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From: chris on 29 Jan 2010 08:29
On 29/01/10 12:16, J. J. Lodder wrote:
> Vivienne Dunstan<viv.dunstan(a)one-name.org> wrote:
>
>> Tim Gowen<tim(a)nospam.demon.co.uk> wrote:
>>
>>> Presumably they've not got deals with UK publishers.
>>
>> I hope they sort something out though. Amazon have managed it recently,
>> including adding UK-published Terry Pratchett books to the Kindle site
>> for international (including UK) users.
>>
>> So it isn't inconceivable that Apple could sort something out too.
>
> The iPad will be the Kindle-killer.
> A colour screen offers so much more
> for illustrated books.

Maybe, but what about all that investment in properly displaying the
text that Sony et al. have done. I think they've done it the right way
and I wouldn't want to read a whole book on a typical LCD screen, even a
good one.

It's a step backwards for ebooks, I think.

From: David Probett on 29 Jan 2010 11:00

Try: http://www.apple.com/uk/ipad/features/

and then: http://www.apple.com/uk/ipad/notify-me/


On Thu, 28 Jan 2010 17:22:20 +0000, tim(a)nospam.demon.co.uk (Tim Gowen)
wrote:

>OK, so the UK site doesn't mention the iPad yet. And the US site says
>that iBooks is only available in the USA.
>
>Presumably they've not got deals with UK publishers. I'd said yesterday
>that I prefer a paper book, but seeing the iBook implementation made me
>wonder whether Apple is going to shake up publishing the way it hat with
>music. Most non-savvy people think that iPods are music players and
>there's nothing else... could electronic books take off in a big way and
>make the iPad as ubiquitous as the iPod?
>
>
> Tim
From: zoara on 29 Jan 2010 13:27
chris <ithinkiam(a)gmail.com> wrote:
> On 29/01/10 12:16, J. J. Lodder wrote:
> > Vivienne Dunstan<viv.dunstan(a)one-name.org> wrote:
> >
> >> Tim Gowen<tim(a)nospam.demon.co.uk> wrote:
> >>
> >>> Presumably they've not got deals with UK publishers.
> >>
> >> I hope they sort something out though. Amazon have managed it
> > > recently,
> >> including adding UK-published Terry Pratchett books to the Kindle
> > > site
> >> for international (including UK) users.
> >>
> >> So it isn't inconceivable that Apple could sort something out too.
> >
> > The iPad will be the Kindle-killer.
> > A colour screen offers so much more
> > for illustrated books.
>
> Maybe, but what about all that investment in properly displaying the
> text that Sony et al. have done. I think they've done it the right way
>
> and I wouldn't want to read a whole book on a typical LCD screen, even
> a
> good one.
>
> It's a step backwards for ebooks, I think.

LCD is a step backwards in fidelity when compared to e-Ink, just as MP3
is a step backwards in fidelity when compared to CD or vinyl.

But the masses prefer convenience to quality. I reckon - given decent
pricing - the iPad *could* shake things up as suggested. A Kindle or a
Sony Reader *looks* like a geek toy. An iPad (especially if iBooks is
demoed) does not. More appealing to the masses - I mean, I never thought
I'd hear Hannah express an interest in reading eBooks (she certainly
hasn't had any interest in my Sony Reader) but when she saw a video of
iBooks in action, that's exactly what I heard.

-zoara-


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From: Smurf on 30 Jan 2010 06:33
zoara wrote:
> chris <ithinkiam(a)gmail.com> wrote:
>> On 29/01/10 12:16, J. J. Lodder wrote:
>>> Vivienne Dunstan<viv.dunstan(a)one-name.org> wrote:
>>>
>>>> Tim Gowen<tim(a)nospam.demon.co.uk> wrote:
>>>>
>>>>> Presumably they've not got deals with UK publishers.
>>>>
>>>> I hope they sort something out though. Amazon have managed it
>>>> recently,
>>>> including adding UK-published Terry Pratchett books to the Kindle
>>>> site
>>>> for international (including UK) users.
>>>>
>>>> So it isn't inconceivable that Apple could sort something out too.
>>>
>>> The iPad will be the Kindle-killer.
>>> A colour screen offers so much more
>>> for illustrated books.
>>
>> Maybe, but what about all that investment in properly displaying the
>> text that Sony et al. have done. I think they've done it the right
>> way
>>
>> and I wouldn't want to read a whole book on a typical LCD screen,
>> even a
>> good one.
>>
>> It's a step backwards for ebooks, I think.
>
> LCD is a step backwards in fidelity when compared to e-Ink, just as
> MP3 is a step backwards in fidelity when compared to CD or vinyl.
>
> But the masses prefer convenience to quality. I reckon - given decent
> pricing - the iPad *could* shake things up as suggested. A Kindle or a
> Sony Reader *looks* like a geek toy. An iPad (especially if iBooks is
> demoed) does not. More appealing to the masses - I mean, I never
> thought I'd hear Hannah express an interest in reading eBooks (she
> certainly hasn't had any interest in my Sony Reader) but when she saw
> a video of iBooks in action, that's exactly what I heard.
>
> -zoara-

I emailed a link to my wife, telling her i want one, expecting a nag about
wasting money, she emailed back telling me she wanted one for herself
also..... She loves books, and loves the feeling of holding a book and
turning the page etc, she has always dimissed ebooks etc, but she really
thinks she would use the ipad for reading.


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