Comments on: CES e-book news roundup

By: Piet van Oostrum

Piet van Oostrum — Fri, 08 Jan 2010 15:01:39 +0000

About Copia: “Not only can you share your books with your friends, you can apparently use the pre-existing social networks to do it”. Are you sure?
What I have read about the Copia’s is that you cannot share your books (like lending them to your friends) but only information about your books, like where you are in the book and notes you have written.
I think lending would be really social.

By: CyberBiker

CyberBiker — Fri, 08 Jan 2010 12:54:04 +0000

Perhaps this is a bit “old fashioned,” but everyone needs “down time.” My recreational reading is how I take a break from the 10-12 hours a day I spend listening, talking & interacting with all sorts of people. Reading gives me a break from all that interaction.

While the social aspects of the Copia certainly fit into the current “Social Networking” lifestyle that is the current state of affairs, I will pass on devices like the Copia and do my reading is a comfy chair all by myself, thank you.

By: karen wester newton

karen wester newton — Fri, 08 Jan 2010 03:55:44 +0000

I guess in this case “round up” meant the latest news. But actually, I would like to see a post that sums CES and eReaders up, once the dust settles, anyway.

By: Logan Kennelly

Logan Kennelly — Fri, 08 Jan 2010 02:47:35 +0000

I mention them merely in case someone else read this “roundup” expecting a summary of big news items. (After all, the Copia had its own article.) It was more of a mistake on my part, I’m sure.

I really do appreciate the Teleread authors taking the time to keep us informed. Thank you.

By: Chris Meadows

Chris Meadows — Fri, 08 Jan 2010 02:26:49 +0000

I thought we covered the Blio and Plastic Logic in another story? I didn’t see any point in rehashing them.

By: Logan Kennelly

Logan Kennelly — Fri, 08 Jan 2010 02:13:06 +0000

I’m not sure this is a “round-up” without at least a mention of Blio and the Plastic Logic devices.

“However, Techcrunch notes that HP is working on another, very similar tablet that runs Google’s Android.”

The use of “however” in that statement is misleading and seems to imply a bias against Microsoft. More accurately, “Ballmer demonstrated what the Kindle software is like on HP’s new tablet PC _and_ HP may be working on Android devices in a similar form factor.”

I appreciate all of the coverage, though. It helps distract me from the fact that I’m not there.