Comments on: Links: B&N e-reader photos, Jane Friedman’s new e-publishing company, and territorial rights http://www.teleread.com/ebooks/links-bn-e-reader-photos-jane-friedmans-new-e-publisher-and-territorial-rights/ News & views on e-books, libraries, publishing and related topics Wed, 15 Feb 2012 18:23:27 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 By: Logan Kennelly http://www.teleread.com/ebooks/links-bn-e-reader-photos-jane-friedmans-new-e-publisher-and-territorial-rights/comment-page-1/#comment-1146926 Logan Kennelly Wed, 14 Oct 2009 22:28:30 +0000 http://www.teleread.org/2009/10/14/links-bn-e-reader-photos-jane-friedmans-new-e-publisher-and-territorial-rights/#comment-1146926 Spider, we can always hope that they are simply utilizing their existing encryption (which some might call "good enough to keep people honest") so that we may quickly get past this DRM hurdle. Spider, we can always hope that they are simply utilizing their existing encryption (which some might call “good enough to keep people honest”) so that we may quickly get past this DRM hurdle.

]]> By: Spider Mattheson http://www.teleread.com/ebooks/links-bn-e-reader-photos-jane-friedmans-new-e-publisher-and-territorial-rights/comment-page-1/#comment-1146922 Spider Mattheson Wed, 14 Oct 2009 21:13:38 +0000 http://www.teleread.org/2009/10/14/links-bn-e-reader-photos-jane-friedmans-new-e-publisher-and-territorial-rights/#comment-1146922 Fictionwise is making its own DRM for ePub now? Yet another DRM scheme that needs to be cracked before I'll buy anything using it. Fictionwise is making its own DRM for ePub now? Yet another DRM scheme that needs to be cracked before I’ll buy anything using it.

]]> By: Josh Haney http://www.teleread.com/ebooks/links-bn-e-reader-photos-jane-friedmans-new-e-publisher-and-territorial-rights/comment-page-1/#comment-1146911 Josh Haney Wed, 14 Oct 2009 18:22:08 +0000 http://www.teleread.org/2009/10/14/links-bn-e-reader-photos-jane-friedmans-new-e-publisher-and-territorial-rights/#comment-1146911 I don't think we can take these photos too seriously, considering the denials of both Plastic Logic AND Barnes & Noble about the release of a COLOR screen. I don’t think we can take these photos too seriously, considering the denials of both Plastic Logic AND Barnes & Noble about the release of a COLOR screen.

]]> By: Steven Aves http://www.teleread.com/ebooks/links-bn-e-reader-photos-jane-friedmans-new-e-publisher-and-territorial-rights/comment-page-1/#comment-1146904 Steven Aves Wed, 14 Oct 2009 14:48:47 +0000 http://www.teleread.org/2009/10/14/links-bn-e-reader-photos-jane-friedmans-new-e-publisher-and-territorial-rights/#comment-1146904 I finally got around to commenting on a post here at Teleread! I've been reading and purchasing Ebooks for 9 years. My preferred reading method is on my Palm TX. The B&N Ereader will be a nice addition to the Ereader market if for no other reason then providing competition. The concerns and irritations I have as a reader and buyer of ebooks: 1. I don't care one bit at this point about E-ink or whatever it's called. I believe is is misplaced interest. Trying to replicate a paper format is limiting the potential of ebooks. Ebooks are a different way to read. They have different capabilities that won't be exploited if this old mentality is kept. 2. The big publishers at this time do not appear to be grasping the potential at all. In fact, I am feeling a bit ripped off. Example, a couple of ebooks I purchased around 2002 in the Ereader format were hyperlinked quite well for chapters, footnotes, etc. My latest purchases of the same author on the continuation of his stories have no such links. All they are is just higher priced text. The books I refer to are from the "The Case for..." series from Lee Strobel. 3. Publishers are making it very difficult to justify the purchase of Ebooks with the ridiculous DRM. Just now I have trouble opening one of the Lee Strobel's books because I couldn't remember the password. I OWN this book! Well, enough for now. I finally got around to commenting on a post here at Teleread!

I’ve been reading and purchasing Ebooks for 9 years. My preferred reading method is on my Palm TX.

The B&N Ereader will be a nice addition to the Ereader market if for no other reason then providing competition.

The concerns and irritations I have as a reader and buyer of ebooks:
1. I don’t care one bit at this point about E-ink or whatever it’s called. I believe is is misplaced interest. Trying to replicate a paper format is limiting the potential of ebooks. Ebooks are a different way to read. They have different capabilities that won’t be exploited if this old mentality is kept.
2. The big publishers at this time do not appear to be grasping the potential at all. In fact, I am feeling a bit ripped off. Example, a couple of ebooks I purchased around 2002 in the Ereader format were hyperlinked quite well for chapters, footnotes, etc. My latest purchases of the same author on the continuation of his stories have no such links. All they are is just higher priced text. The books I refer to are from the “The Case for…” series from Lee Strobel.
3. Publishers are making it very difficult to justify the purchase of Ebooks with the ridiculous DRM. Just now I have trouble opening one of the Lee Strobel’s books because I couldn’t remember the password. I OWN this book!

Well, enough for now.

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