E-books, and wy they are so expensive?

[bojan]

Interesting reading....
http://news.cnet.com/8301-1023_3-574...h/?tag=nl.e404

[iceman (Mike)]

Interesting article.

There's some stuff I still prefer in hardcopy (some magazines) but I'm an e-book convert, reading them on my Kindle for iPad. Even my wife who was a paper book tragic, is now a convert and uses her Kindle all the time.

The convenience, the instant gratification, the storing of multiple books on one device, etc - all great features of e-Books and ebook readers.

Reading outside on an iPad is still difficult with the reflections - that's really my only problem with them. But of course you can do so much more with an iPad than just read books, so I put up with it.

[acropolite (Phil)]

I've been an eBook convert for a while now, the thing I find frustrating is that readily available eBook titles that are available OS often can't be purchased here dur to Publishing arrangements, on more than one occasion I've been forced to buy a hard copy. One nice feature of the Kobo reader that I use on my Ipad is that they also have a PC reader which will pick up the book where you last left off and vive versa, so you aren't stuck with reading on the one device.

[iceman (Mike)]

Originally Posted by acropolite

One nice feature of the Kobo reader that I use on my Ipad is that they also have a PC reader which will pick up the book where you last left off and vive versa, so you aren't stuck with reading on the one device.

The kindle reader does that too, even between iPad, iPhone, PC and actual Kindle device.

Very handy if you need it, though I wouldn't read a book on my iPhone.

[acropolite (Phil)]

http://www.alibaba.com/product-gs/27...r_360_240.html Listed as an eReader, this device is pretty basic but I'd imagine that in a few years we should be able to buy specs with inbuilt eReaders wouldn't that be the go.

[AdrianF (Adrian)]

Originally Posted by iceman

Very handy if you need it, though I wouldn't read a book on my iPhone.

Have eBooks on my iPhone now need new glasses. Downloaded some free classics from the Guttenburg collection. Good stuff but transferred to my laptop to read.

Adrian

[sheeny (Al)]

I wish someone would come out with a technical ebook reader... I have a lot of technical ebooks, engineering handbooks and the like. I thought they'd be handy to be able to have a lot of reference material on hand without havign to cart a lot of actual books with me, but current ebook reader technology leaves a lot to be desired for technical books. e.g. choice of opening book at index, contents or last page, hyperlinks from index to text, hyperlinks to referred diagrams and pictures, recently views pages list, etc. Surely it can't be that hard?

My ebook reader is mainly for reading novels these days even though that wasn't my original intention. I do like to read on an e-Ink screen though.

Al.

[Regulus (Trevor)]

That was an interesting article. Thanks

I love my ebook reader and I carry some ebooks on My Samsung Galaxy as well for reading in those moments in my day where I am waiting or just have time out.
What I had noticed, and thought it was peculiar to me, is that I do not retain information as easily from my reader of PC screen. I find it far easier from an actual book and consequently not longer by text books for my reader. If I need references from the book I can scan the relevant pages, PDF it, or convert to reader format.
It appears that it is a common problem and at some point some one will do a study on it I hope. Meanwhile these two referrals.

http://www.ebookenvy.com/what-was-that-ebook-again/

http://www.useit.com/alertbox/ipad-kindle-reading.html