tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6034944370161032319.post88303861693261352..comments2023-05-06T05:29:31.469-04:00Comments on The Knotted Thicket: ereaders AGAINK.C. Shawhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12467201304235217944noreply@blogger.comBlogger7125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6034944370161032319.post-39215466128405853862009-02-04T08:26:00.000-05:002009-02-04T08:26:00.000-05:00It's easy to resist something that costs so much, ...It's easy to resist something that costs so much, in my case.K.C. Shawhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12467201304235217944noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6034944370161032319.post-33530743994964877292009-02-04T02:40:00.000-05:002009-02-04T02:40:00.000-05:00I'm still resisting.I'm still resisting.Cate Gardnerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05634397106201021055noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6034944370161032319.post-20110676882464973082009-02-03T21:13:00.000-05:002009-02-03T21:13:00.000-05:00Ooh, I hadn't even thought about PDF mags. Really...Ooh, I hadn't even thought about PDF mags. Really, the only thing standing between us and the perfect ereader is stupidity on the part of manufacturers (who don't seem to know what people actually want in an ereader) and publishers (who don't seem to be able to learn from the mistakes record labels made in the 90s/early 00s).K.C. Shawhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12467201304235217944noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6034944370161032319.post-8470522088412122882009-02-03T19:57:00.000-05:002009-02-03T19:57:00.000-05:00I will always want my dead trees, but I'm all for ...I will always want my dead trees, but I'm all for an ebook reader that basically fits your description. I'd snap one up in an instant, especially to read all the quality PDF mags out there.Aaron Polsonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15173267932358617304noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6034944370161032319.post-21774676865617541012009-02-03T15:02:00.000-05:002009-02-03T15:02:00.000-05:00Jamie--the Sony won't zoom PDFs, I don't know abou...Jamie--the Sony won't zoom PDFs, I don't know about the Kindle. I didn't look too hard at the Kindle because I'd already heard about all its shortcomings.<BR/><BR/>Jeremy--I'm really ready to start getting into ebooks in a big way, but there aren't any decent readers out there (at a decent price). I have some ebooks on my desktop and laptop, but I have yet to read them because I don't feel relaxed when I settle down to read on a computer. With an ereader, I could relax the same way I do with a book, I think.K.C. Shawhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12467201304235217944noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6034944370161032319.post-88019445692777125932009-02-03T14:59:00.000-05:002009-02-03T14:59:00.000-05:00I've been doing the same research, and decided tha...I've been doing the same research, and decided that $100, maybe $150, was my sweet spot for an ebook reader.<BR/><BR/>I basically decided on the Sony unit, primarily because 1. the kindle is ugly 2. the kindle has wireless but charges a fee to read blogs and 3. the kindle doesn't have native PDF support, and I get a lot of magazines in PDF. Also, I want to be able to publish my own work in some kind of portable format for a reader and not have to pipe it through a DRM'd meatgrinder.<BR/><BR/>Until that price comes down, though, I'm still waiting.Jeremy D Brookshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16014827537536982326noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6034944370161032319.post-59114974541028399612009-02-03T14:57:00.000-05:002009-02-03T14:57:00.000-05:00I couldn't have said it better. That sounds like ...I couldn't have said it better. That sounds like what I am holding out for. (I didn't know you couldn't zoom pdf on the kindle. :(Jamie Eyberghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05875759697016701358noreply@blogger.com