/9/10, general.reikan@gmail.com <general.reikan@gmail.com> wrote:
>>>>>> Do you mean an e-reader for...
>>>>>> On Apr 9, 2010 4:46 PM, Michael Jeter
>>>>>> &lt;michael.damian.jeter@gmail.com<lt%3Bmichael.damian.jeter@gmail.com>
>>>> <lt%3Bmichael.damian.jeter@gmail.com<lt%253Bmichael.damian.jeter@gmail.com>
>>>>> &gt;
>>>>>
>>>>>> wrote:
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Does anyone know of, has anyone heard of E - Readers such as Kindle for
>>>>>> Linux?
>>>>>>

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