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Taking on the Kindle is about more than just offering an alternative e-book reader for Sony, with the company offering a new server that will increase access to content without any additional cost.
Sony yesterday rolled out a new line of e-book readers, unveiling its $399 Reader Daily edition that comes equipped with free 3G connectivity. The aluminum body device with integrated cover can store up to 1,000 standard e-books and touts a 7-inch wide touchscreen.
Additionally, the electronics manufacturer partnered with OverDrive, a global distributor of eBooks and audio books, to let readers download library books directly to the eBook reader. The partnership allows any Reader Daily user with a valid library card to browse through a library's Website and check out an eBook. The content is downloaded directly to Sony's reader and then expires at the end of the rental period.
Not only does the Reader Daily put library content at the finger tips of its users, but Sony has also made the decision to allow users to access the controversial Google Books Project, with access to over a million books available in the public domain.
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I was wondering about digital content and libraries - hopefully this grand tradition will continue in our increasingly digital world.

Ironic that Sony produces the first reader designed to protect our current literary fair use rights, considering what they've done to trash them when it comes to music.
 
Yeah, that's the one thing I don't like about my Kindle is that it typically won't work with library eBooks.

But I knew that going in, the lower prices in the Amazon store (and better selection) vs. the Sony store on a bunch of books I looked up before buying an eReader, and the super convenience of the built in 3G wireless of the Kindle made me go that way.

I probably wouldn't use the library eBooks often anyway since the eBooks still have time limits etc. and I tend to read slowly since I stay busy. And ebooks I've bought have been $5-10 so nothing to break the bank anyway.

But it would be nice if Amazon partnered with libraries and you could browse ebooks through the kindle and download them like you can in the Kindle store. Or that you could browse the websites and send them to your Kindle so they download the next time you turn it on (again like the Kindle store).
 
touchscreen? so I can scribble notes in the margins and underline stuff, writing "WTF?!?!?!" next to it?

that's the tech advance I'm waiting for before I jump on an e-reader.

google books is controversial? hell, most of the stuff I stumble on there is incomplete, so it's not that useful yet.

EDIT: "Because of the touchscreen interface the reader also accepts hand and stylus interaction and you can annotate, highlight, and search applications either by selecting it with the included stylus pen or with the touch of your finger. Sony also confirmed to us that you'd be able to print your notes out too, but we'll have a closer look at this feature when we do a full review. "

YES!
 
I am very surprised Google hasn't released their own Open Source e-reader by now. Those devices are powerful enough to do more than just display text.
 
[quote name='mykevermin']touchscreen? so I can scribble notes in the margins and underline stuff, writing "WTF?!?!?!" next to it?

that's the tech advance I'm waiting for before I jump on an e-reader.[/QUOTE]

Sony already has a touchscreen ereader on the market, unfortunately readability had to be sacrificed in order to implement it.
 
i tried out my aunts kindle she got for christmas. did like it, i prefer a book with pages still. plus, i can look all snooty when people come over and see my bookshelfs.
 
Why is dwarf - dwarfs, and not dwarves? When shelf is shelves and not shelfs.

I love me some English, but it's got wonky rules.
 
[quote name='Quillion']Why is dwarf - dwarfs, and not dwarves? When shelf is shelves and not shelfs.

I love me some English, but it's got wonky rules.[/QUOTE]

Why do you park in a driveway and drive on a parkway? Who are these people?
 
[quote name='camoor']Why do you park in a driveway and drive on a parkway? Who are these people?[/QUOTE]

seinfeld.jpg
 
[quote name='mykevermin']touchscreen? so I can scribble notes in the margins and underline stuff, writing "WTF?!?!?!" next to it?

that's the tech advance I'm waiting for before I jump on an e-reader.

google books is controversial? hell, most of the stuff I stumble on there is incomplete, so it's not that useful yet.

EDIT: "Because of the touchscreen interface the reader also accepts hand and stylus interaction and you can annotate, highlight, and search applications either by selecting it with the included stylus pen or with the touch of your finger. Sony also confirmed to us that you'd be able to print your notes out too, but we'll have a closer look at this feature when we do a full review. "

YES![/QUOTE]

Yeah, I'm interested in something that does that too for reading and marking up PDFs of journal articles.

But it would have to be a large screen reader so it could display all journals properly etc.

I just use my Kindle sheerly for leisure reading. I very, very seldomly every re-read a book, so unlike the other poster, I hate having books around on bookshelves taking up room when I'm never going to read them again. And I hated hassling with going to the public library, so it was just an ideal device for my leisure reading.

But I'm definitley interested in some kind of large screen tablet device where I can mark up PDFs and print them out if need be.
 
[quote name='mykevermin']where's epobirs to snidely inform us that tablet PCs have been on the market for half a decade?

;)[/QUOTE]


Yeah, I hate that counter (haven't seen it here, but on other sites).

Those are just to bulky for laying in bed reading an article and making some highlights/underlines etc.

And I've not tried one that I really liked the stylus writing function yet--my handwriting is god awful even on paper, so I need something that's really precise if I'm going to be able to make legible notes in the margin of a PDF etc.

I'm curious about the rumored Apple Tablet. But I imagine that probably won't have a stylus and will just be finger touch as it's supposed to basically be like an iPhone/iTouch with a 9" screen.

But I'd love a nice, multimedia tablet that I could read on, mark up articles, surf the net, watch movies etc.

eInk is great as it's so easy on the eyes and the battery life is great. But I've mainly just read my Kindle in bed for 30-60 minutes at night since getting it in the spring, so those advantages aren't as keen for me compared to the avid readers who are reading on their Kindle or other eInk reader for hours a day. So I'm more willing to use an LCD touch screen tablet etc. than a lot of the eReader fans on sites like Mobileread etc.
 
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