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<blockquote data-quote="tomBitonti" data-source="post: 6284957" data-attributes="member: 13107"><p>As an aside, now that you've told us about your idea, Janx, you can't patent it. Public disclosure, and all.</p><p></p><p>But, ebooks and paper books (and newspapers, and magazines) each definitely has their niche, and each has advantages and disadvantages.</p><p></p><p>I can have a book in my car (for days when the coffee shop didn't get, or ran out of the 'Times), and not worry about lugging around my iPad. And another by the bedside for night time reading.</p><p></p><p>I can leave a paper newspaper, or magazine, for someone else to read when I'm done.</p><p></p><p>But, with a eReader, I can easily carry around game references in a fraction of the space of the books. (Although, sharing the references at the game table still requires that I hand-over my ipad, which is a problem if I'm taking notes on it. With physical books, I can browse one book and hand off another. So slightly finer ability to share content.)</p><p></p><p>And, I can adjust font sizes and brightness to accommodate my aging, weakening, eyes.</p><p></p><p>I do think eBooks have a ways to go until the technology delivers all of its potential.</p><p></p><p>Bookmarking and indexing seem to be rather poorly implemented, and wildly different across devices, both in terms of how much functionality is there, and how the function works.</p><p></p><p>Licensing issues (a lack of a unified market; inability to share between devices) and pricing issues (price fixing and other monopoly behavior) seem to be rather in the public's face, and hindering the technology.</p><p></p><p>AdWare, in some cases, also is a huge hindrance. I cannot read the newspapers on the iPad because the ads are too intrusive. There is often a huge red banner ad quite visibly present, and jarring me out of the quiet black and white of the articles. This is a problem for the public domain ebook database and reader application that I use on the iPad. As well, the limitations built into the Newsstand application on the iPad are a case of extreme overreach, and a weakness of eBook technology, that is, that it is hostage to the technology providers.</p><p></p><p>A failure to adapt to the new technology is also a problem: We haven't quite gotten to the point of updating material to take advantage of the new format. As an example of one case where content <em>is</em> updated is a Go Book application, which imbeds games as playbacks in the text. The playback widget allows you to play through game sequences while reading text, something you can only do in print with a sequence of diagrams.</p><p></p><p>Thx!</p><p></p><p>TomB</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="tomBitonti, post: 6284957, member: 13107"] As an aside, now that you've told us about your idea, Janx, you can't patent it. Public disclosure, and all. But, ebooks and paper books (and newspapers, and magazines) each definitely has their niche, and each has advantages and disadvantages. I can have a book in my car (for days when the coffee shop didn't get, or ran out of the 'Times), and not worry about lugging around my iPad. And another by the bedside for night time reading. I can leave a paper newspaper, or magazine, for someone else to read when I'm done. But, with a eReader, I can easily carry around game references in a fraction of the space of the books. (Although, sharing the references at the game table still requires that I hand-over my ipad, which is a problem if I'm taking notes on it. With physical books, I can browse one book and hand off another. So slightly finer ability to share content.) And, I can adjust font sizes and brightness to accommodate my aging, weakening, eyes. I do think eBooks have a ways to go until the technology delivers all of its potential. Bookmarking and indexing seem to be rather poorly implemented, and wildly different across devices, both in terms of how much functionality is there, and how the function works. Licensing issues (a lack of a unified market; inability to share between devices) and pricing issues (price fixing and other monopoly behavior) seem to be rather in the public's face, and hindering the technology. AdWare, in some cases, also is a huge hindrance. I cannot read the newspapers on the iPad because the ads are too intrusive. There is often a huge red banner ad quite visibly present, and jarring me out of the quiet black and white of the articles. This is a problem for the public domain ebook database and reader application that I use on the iPad. As well, the limitations built into the Newsstand application on the iPad are a case of extreme overreach, and a weakness of eBook technology, that is, that it is hostage to the technology providers. A failure to adapt to the new technology is also a problem: We haven't quite gotten to the point of updating material to take advantage of the new format. As an example of one case where content [i]is[/i] updated is a Go Book application, which imbeds games as playbacks in the text. The playback widget allows you to play through game sequences while reading text, something you can only do in print with a sequence of diagrams. Thx! TomB [/QUOTE]
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