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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