<div dir="ltr">I've read <b>lots</b> of ebooks on portable devices. I started off on my PalmIIIx, which was a bit of a pain because of the low resolution and the low contrast, continued on my Palm E2, which was great, and now I'm using FBReader on my Nokia N900, which is near perfect. One of the advantages of the latter two devices is that the screen is backlit, which is great when reading in bed. No need to turn on an extra light. The only books that are definitely not comfortable are prebroken texts, e.g. in PDF files. Note that these are often technical texts where you need to do a lot of flipping back and forth, e.g. to look up a definition. And eink is notoriously bad for such use, because of its low refresh rate. See e.g.:<br>
<br><a href="http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/businesstechnology/2011938870_kindle24.html">http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/businesstechnology/2011938870_kindle24.html</a><br><br>Thus I actually have no need for an eink device, but on the other hand nobody is selling Hebrew books that can be read on the N900, nor are they likely to ever do it. I'm also curious how it is to read a whole book on ebook device.<br>
<br>Regards,<br>Dov<br><br><br><br><div class="gmail_quote">On Mon, May 31, 2010 at 20:47, Elazar Leibovich <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:elazarl@gmail.com">elazarl@gmail.com</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;">
The main trick about the e-books that everyone seems to miss, is the<br>
e-ink technology. From my own experience, the e-reader's screen is<br>
much more comfortable to the eyes.<br>
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2010/5/31 Amichai Rotman <<a href="mailto:amichai@iglu.org.il">amichai@iglu.org.il</a>>:<br>
<div><div></div><div class="h5">> How about the Nokia N770 Internet Tablet + FBReader as an e-book reader?<br>
> It runs Linux and is very comfortable, although it's a smaller LCD screen...<br>
> FBReader has Hebrew support, but I wonder how do I get Hebrew e-books to use<br>
> on it....?<br>
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> On Sun, May 30, 2010 at 18:38, sammy ominsky <<a href="mailto:s@avoidant.org">s@avoidant.org</a>> wrote:<br>
>><br>
>> On 30/05/2010, at 16:54, geoffrey mendelson wrote:<br>
>><br>
>> > As a disabled person, I really like the idea that a library can rent<br>
>> > number of digital copies of books, and lend them out over the internet with<br>
>> > DRM set to self destruct in 2 weeks. That way someone can check them out and<br>
>> > not bother to return them, at the end of two weeks, they can lend them out<br>
>> > again.<br>
>><br>
>> This is an excellent idea. I wonder why nobody's doing it?<br>
>><br>
>><br>
>> > That's why I used a frowny. I expect they will bomb and Steimatsky will<br>
>> > be selling them on close out to get rid of them. They will definately lower<br>
>> > the price to get people to buy their overpriced books.<br>
>><br>
>> At which point the frowny face becomes a smiley. The fact that this<br>
>> device HAS DRM doesn't mean it *REQUIRES* DRM. I have many many ebooks, and<br>
>> a dedicated reader on clearance that reads the books I already have or may<br>
>> get in the future by channels other than the official one, would be a<br>
>> wonderful thing! Currently I read ebooks on my iPhone with Stanza, and it's<br>
>> extremely usable, but not ideal. A trade- or regular paperback sized eink<br>
>> reader would be perfect.<br>
>><br>
>><br>
>><br>
>> > Nook... thing that will be missing is Hebrew and I'm sure someone will<br>
>> > figure out how to include it.<br>
>><br>
>> It's running Android, and has already been rooted, so I suspect Hebrew's<br>
>> no problem.<br>
>><br>
>><br>
>> > As for libraries, Israel suffers because Andrew Carnegie was neither a<br>
>> > Jew nor a zionist, though only a librarian from the US is likely to<br>
>> > understand the comment.<br>
>><br>
>> Or Enoch Pratt in Maryland :)<br>
>><br>
>> --sambo<br>
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