Great post. Thanks for sharing. I am a Linux user as well. No windows. Hence, this seems to be a great limitation for products like the rocketreader. Hope they comeup with alternative solutions in the future. Vijay --- On Sat 05/14, Chuck MATTSEN < mattsen@arvig.net > wrote: From: Chuck MATTSEN [mailto: mattsen@arvig.net] To: rvijay07@myway.com, gutvol-d@lists.pglaf.org Date: Sat, 14 May 2005 05:33:11 -0500 Subject: Re: HandHeld & E-Books On Sat, 14 May 2005 05:38:48 -0400 (EDT)<br>"rvijay07" <rvijay07@myway.com> typed:<br><br>> Thanks for the helpful response. What kind of a power supply does the<br>> RocketBook reader use and how long does it last ? Also for how long<br>> one has to be a member of the 2 books per month deal to get the<br>> rocket reader ?<br>> <br>> Here is another related question. Are these two books a month<br>> actially E-books ? Can one resell E-Books under copyright on ebay<br>> etc., like regular books ?<br><br>It's a rechargeable battery system w/adapter included; roughly 8 hours<br>of reading per charge.<br><br>The deal I took advantage of was through Filament, which is one of the<br>many faces of Fictionwise/eBookwise and a few other incarnations.<br>There may be better bargains out there with respect to getting the<br>RocketBook reader on its own, but I knew that a number of titles I<br>wanted were available through the Filament deal anyway, so I went with<br>it. It's a 12-month commitment for the 2-books-per-month scheme.<br>Works for me -- YMMV. It's www.filamentbooks.com for the 12-month<br>deal, or www.ebookwise.com has the reader for $129 with a $30 credit<br>toward books (which may be a better deal for some folks). Anyway, I'm<br>not specifically recommending either; just mentioning two places I know<br>of ... I'm sure there are others.<br><br>Of course, the two books are e-books, though your selection may be<br>somewhat limited in comparison to the broader library of e-books<br>available. Beyond the two I get per month, the vast majority of what<br>I've been reading and collecting have either been PG editions or what<br>the Baen sci-fi library makes available, though I've scoured a number<br>of the other sites for titles here and there.<br><br>As someone mentioned (Greg?), the software to do some of the<br>conversions from other formats to the RocketBook format is for Windows,<br>which pains me no end, since I'd rather reside in GNU/Linux all the<br>time, but I do still have a dual-boot setup so that works for me for<br>now.<br><br>The transferability of any of the e-Books depends upon their licensing,<br>of course ... I don't profess to be up on the legalities of resale in<br>any venue.<br><br>-- <br>Chuck MATTSEN / mattsen at arvig dot net / Mahnomen, MN, USA<br>MT Lookup: http://eot.com/~mattsen/mtsearch.htm<br>Mandriva Linux release 2006.0 (Cooker) for i586<br>kernel 2.6.11-8mdk-i686-up-4GB / RLU #346519<br> <br>Random Thought/Quote For This Message:<br> Well-timed silence hath more eloquence than speech. <br> -- Martin Fraquhar Tupper<br> _______________________________________________ No banners. No pop-ups. No kidding. Make My Way your home on the Web - http://www.myway.com