E-media on new devices

Published on 2009-12-19
 

There is a lot of buzz surrounding e-book media today (last one was around 2000-2002). This is because the tools for reading has evolved, especially the e-ink based like Kindle and Sony e-reader. Some of the main obstacles 7-9 years ago was screen readability, battery life and media availability. These have been addressed with the new offerings. Well, Kindle isn´t that new but it hasn´t been available in Europe until this autumn. One which looks really good is Nook, http://www.barnesandnoble.com/nook/index.asp, with 1 million titles and with a more open approach than Kindle. You can lend books and you can read them on other devices than Nook. Unfortunately, it is not (yet) available for non US customers. We should remember that we have over 1 million full text books available for free at http://www.openlibrary.org . Though not, yet, in a format that to my knowledge suits your cell phone or e-book reader.

A flashy presentation for magazine reading http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ntyXvLnxyXk
An alternative which does a good presentation of what values to incorporate http://www.bonnier.com/en/content/digital-magazines-bonnier-mag-prototype
The interesting stuff is the demonstration of how it could work. You could (should be able) to use your laptop, your smart phone or your tablet pc. None of the examples are, though, totally convincing in how you know to choose the next view.

Here´s a fine example of a reliable alternative http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fVMnmTFxAjA

 

 
Written by: Boris Ukotic Zetterlund
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