[LINK] Reading ebooks

Brendan Scott brendansweb at optusnet.com.au
Mon Jul 7 13:59:40 AEST 2008


Eric Scheid wrote:
> On 7/7/08 11:30 AM, "Richard Chirgwin" <rchirgwin at ozemail.com.au> wrote:
> 

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> Even if the ebooks were treated as property, exactly the same as dead tree
> books .. are there any compelling reasons to choose to read on the kindle
> instead?
> 
> If so, then the real question is whether what you are gaining is worth the
> loss if the ebook advantages were coupled with the license not property
> issue.
> 
> So .. what *are* the advantages of reading a book on the kindle vs reading
> it on paper?

It would be slightly useful to look for cross references during reading, or to find a quote after the fact.  But not particularly useful if you want to annotate it. 

Brendan 
 




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