Electronic bookreaders

I would have expected this to come out at least 5 years ago and at a quarter the price. A Kindle costs as much as an iPhone and beyond displaying B+W text does little else. I am not saying that it should, but I would expect it to be cheaper.

Because they have a built in basically SIM card. Meaning that they have access to book even when out of range of WIFI, like a phone. THey can download books anywhere you can get phone service with no monthly charge. Only a Per-Book Charge.

2007-12-06 08:18:40 by the slightly amusing answers of

Ebrary is a collection of over 40000++ full text electronic books, covering a wide range of subject areas. Most Ebrary titles are listed on the ...

how do you download stories to electronic books.

There are several formats. And it depends if they are premium or not. Microsoft Reader will download easily the books in its format. I use Yread2full for other formats. I use Yread play also. These handle a variety of formats but will not read microsoft format.

2007-08-06 11:06:14 by Gregory S

Hello,

I want to make my own books on tape. I already have a good casette deck but it does not have a microphone input. I know I need something like a sound mixer, but I have no idea what to look for. Here's how I want to record the book on tape:

With a quick flip of a switch, I want my voice to either come out of both speakers simultaneously, or out of only one speaker at a time (to simulate dialog). I also want to include music (from CDs) on my books on tape. Can anyone recommend the appropriate electronic hardware to do all of this?

Thank you,
David
I wanted to add a few more points about my question:

* The mixer must be able to accept 2 microphones, my cassette deck, and my receiver or CD player.

* I want to be able to incorporate basic sound effects, such as echo.

check radio shack - they have some simple audio mixers that could do what you want.
better woudl be a local music shop as they would have recording and music equipment and can give you better adice and make sure your money is well spent up front.
there are quite a few low cost audio mixers out the of very good quality that can do th job.
the music shop might also have units for rent or possibly used units for sale

2007-01-02 09:04:04 by CycleMan

I'm starting to get a bit of a reading bug, but I'm finding it difficult to spend 20-40$ for a book I'll probably only read once.

Someone suggested I try to find an electronic device, similar to a PDA, that's only made for reading books. She said you can downlaod the books online for 5-10$ and store them.

Just like to know where to start looking and what the name of the device actually is.
Eesh. I'm looking for something less expensive. The Kindle and the other options offered by Sony are really, really expensive. Is there something else offered with less bells/whistles that's going to work equally as good for me?

Amazon.com sells the kindle
Sony has also a version of an electronic book as well.

http://ebookstore.sony.com/

2008-11-02 20:20:05 by hellion179

pda's without windows mobile os,symbian,palm os or other big names,but with e-book function.can they run e-books like for example medical dictionaries?

There are specific programs available for Palm OS including a dictionaries and thesauruses. Try going to handango.com to find the book you are looking for in Palm OS.

2008-03-16 06:11:20 by MichN