What's inside the evrit reader?

[Amichai Rotman]

How about the Nokia N770 Internet Tablet + FBReader  as an e-book reader?

It runs Linux and is very comfortable, although it's a smaller LCD screen...

FBReader has Hebrew support, but I wonder how do I get Hebrew e-books to use
on it....?

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Amichai Rotman

Registered Linux User#: 201192 [http://counter.li.org/]
Registered Ubuntu User #12851 [http://ubuntucounter.geekosophical.net]

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On Sun, May 30, 2010 at 18:38, sammy ominsky <s at avoidant.org> wrote:

> On 30/05/2010, at 16:54, geoffrey mendelson wrote:
>
> > As a disabled person, I really like the idea that a library can rent
> number of digital copies of books, and lend them out over the internet with
> DRM set to self destruct in 2 weeks. That way someone can check them out and
> not bother to return them, at the end of two weeks, they can lend them out
> again.
>
> This is an excellent idea.  I wonder why nobody's doing it?
>
>
> > That's why I used a frowny. I expect they will bomb and Steimatsky will
> be selling them on close out to get rid of them. They will definately lower
> the price to get people to buy their overpriced books.
>
> At which point the frowny face becomes a smiley.  The fact that this device
> HAS DRM doesn't mean it *REQUIRES* DRM.  I have many many ebooks, and a
> dedicated reader on clearance that reads the books I already have or may get
> in the future by channels other than the official one, would be a wonderful
> thing!  Currently I read ebooks on my iPhone with Stanza, and it's extremely
> usable, but not ideal.  A trade- or regular paperback sized eink reader
> would be perfect.
>
>
>
> > Nook... thing that will be missing is Hebrew and I'm sure someone will
> figure out how to include it.
>
> It's running Android, and has already been rooted, so I suspect Hebrew's no
> problem.
>
>
> > As for libraries, Israel suffers because Andrew Carnegie was neither a
> Jew nor a zionist, though only a librarian from the US is likely to
> understand the comment.
>
> Or Enoch Pratt in Maryland :)
>
> --sambo
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