Sony Digital Reader Pocket Edition
sony digital reader pocket edition E-Books And E-Publishing Primer-Aarkstore Enterprise HTML clipboard E-paper has finally made it from the lab to consumers. As detailed in this report, Sony began...
sony digital reader pocket edition
E-Books And E-Publishing Primer-Aarkstore EnterpriseHTML clipboard E-paper has finally made it from the lab to consumers. As detailed in this report, Sony began shipping its long-awaited Portable Reader System, an e-paper-based e-book reader that has generated substantial buzz on the Internet and among book industry watchers and analysts. At the same time, in Europe, the iRex iLiad e-paper-based newspaper reader has been shipping since the summer and has garnered positive reviews and user feedback - despite its steep price tag. Table of Contents : Introduction A Note About Orthography Historical Background About the Present Report How This Report Is Organized For More Information Section 1: E-Book Formats and Readers Historical Background Gemstar Franklin eBookMan The Current Landscape Amazon Kindle iRex iLiad and Digital Reader On the Horizon Software Formats All Purpose Document Formats Text Files (.txt) Word Files (.doc) Portable Document Format (.pdf) Hypertext Markup Language (.html) Specific E-Book/E-Publishing Formats Adobe Acrobat/Acrobat eBook Reader/Digital Editions Amazon Kindle (.azw) eReader (.pdb) IDPF/EPUB (.epub) Microsoft Reader (.lit) Mobipocket (.mobi or .prc) BBeB Other Formats Online Books Project Gutenberg NetLibrary Google Books Onward Section 2: Digital Periodicals Texterity NewsStand Qmags AvantGo Changes in Digital Editions Onward Section 3: E-Paper Other E-Paper Developers Fujitsu Plastic Logic Polymer Vision Onward Section 4: Advantages and Disadvantages Portability Searchability Linkability Highlighting and Annotating Type Size Adjustability Incorporation of Multimedia Low Cost Relatively Easy to Produce Easy and Inexpensive to Distribute Environmental Responsibility Disadvantages to E-Books Too Many Formats Power Requirements Hardware or Software Requirements Fragility of Reading Devices Fragility of Digital Data Theft Potential Low Readability Limited Choice Lower Quality Difficulty of Copying Ease of Copying Loss of "Look and Feel" of Books Loss of Browsability Environmental Responsibility A Sexy Medium? What Offsets What? Section 5: Players and Products E-Book Hardware Manufacturers Amazon (www.amazon.com) iRex (www.irextechnologies.com) Sony Corporation (www.sony.com) E-Book Software Readers Adobe (www.adobe.com) Amazon (www.amazon.com) eReader (www.ereader.com) Microsoft (www.microsoft.com) Mobipocket (www.mobipcoket.com) Portable Devices That Support E-Book Readers Apple iPhone (www.apple.com/iphone) PalmOS handhelds and Smartphones Windows Mobile Devices Pocket PC Smartphone Symbian OS Devices RIM BlackBerry E-Bookstores Adobe Digital Editions (www.adobe.com/products/digitaleditions/library) Amazon.com (www.amazon.com/kindle-store-ebooks-newspapersblogs/ b/ref=topnav_storetab_kinh?ie=UTF8&node=133141011) Barnes & Noble (www.bn.com) (E-books coming in Summer 2009) eBooks.com (www.ebooks.com) eReader (www.ereader.com/) Fictionwise.com (www.fictionwise.com) Microsoft Reader (www.microsoft.com/reader/find/new_releases.aspx) Powell's Books (www.powells.com/ebookstore/ebooks.html?margin=eBooks) Sony Style (http://ebookstore.sony.com) Digital Periodicals Providers Zinio (www.zinio.com) Texterity (www.texterity.com) Qmags (www.qmags.com) NewsStand (www.newsstand.com) Online Books Project Gutenberg (www.gutenberg.com) NetLibrary (www.netlibrary.com) Google Books (http://books.google.com) Section 6: General Conclusions, Implications, and Recommendations E-Book Sales Data Kindle Demographics E-Book/E-Publishing Outlook Back to the Future Lingering Questions Multifunctionality Enter iMags Is It the Future Yet? Implications and Recommendations For Book Publishers For Magazine and Newspaper Publishers For Commercial Printers For Creatives The Final Word Table of Figures Figure 2: The Franklin eBookMan Figure 3: The Sony Reader Figure 4: The Amazon Kindle Figure 5: The Kindle for iPhone App Figure 6: The iRex iLiad Figure 7: The iRex iLiad Book Edition Figure 8: The iRex Digital Reader Figure 9: The Fujitsu Flepia Color E-Book Reader Figure 10: The Now-Defunct Adobe Acrobat eBook Reader Interface Figure 11: An E-Book Purchased from Fictionwise.com Can Be Read on the eReader E-Book Reader on the iPhone Figure 12: The Microsoft Reader Interface Figure 13: A Fairly Typical Project Gutenberg Entry Figure 14: The Zinio Reader Manages, Downloads, and Displays Digital Magazine Subscriptions Figure 15: Texterity Technology Provides the Underpinnings for Publishers'Digital Magazine Offerings Figure 16: The NewsStand Reader Lets You Subscribe to and Read a Wide Variety of World Newspaper in Digital Form Figure 17: Qiosk's QMags Can Be Downloaded and Read via Adobe Reader or Acrobat Figure 18: E Ink's Microcapsules Figure 19: The Readius Pocket eBook Reader from Polymer Vision Figure 20: A Printed Book Will Never Give You an Error Message Figure 21: Book Categories as a Percentage of Book Sales, 2008 Figure 22: E-Book Sales, 2003-2008 Figure 23: Change in Magazine Circulation, Population Growth, and Magazine Titles, 1970-2008 Table of Tables Table 2: Monthly Book Sales, January-February, 2009 Table 3: Estimated Net U.S. Book Sales, 2002-2008 For More information please contact : http://www.aarkstore.com/reports/E-Books-and-E-Publishing-Primer-39343.html About the Author |
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Ebook Reader Options -- Which Is Best for You?
If you’re an old-fashioned lover of books in their purest form (paper), you may have shied away from ebook readers and the digital book revolution. Still, it’s hard to beat the convenience of having a thousand titles at your fingertips, especially if you’re heading off on vacation and purse- or suitcase-space is limited. Maybe it’s time to go with the flow and give the technology a chance!
If you’re ready to try an ebook reader, then you have several options. Let’s take a look at the Amazon Kindle, the Barnes and Noble Nook, and the Sony Reader.
Amazon Kindle
The Kindle has been around for a while, and there are a couple of different versions at different price points for you to choose from. The Kindle allows you to download books from the Amazon store, as well as magazines and newspapers, all wirelessly, meaning you don’t have to plug in and sync your ebook reader with your computer.
Most of the available ebooks are affordable as well (especially if you’re in the habit of purchasing those pricy hardbacks as soon as they come out) with bestsellers running about $9.99 and many older books available for less. You can even find freebies you can download in the Amazon library.
The downside is that you can only purchase ebooks from the Amazon library, and the Kindle doesn’t yet support the new industry standard for ebooks (ePub).
Currently, the basic 6” screen Kindle costs $259, and the souped up Kindle DX (10” screen) runs $489. The readers can hold 1,500 and 3,500 ebooks respectively.
Barnes and Noble Nook
A relatively new contender in the ebook reader marketplace, the Barnes and Noble Nook is associated with their store, but it also features ePub support (this means you can buy ebooks from other stores, too). Like the Kindle, it allows you to download books wirelessly, and it has a unique feature that lets you share your downloads with other readers for up to two weeks. The Nook stores 1,500 ebooks.
So far, reviews have been mixed, but it’s likely improvements will come with future models of this ebook reader. The cost for their current reader is $259.
Sony Reader
With more than five years in the ebook reader business, Sony has some experience, and it shows with their intelligent and well-designed devices. Their current offerings are the Pocket Reader ($180), the Touch Reader ($300), and the Sony Reader Daily Edition ($380).
Their readers support multiple file formats, including ePub and PDF, and they also allow access to all the free public domain titles in the Google Books library (lots of classics and older books available here).
If you hold out longer, the future will likely bring you even more options. For example, Apple is rumored to be working on an ebook reader. And, of course, there are other options out there from smaller manufacturers, so look around before you make your final decision!
About the Author
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