I really want to like the ebook concept. I really want to use them. But right now, they are not yet viable in my opinion.<\/p>\n
First off, I have a Palm IIIe. I love this pda, but reading books on it isn't easy yet. I do only when I forget to or can't carry a book. I have Microsoft Reader, but reading books sitting at my desk on the computer isn't the way I like to read. I can only read for so long on the computer. OK, on the laptop it's a little better, but still awkward.<\/p>\n
I want Them to come out with a reader about the size, and definitely the heft<\/i> of a standard mass market paperback book – and I don't<\/b> mean any of Robert Jordan's books!! Then, it has to be intuitive to use and easy on the eyes. Then<\/i> I will be happy to go anywhere with it.<\/p>\n
Now, price. Given the above, I see no reason whatsoever to spend $7.99 on an ebook<\/a>, when I can get the paperback<\/a> for, um, $7.99.<\/p>\n Hopefully the industry will get a clue.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" I really want to like the ebook concept. I really want to use them. But right now, they are not yet viable in my opinion. First off, I have a Palm IIIe. I love this pda, but reading books on it isn't easy yet. I do only when I forget to or can't carry a book. I have Microsoft Reader, but reading books sitting at my desk on the computer isn't the way I like to read. I can only read for so long on the computer. OK, on the laptop it's a little better, but still awkward. I want Them to come out with a reader about the size, and definitely the heft of a standard mass market paperback book – and I don't mean any of Robert Jordan's books!! Then, it has to be intuitive to use and easy on the eyes. Then I will be happy to go anywhere with it. Now, price. Given the above, I see no reason whatsoever to spend $7.99 on an ebook, when I can get the paperback for, um, $7.99. Hopefully the industry will get a clue.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-900","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/robandjen.com\/jen\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/900","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/robandjen.com\/jen\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/robandjen.com\/jen\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/robandjen.com\/jen\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/robandjen.com\/jen\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=900"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/robandjen.com\/jen\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/900\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/robandjen.com\/jen\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=900"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/robandjen.com\/jen\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=900"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/robandjen.com\/jen\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=900"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}