Comments on: Now Available: iPhone iSilo

By: eric morgan

eric morgan — Wed, 08 Oct 2008 02:57:22 +0000

Can you please give me a phone # so I can get verbal help getting & setting isilo for my iPhone.
I’ve been waiting for this sense iPhone came out to run a program I need. I thank u for your help1-773-858-4832 please help

By: David Rothman

David Rothman — Mon, 25 Aug 2008 13:26:20 +0000

Stanza is tentatively expected to cost $15 when out of beta. I think that’ll be worth it—to keep Lexcycle.com sustainable. If you’re a serious reader of books, then the $15 should still be low enough even if you lack an MD after your name. Perhaps in the future Lexcycle can release Stanza in an ad-supported version or some foundation can fund it. I’d love for the latter to happen. For now, however, Marc and colleagues need to plan ahead and arrange to pay for development.

Thanks,
David

By: Chris Meadows

Chris Meadows — Mon, 25 Aug 2008 12:18:31 +0000

Now that’s funny. When I saw the price on the store, my first reaction was relief that it wasn’t $20 like other platforms’ versions. I suppose everything is relative.

I’m not so sure I’d call it “primitive” either. It has pretty good document compression, and I haven’t seen any other e-book format in wide use with such good support for tables. Just because most e-publishers don’t use it anymore doesn’t mean it’s not worthwhile.

By: pstjmack

pstjmack — Mon, 25 Aug 2008 10:07:31 +0000

It’s just been released – at $9.99. At that kind of price, doctors and lawyers are likely the only ones who’ll want to shell out so much for a primitive reader of an antiquated document format. I’m sure everyone else will be waiting for Stanza or some other reader to extend support to iSilo documents. Overcharging a tiny audience *really* makes sense if you want to have your platform widely adopted …