http://www.teleread.com/ebooks/e-books-on-wifi-enabled-gizmos-wegs/ News & views on e-books, libraries, publishing and related topics Tue, 14 Feb 2012 20:30:11 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 http://www.teleread.com/ebooks/e-books-on-wifi-enabled-gizmos-wegs/comment-page-1/#comment-591164 David Rothman Thu, 25 Oct 2007 14:49:58 +0000 http://www.teleread.org/blog/?p=7351#comment-591164 Garson, thanks for the note. Generally the term "E-Book Museum" refers to an approach under which people can view books online--as if looking through the glass at museum exhibits--but cannot download them. However, yes, in the past, I proposed the idea of an e-book museum to show off old gadgets. Let me see if I can't change the link when I'm off deadline on some other matters. Thanks. David Garson, thanks for the note. Generally the term “E-Book Museum” refers to an approach under which people can view books online–as if looking through the glass at museum exhibits–but cannot download them. However, yes, in the past, I proposed the idea of an e-book museum to show off old gadgets. Let me see if I can’t change the link when I’m off deadline on some other matters. Thanks. David

]]> http://www.teleread.com/ebooks/e-books-on-wifi-enabled-gizmos-wegs/comment-page-1/#comment-591119 Garson O'Toole Thu, 25 Oct 2007 14:08:55 +0000 http://www.teleread.org/blog/?p=7351#comment-591119 This post mentions an "E-Book Museum approach" and contains a link with that label. Unfortunately, the link will probably be confusing and misleading to some readers. The link leads to a Google search and the first result in the Google list is a Slashdot article that refers back to TeleRead. The diligent mouse clicker that comes back to TeleRead will find an article about an “E-Book Museum” that contains old hardware such as the Rocketbook. I do not think that this provides the proper semantics. Perhaps TeleRead should have a collection of definitions or descriptions for common terms. Then a link can point to the appropriate definition. This post mentions an “E-Book Museum approach” and contains a link with that label. Unfortunately, the link will probably be confusing and misleading to some readers. The link leads to a Google search and the first result in the Google list is a Slashdot article that refers back to TeleRead. The diligent mouse clicker that comes back to TeleRead will find an article about an “E-Book Museum” that contains old hardware such as the Rocketbook. I do not think that this provides the proper semantics. Perhaps TeleRead should have a collection of definitions or descriptions for common terms. Then a link can point to the appropriate definition.

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