Wednesday, July 25, 2012

After Nook Simple Touch With GlowLight: Six Things Ereaders Could Still Use

PC mag reporting:
The Nook Simple Touch with GlowLight has lit up the world of e-ink. Simple, dedicated ereaders, with their subtle, paper-like pages offer an immersive reading experience that's not diluted by a peek at email or a Google search that goes down a rabbit hole.
Although the GlowLight has eliminated the need for ugly, clip-on light sources to read in dark bedrooms or dim airplanes, there are a few items still on the wishlists of ereading aficionados:
1. Standardized book formats
Ereaders function with different formats. Kindle models are on the Mobi platform while Nook, Kobo, and Sony models work on ePub and never the twain shall meet (without some assistance, anyway).
2. Ownership of the book
When you buy a book, you're purchasing the actual book. When you download an ebook, you're licensing the content, meaning that unless a publisher specifically allows for it, lending is not possible for books. Neither is simply transferring the download from one device you own to another, even if they both use the same ebook format.
3. Color eink....
http://www.pcmag.com/article2/0,2817,2403588,00.asp 

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