Comments on: Tools of Change Twitter tidbits http://www.teleread.com/ebooks/tools-of-change-twitter-tidbits/ News & views on e-books, libraries, publishing and related topics Tue, 14 Feb 2012 18:09:50 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 By: Bill Janssen http://www.teleread.com/ebooks/tools-of-change-twitter-tidbits/comment-page-1/#comment-1011720 Bill Janssen Wed, 11 Feb 2009 19:20:34 +0000 http://www.teleread.org/?p=16794#comment-1011720 <i>Panelist Russell Wilcox from E-Ink also promised that the speed of e-ink was increasing at the rate of Moore’s Law.</i> That's interesting. I hadn't realized that rendering speed is the bottleneck; I thought the reason they were slow was to conserve battery. Changing 2008-technology E-Ink screens fast takes higher voltage and more power per page-turn. Panelist Russell Wilcox from E-Ink also promised that the speed of e-ink was increasing at the rate of Moore’s Law.

That’s interesting. I hadn’t realized that rendering speed is the bottleneck; I thought the reason they were slow was to conserve battery. Changing 2008-technology E-Ink screens fast takes higher voltage and more power per page-turn.

]]> By: Gary Frost http://www.teleread.com/ebooks/tools-of-change-twitter-tidbits/comment-page-1/#comment-1011606 Gary Frost Wed, 11 Feb 2009 09:27:20 +0000 http://www.teleread.org/?p=16794#comment-1011606 The e-book/p-book terminology needs an up-date. All books are e-books now. Differences remain between paper (p-book) and screen (s-book) books. The e-book/p-book terminology needs an up-date. All books are e-books now. Differences remain between paper (p-book) and screen (s-book) books.

]]> By: Dan McGirt http://www.teleread.com/ebooks/tools-of-change-twitter-tidbits/comment-page-1/#comment-1011532 Dan McGirt Wed, 11 Feb 2009 02:56:56 +0000 http://www.teleread.org/?p=16794#comment-1011532 Someone tweeted your article and I followed the link, only to see my own smartass tweet from earlier today as the lead ...I feel this is the digital equivalent of photocopying a mirror ... Enjoyed the post! Someone tweeted your article and I followed the link, only to see my own smartass tweet from earlier today as the lead …I feel this is the digital equivalent of photocopying a mirror … Enjoyed the post!

]]> By: Chris Meadows http://www.teleread.com/ebooks/tools-of-change-twitter-tidbits/comment-page-1/#comment-1011507 Chris Meadows Wed, 11 Feb 2009 01:52:26 +0000 http://www.teleread.org/?p=16794#comment-1011507 OK, I fixed it. Silly me, I was just going by what Bezos said. :P OK, I fixed it. Silly me, I was just going by what Bezos said. :P

]]> By: Mary Murrell http://www.teleread.com/ebooks/tools-of-change-twitter-tidbits/comment-page-1/#comment-1011503 Mary Murrell Wed, 11 Feb 2009 01:24:24 +0000 http://www.teleread.org/?p=16794#comment-1011503 Your statistic about Amazon e-book sales is, I believe, misleading. The correct figure is 10% of those books that Amazon is selling in both print and e-book form. That's a much smaller figure than 10% of all book sales. See http://www.mediabistro.com/galleycat/publishing/clarifying_amazon_kindle_sales_figures_108164.asp Your statistic about Amazon e-book sales is, I believe, misleading.

The correct figure is 10% of those books that Amazon is selling in both print and e-book form. That’s a much smaller figure than 10% of all book sales.

See http://www.mediabistro.com/galleycat/publishing/clarifying_amazon_kindle_sales_figures_108164.asp

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