[Gllug] ebook readers for technical books

[Sean Burlington]

mbersome and very impractical.
>>
>> But the screen is so much more comfortable to read than a computer
>> screen.
>
> In what way are they different? Don't the readers use LCDs? I haven't
> ever seen one, wasn't actually aware the Kindle was on sale outside
> the USA.
>

No the screen isn't LCD

mostly the use "e-ink" - which is quite close in appearance to ink on paper.

I did have a play with one of the sony ones - the e-ink technology is very
impressive.


>
> DRM question aside, would you expect to pay a LOT less for a digitised
> book? Do Amazon subsidise the cost of the Kindle device on the basis
> of expecting future sales?
>

I don't think the Kindle is subsidised (it's pricey)

Last time I looked Amazon were charging MORE for digital books that I
wanted than for the same book in paperback.

But then CD's are often cheaper than MP3 downloads)

I don't know that it has to be a lot less - but for something I can't
lend, display, or sell - it has to be less.


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Sean Burlington
www.practicalweb.co.uk


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