<div dir="ltr">Of course the analogue hole is simpler to utilize for an ebook than for a physical book, as the screen is flat which makes it easier to to photograph. Connect the camera to a lego mindstorms robotic arm pressing the pagedown button, and do OCR on the resulting images and you are all set. :-)<br>
<br>I hope the above description does not make me liable for describing a DRM circumventing device (is there such a law in Israel). Just in case, I'd like to clarify that the above description is only applicable for out of copyright books that for some reason are only available in an ebook reader.<br>
<br>Cheers,<br>Dov<br><br><div class="gmail_quote">On Sun, May 30, 2010 at 10:39, Nadav Har'El <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:nyh@math.technion.ac.il">nyh@math.technion.ac.il</a>></span> wrote:<br><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="border-left: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); margin: 0pt 0pt 0pt 0.8ex; padding-left: 1ex;">
On Sun, May 30, 2010, geoffrey mendelson wrote about "Re: What's inside the evrit reader?":<br>
<div class="im">> Since I have no idea of what books it reads, I was not sure the bundle<br>
> was needed, or I could just use it to read books I already have, or<br>
> can download for free.<br>
<br>
</div>What worries me more about what existing books it can read is - what future<br>
devices will be able to read the books I buy from them now. Unfortunately,<br>
from past experience, the answer is probably *none*.<br>
<br>
This would have been fine if they treated - and priced - the books they are<br>
selling as a rental, as in a library, e.g., read any number of books you want<br>
for 300 shekels a year, or read a book for 5 shekels, or whatever. I honestly<br>
don't understand why they don't do this! But this is not how they are treating<br>
it - the article says the ebooks will cost 50% off the printed book's "catalog<br>
price" - the price that nobody pays anyway. Which usually means at least 44<br>
shekels to read a book once, and not being able to keep it later (when<br>
technology changes).<br>
<br>
When all the printed books I buy come at discount between 30% (through some<br>
tlushim I have for Steimatski) up to 70% discount (during one of those "4 for<br>
100" kind of specials), a 50% discount is ridiculous. I'd rather buy the<br>
physical book, which I or my children will be able to read again in 10 or 20<br>
years (or, if I want, I can resell or even donate or whatever).<br>
<br>
Nadav.<br>
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