Comments on: E-books and Online Reading

By: clie78787878

clie78787878 — Mon, 07 Dec 2009 11:19:27 +0000

There is a massive change underway in the mobile media market as it becomes unshackled from the operators’ portals that have dominated it for a decade, all without having made any significant inroads into the content use of mobile users. The new capped data packages, fuelled by further competition, will see a total revamp of the mobile media market. It will no longer be based on portals but on direct services by content and services providers via open source phones and mobile-friendly Internet-based services. The next step is the continued emergence of m-commerce and in particular m-payment services.

By: Rebecca Reid

Rebecca Reid — Fri, 13 Nov 2009 02:00:48 +0000

I can’t imagine a school with no library! But I always spent a lot of time there when I was a student….

I don’t have an e-book reader but I can imagine it’s hard to write a review — same with audiobooks for me.

By: Sylvia

Sylvia — Tue, 10 Nov 2009 01:45:23 +0000

I think your experience is a big reason why I’m not on board with readers. They are aptly named—they’re good for reading but not much else. I sense intuitively (since I don’t have one to try) that any task other than reading one page after another is going to be complicated on an e-reader. I’m glad to hear that annotating is easy. If they can figure out a way to mimic flipping through pages I would be more interested. It could never replace my library, though, because of the impermanence of electronic media.

I just had a thought. If publishing starts gearing towards e-readers with search functions, will that be the last nail in the coffin for indexes? That would be a real shame.

By: Stefanie

Stefanie — Sat, 07 Nov 2009 16:00:51 +0000

Dorothy, I will work on trying to explain why the Kindle makes writing reviews complicated. Maybe in the process I’ll figure out a way to make it easier! But it does have a lot to do with not being able to flip through the pages.

By: Dorothy W.

Dorothy W. — Fri, 06 Nov 2009 01:21:58 +0000

It’s interesting to me that when it comes to writing reviews, the Kindle makes things complicated, and I’m curious about why, although I can understand it’s hard to explain. I think I would want to flip through a book to remind me of earlier sections and to hunt down underlined parts, if I’ve underlined anything. I think I’d miss the ability to flip through pages fast and skim, if that is really not possible on a Kindle, which, the truth is, I really don’t know!