Comments on: Shortcovers comes to dedicated e-book devices http://www.teleread.com/paul-biba/shortcovers-comes-to-ereaders/ 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: Mike Cane http://www.teleread.com/paul-biba/shortcovers-comes-to-ereaders/comment-page-1/#comment-1144904 Mike Cane Sat, 12 Sep 2009 20:04:05 +0000 http://www.teleread.org/?p=28579#comment-1144904 There are other details. http://ebooktest.wordpress.com/2009/09/11/shortcovers-now-offers-downloadable-epub-ebooks/ Like it not yet being official. Duh. There are other details.
http://ebooktest.wordpress.com/2009/09/11/shortcovers-now-offers-downloadable-epub-ebooks/

Like it not yet being official. Duh.

]]> By: David Lomax http://www.teleread.com/paul-biba/shortcovers-comes-to-ereaders/comment-page-1/#comment-1144903 David Lomax Sat, 12 Sep 2009 19:34:58 +0000 http://www.teleread.org/?p=28579#comment-1144903 Now can we get them to charge more reasonable prices? As an examples, I can pay less than eight bucks (less than nine buck Canadian) at either Books on Board or the Sony eBook store for Neil Gaiman's Anansi Boys, or I can pay $11.89 Canadian at Shortcovers, a full two dollars higher than they even charge for the p-book. What idiot is deciding on their pricing structure? Now can we get them to charge more reasonable prices? As an examples, I can pay less than eight bucks (less than nine buck Canadian) at either Books on Board or the Sony eBook store for Neil Gaiman’s Anansi Boys, or I can pay $11.89 Canadian at Shortcovers, a full two dollars higher than they even charge for the p-book. What idiot is deciding on their pricing structure?

]]> By: Chris Meadows http://www.teleread.com/paul-biba/shortcovers-comes-to-ereaders/comment-page-1/#comment-1144900 Chris Meadows Sat, 12 Sep 2009 18:19:19 +0000 http://www.teleread.org/?p=28579#comment-1144900 Can we please try to avoid using the term "ereaders" (and especially "eReaders") as much as possible? "eReader" is a specific e-book reading app and format owned by Fictionwise. Calling dedicated e-book readers "ereaders" can lead to too much confusion. Can we please try to avoid using the term “ereaders” (and especially “eReaders”) as much as possible?

“eReader” is a specific e-book reading app and format owned by Fictionwise.

Calling dedicated e-book readers “ereaders” can lead to too much confusion.

]]> By: Alan Wallcraft http://www.teleread.com/paul-biba/shortcovers-comes-to-ereaders/comment-page-1/#comment-1144897 Alan Wallcraft Sat, 12 Sep 2009 16:32:59 +0000 http://www.teleread.org/?p=28579#comment-1144897 Shortcovers is distributing Adobe ePubs, and the device list is from Adobe. However, six devices from the list alternatively support MOBI and not all owners will switch from the MOBI to the Adobe ePub firmware. Two of these (Cybook Gen 3 and DR1000S) don't have Adobe firmware today, although the Cybook firmware is due any day now. Shortcovers is distributing Adobe ePubs, and the device list is from Adobe. However, six devices from the list alternatively support MOBI and not all owners will switch from the MOBI to the Adobe ePub firmware. Two of these (Cybook Gen 3 and DR1000S) don’t have Adobe firmware today, although the Cybook firmware is due any day now.

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