Comments on: MagPlus and the Impending “Year of the E-Reader” http://coilhouse.net/2009/12/magplus-and-the-impending-year-of-the-e-reader/ Coilhouse Wed, 23 May 2012 21:15:57 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.2 By: Ian Ridley http://coilhouse.net/2009/12/magplus-and-the-impending-year-of-the-e-reader/comment-page-1/#comment-24523 Ian Ridley Sat, 26 Dec 2009 08:22:08 +0000 http://coilhouse.net/?p=11695#comment-24523 I just got a regifted Kindle for Festivus. I'm pretty sure I'll be returning it for store credit. Imagine how many used paperbacks that'll get me! Also: The 'wall of knowledge' design is simply breathtaking! I want to go to there! I just got a regifted Kindle for Festivus. I’m pretty sure I’ll be returning it for store credit. Imagine how many used paperbacks that’ll get me!

Also: The ‘wall of knowledge’ design is simply breathtaking! I want to go to there!

]]> By: Pete http://coilhouse.net/2009/12/magplus-and-the-impending-year-of-the-e-reader/comment-page-1/#comment-24398 Pete Tue, 22 Dec 2009 07:33:28 +0000 http://coilhouse.net/?p=11695#comment-24398 I'm currently doing some postgraduate academic research, and I'm very tempted to use an e-reader - not only to lighten the load of books that I'm carrying around, but to help me deal with the stack of PDFs that I need to chew through at some point. However, there just isn't a good solution for converting formats yet. The problems with digital formats are another huge strike against getting one of these devices - especially buying the kindle outside the US. Perhaps digital editions will somehow become more attractive in the future, but the publishing industry seems to be running scared after what they saw happen to their friends in the music business. I’m currently doing some postgraduate academic research, and I’m very tempted to use an e-reader – not only to lighten the load of books that I’m carrying around, but to help me deal with the stack of PDFs that I need to chew through at some point. However, there just isn’t a good solution for converting formats yet.

The problems with digital formats are another huge strike against getting one of these devices – especially buying the kindle outside the US. Perhaps digital editions will somehow become more attractive in the future, but the publishing industry seems to be running scared after what they saw happen to their friends in the music business.

]]> By: rickie http://coilhouse.net/2009/12/magplus-and-the-impending-year-of-the-e-reader/comment-page-1/#comment-24363 rickie Mon, 21 Dec 2009 10:46:34 +0000 http://coilhouse.net/?p=11695#comment-24363 i love the feel of books, and i love that you can carry them anyplace and not worry (too much) about something awful happening to them. you can bang them up a bit, and you can fall asleep with them, and you can let friends (permanently) borrow them. but i also like the kindle. i like that i don't have to worry about losing a page because i had to scratch my nose, and that it's very thin and not heavy at all. i like that, theoretically, i can store every book i love onto it (although i am too cheap to buy every book i love and put it onto the kindle). the public library has e-book capabilities, but i have not been able to successfully access them and load them onto my kindle. also, their selection is pretty limited...unlike their physical book collections i do have a a lifelong fantasy of one day owning a glorious library, with shelves that go up high and rolling ladders to access them all. secret, false books that have treasures hidden away. maybe a book that serves as a lever to a door that leads to a secret passageway. i'm still a sucker for the romance of the paper book, just like i love to have cd's of albums, so i can peruse the art and read the tiny liner notes, and disassemble the jewelcase to see if there's anything clever hidden in it. but i appreciate the digital age for its potential to eliminate waste as well...e-media will be the way to go, if/when i ever make enough money to go that route. as for now, i'm just in limbo between the physical and the virtual. i love the feel of books, and i love that you can carry them anyplace and not worry (too much) about something awful happening to them. you can bang them up a bit, and you can fall asleep with them, and you can let friends (permanently) borrow them.

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i also like the kindle. i like that i don’t have to worry about losing a page because i had to scratch my nose, and that it’s very thin and not heavy at all. i like that, theoretically, i can store every book i love onto it (although i am too cheap to buy every book i love and put it onto the kindle). the public library has e-book capabilities, but i have not been able to successfully access them and load them onto my kindle. also, their selection is pretty limited…unlike their physical book collections

i do have a a lifelong fantasy of one day owning a glorious library, with shelves that go up high and rolling ladders to access them all. secret, false books that have treasures hidden away. maybe a book that serves as a lever to a door that leads to a secret passageway.

i’m still a sucker for the romance of the paper book, just like i love to have cd’s of albums, so i can peruse the art and read the tiny liner notes, and disassemble the jewelcase to see if there’s anything clever hidden in it.

but i appreciate the digital age for its potential to eliminate waste as well…e-media will be the way to go, if/when i ever make enough money to go that route. as for now, i’m just in limbo between the physical and the virtual.

]]> By: Le futur des magazines ? « La Bibliothèque de l’IUT Paris Descartes http://coilhouse.net/2009/12/magplus-and-the-impending-year-of-the-e-reader/comment-page-1/#comment-24286 Le futur des magazines ? « La Bibliothèque de l’IUT Paris Descartes Fri, 18 Dec 2009 09:36:08 +0000 http://coilhouse.net/?p=11695#comment-24286 [...] (trouvé sur Coilhouse) [...] [...] (trouvé sur Coilhouse) [...]

]]> By: Erin http://coilhouse.net/2009/12/magplus-and-the-impending-year-of-the-e-reader/comment-page-1/#comment-24276 Erin Fri, 18 Dec 2009 01:20:22 +0000 http://coilhouse.net/?p=11695#comment-24276 The video isn't working very well for me, so I only have the description to go on...is it like microfiche? That's how it's coming across. I could see that being useful for articles, academic journals and so on, but otherwise I'm still amongst the hardcopy people. I'm trying to break into publishing now, and having interned at publishing houses, etc., there's just something so magical about the vast quantities of books that we've published lining the shelves. I love the texture of the pages and ink, I love the galley proofs, and the mock-ups. I can't see using an e-reader myself. The video isn’t working very well for me, so I only have the description to go on…is it like microfiche? That’s how it’s coming across.

I could see that being useful for articles, academic journals and so on, but otherwise I’m still amongst the hardcopy people. I’m trying to break into publishing now, and having interned at publishing houses, etc., there’s just something so magical about the vast quantities of books that we’ve published lining the shelves. I love the texture of the pages and ink, I love the galley proofs, and the mock-ups. I can’t see using an e-reader myself.

]]> By: JoAsakura http://coilhouse.net/2009/12/magplus-and-the-impending-year-of-the-e-reader/comment-page-1/#comment-24275 JoAsakura Fri, 18 Dec 2009 01:17:32 +0000 http://coilhouse.net/?p=11695#comment-24275 I've been waffling on an e-reader for ages. I'd love to read comics on them, and for travel, i'd much rather be able to bring a number of books with me in a neat package. I love the concept behind the interface on the Mag+- that's for sure. I’ve been waffling on an e-reader for ages. I’d love to read comics on them, and for travel, i’d much rather be able to bring a number of books with me in a neat package.

I love the concept behind the interface on the Mag+- that’s for sure.

]]> By: Nzinga http://coilhouse.net/2009/12/magplus-and-the-impending-year-of-the-e-reader/comment-page-1/#comment-24274 Nzinga Thu, 17 Dec 2009 23:58:15 +0000 http://coilhouse.net/?p=11695#comment-24274 I dunno I'm with the hard copy crowd. I prefer the look, touch and smell of books. Besides, Books are those things that bring about fellowship. I remember buying a new book and then passing around to friends to read at lunchtime, trading them. Also machines like kindle are a sort of status marker. They can only be used in industrial countries with access to hardware. A child in a third world country with no electricity or internet access can enjoy Tolstoy by the light of the candle on the dirt floor of a hut. Even it gets wet or stains a little, the information is still there, sometimes for centuries to come. How long do electronic media devices last? roughly a year or two. Then they have to be replaced and all the information repurchased. This happens to me constantly with mp3 players. I keep hard copies of most things I want to have access to. I suppose I'm crazy but I love old things and all their history attached to them. I'm one of those people that don't throw things out just because they aren't new and flashy anymore. The tears in jeans, the patches on old clothes, old tables and chairs old vinyl records, lamps and suitcases I think we'd spend a lot less money if we savored the things we had instead of going out to buy new things every two seconds. I dunno I’m with the hard copy crowd. I prefer the look, touch and smell of books. Besides, Books are those things that bring about fellowship. I remember buying a new book and then passing around to friends to read at lunchtime, trading them. Also machines like kindle are a sort of status marker. They can only be used in industrial countries with access to hardware. A child in a third world country with no electricity or internet access can enjoy Tolstoy by the light of the candle on the dirt floor of a hut. Even it gets wet or stains a little, the information is still there, sometimes for centuries to come. How long do electronic media devices last? roughly a year or two. Then they have to be replaced and all the information repurchased. This happens to me constantly with mp3 players.
I keep hard copies of most things I want to have access to.
I suppose I’m crazy but I love old things and all their history attached to them. I’m one of those people that don’t throw things out just because they aren’t new and flashy anymore. The tears in jeans, the patches on old clothes, old tables and chairs old vinyl records, lamps and suitcases I think we’d spend a lot less money if we savored the things we had instead of going out to buy new things every two seconds.

]]> By: Rachel http://coilhouse.net/2009/12/magplus-and-the-impending-year-of-the-e-reader/comment-page-1/#comment-24271 Rachel Thu, 17 Dec 2009 20:12:45 +0000 http://coilhouse.net/?p=11695#comment-24271 I have the Kindle app on my iPhone, and I must say, it's very liberating to read books in this format. Having all my media in one thin little sleek package is fantastic - I have my music, my books, my phone, etc...plus, I just love reading on the phone at night because there's no book light needed. :) I have the Kindle app on my iPhone, and I must say, it’s very liberating to read books in this format. Having all my media in one thin little sleek package is fantastic – I have my music, my books, my phone, etc…plus, I just love reading on the phone at night because there’s no book light needed. :)

]]> By: kris_ether http://coilhouse.net/2009/12/magplus-and-the-impending-year-of-the-e-reader/comment-page-1/#comment-24265 kris_ether Thu, 17 Dec 2009 15:02:24 +0000 http://coilhouse.net/?p=11695#comment-24265 Honeslty I would love this type of thing for say the vast quantity of roleplay game books I have (they weigh a ton when in a box and you're moving house) and it would be ideal to have all my copies of scientific papers on there to read and search through when I am researching or writing a paper and need to cite the correct papers. Honeslty I would love this type of thing for say the vast quantity of roleplay game books I have (they weigh a ton when in a box and you’re moving house) and it would be ideal to have all my copies of scientific papers on there to read and search through when I am researching or writing a paper and need to cite the correct papers.

]]> By: Mark Cook http://coilhouse.net/2009/12/magplus-and-the-impending-year-of-the-e-reader/comment-page-1/#comment-24263 Mark Cook Thu, 17 Dec 2009 13:40:07 +0000 http://coilhouse.net/?p=11695#comment-24263 @Mer - fair enough. It's still a screen, after all - just one that isn't as screeny as others. :) @Nick - I find it okay to read comics on it as well, but only okay. I'd rather read it as the actual physical object, or at least on some other device. The length of time it takes my reader to redraw the screen for images is long enough to bother me, and unless the original material is prepared for a manga-sized volume, the text can be too small to be read easily. @Mer – fair enough. It’s still a screen, after all – just one that isn’t as screeny as others. :)

@Nick – I find it okay to read comics on it as well, but only okay. I’d rather read it as the actual physical object, or at least on some other device. The length of time it takes my reader to redraw the screen for images is long enough to bother me, and unless the original material is prepared for a manga-sized volume, the text can be too small to be read easily.

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