tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6413407.post395976341774025848..comments2023-11-02T01:51:25.812-07:00Comments on Confessions of a Cafe Writer: Reading on a tablet PCCliffordhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07981816941459227266noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6413407.post-85515813099120751752006-12-29T14:55:00.000-08:002006-12-29T14:55:00.000-08:00I agree on getting used to screen size. I read a c...I agree on getting used to screen size. I read a couple of e-books on my first iPod, which had a monochromatic screen. The video iPods offer a better display.<br /><br />You run into some content problems even with books on tape or digital audio. Bestsellers you can usually get but there are a lot of midlist things I'd like to be able get for my pod that just aren't available.<br /><br />My ideal would be something a little bigger like the Sony reader that would accept a variety of formats like iPods will if you're lucky enough to find iPod Library. Or even if you could convert .pdfs readily then there would be lots of free, legal content. <br /><br />I've read some things on my laptop but it's a bit too big for comfortable reading for me.Sidneyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16284680909152676159noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6413407.post-78342386923512792822006-12-29T00:28:00.000-08:002006-12-29T00:28:00.000-08:00Sid,
While reading eBooks on a PDA Phone is sweet...Sid,<br /><br />While reading eBooks on a PDA Phone is sweet, there is one big problem. Books. Yeah, I can get my Stephen King fix and read a number of other best sellers, but the percentage of books that make it to the eBook format is still pretty small. Two summers ago (I think), Microsoft was promoting its free eBook reader, Microsoft Reader, by giving away a free eBook a week. The selection was pretty broad -- from Graham Masterton's "The Manitou" to a renaisance art book. There was hope in the air...but since then, Microsoft has been pretty silent on the eBook front. I wouldn't say they'd given up on it completely, but it doesn't look like they're investing very much anymore. Most people (all?) I've talked too about eBooks say "I wouldn't want to read it on a computer screen", and that's that. When I mention PDAs, most people feel the screen is too small without having even tried it. Trust me on this one, it isn't. It does take a little getting used to the fact that you're turning the page so frequently (and that your eBook novel has over 2000 'pages'), it doesn't take long. Some PDA phones include scroll wheels that make turning the pages sheer bliss. If you have any questions on eBooks, fire away (:Cliffordhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07981816941459227266noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6413407.post-57399389001417411302006-12-28T14:50:00.000-08:002006-12-28T14:50:00.000-08:00This is making me want one more and more. That loo...This is making me want one more and more. That looks much cooler than adapting things for the Notes section of my iPod, which doesn't bookmark, at least to my knowledge.<br /><br />I have some pretty cool books on the Pod, though. A couple of free Doctor Who novels the BBC put online and some Victorian era horror novles - The Beetle and The Green Mummy.Sidneyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16284680909152676159noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6413407.post-52694713296436975972006-12-28T09:32:00.000-08:002006-12-28T09:32:00.000-08:00I've actually done a fair amount of ebook reading ...I've actually done a fair amount of ebook reading on my laptop, which is not too heavy. I like the fact that for my older eyes I can enlarge the font. I have an old cell phone too so I don't have a memory card, but that might be an option to try in the future. I guess I was afraid the amount of words I could get onscreen would be prohibitive with a phone. I'll have to check out my son's cell. He has a new one with all those new fangled things like "pictures."Charles Gramlichhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02052592247572253641noreply@blogger.com