Comments on: Despite projections, eBook readers are not going to be next iPod without changes

By: David Mackey

David Mackey — Fri, 22 Aug 2008 01:21:25 +0000

I just got the iPhone 3G and am looking forward to reading on it…even tried a little bit…the app. I’m using (whose name I can’t recall) is very basic and needs a lot of improvement. I really want a Kindle…and I want it to work well…Perhaps Apple will dedicate some of their significant skill to this task for the iPhone – then my iPhone can not only be my mobile internet device, phone, gps, gaming device, but also my electronic library…
I did just recently read Alice in Wonderland on my laptop from Project Gutenberg…and am now reading through Clement’s Epistle to the Corinthians on the CCEL (if you haven’t looked at the latter, I highly recommend it…while it is specifically Christian in nature, the interface is amazing – with tagging, user editing, highlighting, annotations, etc…its what I want my ebook reader to do).

By: CCRGMac

CCRGMac — Sun, 17 Aug 2008 11:08:36 +0000

“But I should be able to do the things I want to do while reading a book — highlighting text, circling phrases and passages, annotating.”

“Why can’t I select a passage and copy it to a file I’m assembling for a lecture or blog post?”

The Kindle does all these things. Have you actually used one?

By: Dave Zatz

Dave Zatz — Sat, 16 Aug 2008 15:29:32 +0000

I’ve got the eReader app on my iPhone, but I haven’t found an book I want to read yet (at Fictionwise). The interface is pretty basic, but seems fine – I think all book purchasing/searching is done through a web browser and my “library” on the device is updated over the net. I prefer converged devices – I probably give up some in terms of usability, but less devices to manage (and in theory cheaper, long term). I am VERY interested in seeing what the next version of the Kindle looks like. Though I’ve got to say my blogging hobby has pretty much killed my reading past time. :/