Only indirectly related to ebooks, but a familiar problem for those who now juggle multiple ereaders and mobile devices:
I’ve got a quote further down the page:
Read the complete quote and also try some of the associated distraction tests.
The video of my session at BookNet Canada Tech Forum is now posted over on their site (scroll down to 1pm):
In the video you can enjoy the dramatic moment when the lights inexplicably dim and I think I’m being thrown off stage.
(Slides for ‘Designing ebooks for ePub reading engines’)
This morning my Nook updated to version 1.1.0. I ran through some of the tests in my original Nook/epub review. Other comments on the update are on Teleread.
Locations of My Documents change
I had loaded my local books in the Digital Editions folder, but after the update I had nothing listed on the Nook [...]
(There’s an updated post on the 1.1.0 firmware.)
This isn’t a full review of the device. In particular, I don’t cover purchasing books or reading PDB or PDF books at all. I was mainly interested in evaluating the Nook as a general-purpose ePub reader.
Adobe Mobile SDK
Like other e-ink devices, the Nook uses the Adobe [...]
Here are some frankly terrible iPhone camera photos I took as I struggled with unboxing the Nook, which appears to be shipped in some kind of impenetrable force field. Seriously, it took me 8 minutes just to open the thing between the first and last photo.
I’ll post a real report on the device after [...]
This post from August 2008 contains some my thinking at the time about how to make ebook reading and shopping experiences more social. I’m surprised that none of it has happened yet; even the limited lending feature of the B&N Nook doesn’t really capture it:
As soon as I’ve finished the book, the device prompts me [...]
I had meant to include this as a slide in my e-reader talk but didn’t have time.
I think we can all agree that this is a don’t.
(There’s a free sample though!)
Many ebooks aren’t going through the same kind of quality control that regular books do. That’s been my experience and that of other ebook consumers. I’m not talking about technical problems here as much as basic editorial ones.
Sometimes the issues are minor: occasional spacing errors, missing or overzealous capitalization. Other times they can be more [...]
As part of an on-going series on exploring the hidden corners of the Kindle, a post on using an undocumented image browsing feature to read complex PDFs or image-based documents: How to Read any Type of File on the Kindle (Almost).
Of course, going from text to scanned images is exactly backwards from the way things [...]
It’s 2am, and I’ve just finished a great novel. My significant other went to sleep hours ago. My best friend, who lives across the country, would love this book, so I make a mental note to tell him about it. If we talk in a day or so I might remember, and it’s possible he’ll [...]