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eReaders and eBooks
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Written by Picky
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Tuesday, 11 January 2011 14:40 |
- Amazon with its proprietary Kindle book format and eReaders still dominates the electronic reading market
- the publishing industry as a whole expects (and is counting on) the non-proprietary ePub format used by almost all the rest of the book industry to lead to wide adoption and market dominance
- Google Books' backing of the ePub format may ensure its success
- e-Ink technology for eReaders is still the only viable method of putting text on screen that can complete with print on paper
- I've yet to meet someone who has by choice read an entire book on a back lit screen
- E-Ink's gray scale technology will probably never make a real dent in the illustrated book and graphic media market (i.e., most published material)
- the publishing world is waiting for a non-back lit, vibrant colour, fast, 7 in. screen display that is moderately priced with full web capabilities and long battery life
- when it gets here, say good bye to the book
- Chinese manufacturer Hanvon has a prototype 10 in. E-Ink colour device to be released in China this May, but it has limitations
- when the new eBook world arrives, books will cost about the same as their paper predecessors
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Last Updated on Tuesday, 11 January 2011 19:54 |
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The Reading Room -
The Discriminating Bullfrog
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Written by Picky
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Great comparative culture piece in eurozine. A Lithuanian and a Bulgarian talk "territory and identity" as seen from their parts of Europe.
 

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The Reading Room -
The Discriminating Bullfrog
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Written by Picky
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See Michael Dirda's review in The Washington Post of Robert Morrison's THE ENGLISH OPIUM-EATER, a biography of Thomas De Quincey:
"In this lucid, deeply researched biography, Robert Morrison makes plain that De Quincey wasn't just a recreational user, but truly a slave to his habit." |
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The Reading Room -
The Discriminating Bullfrog
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Written by Picky
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See John Adams review of Silverman's bio John Cage a Life in the The New York Times, Nov 19, 2010:
"What emerges most powerfully in “Begin Again” is Cage’s enormous capacity for work, together with his exceptional self-discipline as an artist (something learned from Schoenberg) and his willingness to approach every new challenge with a “beginner’s mind.” For this alone it is a book worthy of being read by anyone, young or old, who is faced with the daunting task of a new creative beginning." |
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