Comments on: Go Paperless While Carrying Up to 200 of Your Favorite Reads

By: z

Thu, 11 Sep 2008 22:31:31 +0000

Call me old-fashioned, but I’d rather read a library book that is treasured by many (part of its worth), reused, and totally recyclable than stay clued to this mindless screen that wastes energy. And you can’t cuddle up with a screen either… Books satisfy the soul, technology empties it.

By: Claire

Claire — Tue, 09 Sep 2008 15:42:04 +0000

Nothing will replace books for me, though this is a more eco solution. I see the point of reading your daily newspaper more easily on public transit, but I enjoy the tactile feeling of turning the pages. The e-book readers as they currently are just don’t do it for me!

By: Mike S.

Mike S. — Tue, 09 Sep 2008 11:58:36 +0000

Fascinating subject. I’ve been reading e-books for years now on a variety of Smartphones – my latest (a T-Mobile Vario III) has a bigger screen and it’s more pleasant than ever. Mostly I’ve got classics on there from the amazing and free Project Gutenberg Online Library (www.gutenberg.com). And I have the files converted into a readable format that “flows” to my screen via a piece of software called Repligo, which is now available from http://www.cerience.com for the Blackberry. Lengthly autobiographical digression over. My instinct tells me that when e-book readers are successfully integrated into mobile phones – maybe a screen that can fold out? – *that’s* when they’ll really take off. Almost everyone I know loves the idea of a dedicated e-book reader (and yes, wonderfully eco-friendly), but doesn’t want to pay $100s for yet another gadget to add to the pile of things to lug around every day. I think integration will be the key in the marketplace.