Comments on: Some of us have been reading only ebooks for years http://www.tinyscreenfuls.com/2006/01/some-of-us-have-been-reading-only-ebooks-for-years/ Edge Case, Community Builder, Tinkerer, and Teacher Wed, 03 Dec 2008 02:46:30 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.6.5 By: Kevin C. Tofel http://www.tinyscreenfuls.com/2006/01/some-of-us-have-been-reading-only-ebooks-for-years/#comment-870 Kevin C. Tofel Mon, 23 Jan 2006 14:26:17 +0000 http://www.tinyscreenfuls.com/2006/01/some-of-us-have-been-reading-only-ebooks-for-years/#comment-870 I'm with you Josh: my Axim X50v is the perfect ebook device for me. Obviously, this is a personal choice and doesn't apply to everyone, however, I worked in a library for 6 years in a past life and after reading ebooks, I simply can't go back. A PDA with EVDO, WiFi or other internet connectivity gives you access to purchase books on the fly; this (along with eInk) is the big strategy by Sony...nothing really new here! I’m with you Josh: my Axim X50v is the perfect ebook device for me. Obviously, this is a personal choice and doesn’t apply to everyone, however, I worked in a library for 6 years in a past life and after reading ebooks, I simply can’t go back. A PDA with EVDO, WiFi or other internet connectivity gives you access to purchase books on the fly; this (along with eInk) is the big strategy by Sony…nothing really new here!

]]> By: adi http://www.tinyscreenfuls.com/2006/01/some-of-us-have-been-reading-only-ebooks-for-years/#comment-869 adi Mon, 23 Jan 2006 06:36:34 +0000 http://www.tinyscreenfuls.com/2006/01/some-of-us-have-been-reading-only-ebooks-for-years/#comment-869 1) Text, HTML, and PDF are supported. Some conversion to BBeB (Sony proprietary format) for some is necessary. I doubt that PDB will be supported, but you might be able to convert those to txt and then cross-convert them again. Perhaps write a shell script to automate it... 2) Reader also takes SD cards, so you don't have to buy any more memsticks if you don't want to. 1) Text, HTML, and PDF are supported. Some conversion to BBeB (Sony proprietary format) for some is necessary. I doubt that PDB will be supported, but you might be able to convert those to txt and then cross-convert them again. Perhaps write a shell script to automate it…

2) Reader also takes SD cards, so you don’t have to buy any more memsticks if you don’t want to.

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