Thanks for the helpful response. What kind of a power supply does the RocketBook reader use and how long does it last ? Also for how long one has to be a member of the 2 books per month deal to get the rocket reader ? Here is another related question. Are these two books a month actially E-books ? Can one resell E-Books under copyright on ebay etc., like regular books ? Thanks. Vijay --- On Fri 05/13, Chuck MATTSEN < mattsen@arvig.net > wrote: From: Chuck MATTSEN [mailto: mattsen@arvig.net] To: rvijay07@myway.com, gutvol-d@lists.pglaf.org Date: Fri, 13 May 2005 22:31:01 -0500 Subject: Re: [gutvol-d] HandHeld & E-Books On Fri, 13 May 2005 20:29:58 -0400 (EDT)<br>"rvijay07" <rvijay07@myway.com> typed:<br><br>> How convenient are handhelds to read E-books ? Specially in terms of<br>> eye strain and power lasting etc., ?<br>> <br>> Reading E-Books from a desktop is strainful, specially if one is at<br>> the PC at work all day.<br><br>FWIW, I have e-books on the PC, the Palm Tungsten E PDA and the<br>RocketBook e-book reader. I have a lot of eye strain with both the PC<br>and the PDA, but I absolutely /love/ reading on the RocketBook reader.<br>Very easy on the eyes, at least for me, and a convenient size. In<br>fact, I also got it free by joining one of those 2-books-per-month for<br>$19.95 deals where they throw the reader in gratis. Turned out to be a<br>good deal for me, but of course YMMV. (I added a $20 256MB SmartCard<br>and I can't imagine wanting/needing more storage, really.)<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> Society prepares the crime; the criminal commits it.<br> _______________________________________________ No banners. No pop-ups. No kidding. Make My Way your home on the Web - http://www.myway.com
On Sat, 14 May 2005 05:38:48 -0400 (EDT) "rvijay07" <rvijay07@myway.com> typed:
Thanks for the helpful response. What kind of a power supply does the RocketBook reader use and how long does it last ? Also for how long one has to be a member of the 2 books per month deal to get the rocket reader ?
Here is another related question. Are these two books a month actially E-books ? Can one resell E-Books under copyright on ebay etc., like regular books ?
It's a rechargeable battery system w/adapter included; roughly 8 hours of reading per charge. The deal I took advantage of was through Filament, which is one of the many faces of Fictionwise/eBookwise and a few other incarnations. There may be better bargains out there with respect to getting the RocketBook reader on its own, but I knew that a number of titles I wanted were available through the Filament deal anyway, so I went with it. It's a 12-month commitment for the 2-books-per-month scheme. Works for me -- YMMV. It's www.filamentbooks.com for the 12-month deal, or www.ebookwise.com has the reader for $129 with a $30 credit toward books (which may be a better deal for some folks). Anyway, I'm not specifically recommending either; just mentioning two places I know of ... I'm sure there are others. Of course, the two books are e-books, though your selection may be somewhat limited in comparison to the broader library of e-books available. Beyond the two I get per month, the vast majority of what I've been reading and collecting have either been PG editions or what the Baen sci-fi library makes available, though I've scoured a number of the other sites for titles here and there. As someone mentioned (Greg?), the software to do some of the conversions from other formats to the RocketBook format is for Windows, which pains me no end, since I'd rather reside in GNU/Linux all the time, but I do still have a dual-boot setup so that works for me for now. The transferability of any of the e-Books depends upon their licensing, of course ... I don't profess to be up on the legalities of resale in any venue. -- Chuck MATTSEN / mattsen at arvig dot net / Mahnomen, MN, USA MT Lookup: http://eot.com/~mattsen/mtsearch.htm Mandriva Linux release 2006.0 (Cooker) for i586 kernel 2.6.11-8mdk-i686-up-4GB / RLU #346519 Random Thought/Quote For This Message: Well-timed silence hath more eloquence than speech. -- Martin Fraquhar Tupper
On May 14, 2005, at 5:33 AM, Chuck MATTSEN wrote:
As someone mentioned (Greg?), the software to do some of the conversions from other formats to the RocketBook format is for Windows, which pains me no end, since I'd rather reside in GNU/Linux all the time, but I do still have a dual-boot setup so that works for me for now.
If the eBookwise-1150 really can read the RocketBook format as their website states ( http://www.ebookwise.com/servlet/mw? t=help_uploadcontent.htm&si=43 ) then you can use rbmake ( http:// rbmake.sourceforge.net/ ) on linux. <plug class="shameless">My site, manybooks.net, uses it to provide Project Gutenberg texts in RB format</plug>, and folks _seem_ to be able to read them. Unfortunately I don't have an eBookwise-1150 to test it out. Anyone care to try it and let me know how it works for them? -Matt -- http://mc.clintock.com http://manybooks.net --
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