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e-reader for Mac [OT]
by Keith J. Schultz 22 Sep '10

22 Sep '10

Hi All, Anyone know of a good e-reader for the Mac? I have Stanza, but it does not seem to display very thing and seems to display things that should not show up. I have calibre, but it has problems with word spacing and you can change the font. Adobe Digital Editions displays the best and correctly, but I can not change the font and I do like their interface. I had loaded Kindle for MacOSX, but they want to have an account and since I do not have a Kindle or will be getting one that is a no-brainer. I am interested in reader on a Laptop. I do not have a dedicated e-reader or iPad. I may have to live with the quirks or continue to format the text in a word processor or use PDF. Yet, I somebody could suggest something else that would be nice. regards Keith

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kindle appeals to brunettes and blondes
by Bowerbird＠aol.com 22 Sep '10

22 Sep '10

here's the newest kindle commercial: > http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lmo9xmLGKlI this one features a blond, in the park, with no dialog. (only 306 views as of now, but already 24 comments.) the last one had a brunette, at a hotel pool, with the classic line "i actually paid more for these sunglasses." > http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=V3m_FQcI-2w of course, this might not be statistically representative of the number of blondes and brunettes with kindles... kindle has tons of money for commercials, thanks to the agency model. boy, were those publishers stupid! -bowerbird p.s. my favoritest kindle commercial of all was #2: > http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PERiTMZ626M love the song! -- "stole my heart" by little and ashley.

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bus-drivers and kindles
by Bowerbird＠aol.com 22 Sep '10

22 Sep '10

n.b.c. news reported that a bus-driver in portland just couldn't stop reading an e-book on his kindle: > http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hRbYOUfFMuM& the portland trimet stresses that this was an isolated event, and is not statistically representative of bus-drivers at large. -bowerbird

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Re: kindle numbers and ipad numbers[OT]
by Bowerbird＠aol.com 21 Sep '10

21 Sep '10

keith- we're way past the point of being interesting to the lurkers. -bowerbird

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Re: kindle numbers and ipad numbers[OT]
by Bowerbird＠aol.com 21 Sep '10

21 Sep '10

keith said: > take a class in statistics and you might understand. keith, i've taken classes in statistics. at the ph.d. level. where superficial reactions such as "this _might_ not be representative of the population at large" must be supported with an actual argument. do you have one of those? or are you just trying to _sound_ smart? -bowerbird

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Re: kindle numbers and ipad numbers[OT]
by Bowerbird＠aol.com 17 Sep '10

17 Sep '10

keith said: > statistically irrelevant. ... > we can forget about any statement > which can be made towards reality. ... > point proved. and i repeat: do you have any better numbers? have you done a survey -- at 3 different yearly intervals -- which gives you any evidence to challenge the results there? or is it only other people who have to back up what they say? there are actual numbers which represent the factual reality. a percentage of college freshman have a kindle, and an ipad. i certainly don't claim to know the numbers; but they do exist. and 5.4% certainly sounds like a reasonable estimate -- to me. now, if you wanna dispute that number, that's just fine with me. but where is _your_ evidence? hell, it would be nice if you simply had the balls to _declare_ whether you thought their number was too low or too high, even if you cannot muster any actual evidence of your own... i mean, it's not as if _willfull_blindness_ makes you "superior"... -bowerbird

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kindle numbers and ipad numbers
by Bowerbird＠aol.com 16 Sep '10

16 Sep '10

i think the world has now pretty much figured out that the kindle "versus" the ipad is apple "versus" orange -- both can survive and thrive, each off in their own niche. but the _size_ of the niches is still an interesting topic, especially as we move along the present into the future. so here's an interesting set of charts: > http://tech.fortune.cnn.com/2010/09/13/the-apple-branded-campus/ in the "e-reader/tablet" sphere, the piechart says that 48% of college students brought a kindle to school and 48% brought an ipad. (the other 4% had a sony reader.) so it looks like, at this point in time, for college students, the ipad and the kindle have reached some form of parity. -bowerbird

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Re: kindle numbers and ipad numbers
by Bowerbird＠aol.com 16 Sep '10

16 Sep '10

keith said: > These figures do not feel realistic! i cannot vouch for their accuracy... or lack of it... if you see better data, please feel free to share it. -bowerbird

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Re: kindle numbers and ipad numbers
by Bowerbird＠aol.com 16 Sep '10

16 Sep '10

kevin said: > I think you both need to re-read the chart/article. what makes you think i had any trouble understanding the data? likewise, i felt keith grasped the numbers just fine. he was merely saying that the sample was small, and perhaps not representative, good points, both, the second of which had not been addressed... (the first is acknowledged right off the bat in the .cnn article.) > Sounds like 25 people out of 212 brought > an tablet like device to the dorms with them > and admitted it during freshmen orientation. > 12 had Kindles, 12 had Ipads, and 1 had a sony reader, > hardly a plateau of achievement. hard numbers were not given, so that's a guess, but i would not question it, given the round nature of the percentages provided. but we will have to disagree if this is "a plateau of achievement"; 25 out of 212, if it is a representative number, would be 11.8%... considering the ipad is under 6 months out of the starting gate, and hasn't had its first holiday season yet, 5.4% is a healthy rate. and since the kindle skews old, 5.4% of college freshmen is great. and the fact that _each_ of the machines is doing well _alongside_ the _other_ should give cheer to all of us oldtimers who have been waiting for e-books to punch through for several _decades_ now... and the "bottom line" is that both apple and amazon say they are quite happy with the success of their products, and they back up the statements with cold hard cash advertising the crap out of 'em. they can't match all the political ads (at least not here in california, where meg whitman is spending a fortune), but they pass viagra... -bowerbird

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Re: posting size waiver.
by Greg Newby 14 Sep '10

14 Sep '10

On Mon, Sep 06, 2010 at 06:36:17PM -0400, Greg Weeks wrote: > > I thought we had this settled, but apparently not. I have two > projects over at pgdp where the PPer has given up on posting them > because the WWer refuses to take them because they are 1 page poems > out of Weird Tales. Greg W., others: Thanks for your input on this. It's fine for short items from magazines to be posted as stand-alone eBooks in the Gutenberg collection. If anything is held up in the process, drop me a note and I'll see what's going on. The current uncertainty was produced, at least partially, because I had volunteered to see whether some sort of combination is deemed reasonable or desirable by the submitter. If it's not (and your message is that it is not), then of course we'll post the poems or other short items separately. I do still think it's useful and appropriate to combine items themactically, when it is practical. "Poetry Selections from Galaxy 1955-1956" seems perfectly acceptable to me, and would have the benefit of putting something that is more book- or magazine-length in a reader's hands, rather than just a single short poem. But this is guidance, not dictate. I'm not sure which items might be held, or by whom. But the WWers involved perhaps do. I hope we can get any pending items moving immediately. Sorry for the delay with these. -- Greg > The whole workflow at DP does NOT let you combine things when they > need separate clearances. > > The items are: > Lycanthropus by Bolen, C. Edgar 20100108175432bolen > The Lost Temples of Xantoos by Calhoun, Howell 20100110102049calhoun > > They come out of different issues of Weird Tales. I know not who the > WWer is as I'm not actually involved in the posting step at all. > > Greg Weeks > > On Mon, 18 Jun 2007, Greg Newby wrote: > > >On Mon, Jun 18, 2007 at 05:06:59PM -0400, Robert Cicconetti wrote: > >>I definitely agree with the basic idea, although I would like to suggest > >>that the rule be rewritten altogether to allow shorter works, "complete as > >>published", as well. Pamphlets, for example, were very important in shaping > >>public opinion during the American Revolution. > >> > >>Not all were collected later, or if they were, some are under a compilation > >>copyright. > >> > >>R C > > > >The 25K is a guideline, not a fixed lower limit. I agree > >with posting smaller items when they are indeed their own > >"items." > > > >For short stories from magazines, it would be preferable > >to have the whole issue, but as Greg mentions not practical > >when only some of the stories are clearable. > > > >I'll remind the WW team that shorter items are fine, when > >these practical issues make a shorter piece difficult. > > > >BTW, one of my first PG "titles" was O Henry's "Gift > >of the Magi." That was too short for a full eBook (only a > >few pages), so Michael elected at the time to not assign > >an eBook number, but to add it to the collection. That's > >not how we'd do things today (we rely on eBook #s as a main > >identifier), but shows that flexibility is nice! > > -- Greg > > > >>On 6/18/07, Juliet Sutherland <vze3rknp(a)verizon.net> wrote: > >>> > >>>Sounds like a great idea to me. > >>> > >>>JulietS > >>> > >>>Greg Weeks wrote: > >>> > >>>>Can we get a waiver for the 25K minimum size limit for postings for the > >>>>rule 6 SF pieces? They have to be cleared separately, so it's very > >>>>difficult to aggregate them. In the case of the ASF stuff from 1959-1963 > >>>>we would run afoul of the collection copyright if we tried to aggregate > >>>by > >>>>issue anyway. > > -- > Greg Weeks > http://durendal.org:8080/greg/

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