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Comment on Creating an Affordable E-Book Reader by Awesome

Awesome — Sun, 15 Jan 2012 10:12:09 +0000

Great article. I used to install Apps and read eBooks on my US Robotics Palm Pilot in early 1996. Today, 16 (!) years later people believe iPads to be the first device to do this.

Why? Because DRM on a Palm was easy to break and publishers did not want their stuff to be copied for free. The only reason for the success of iPods & Kindle is the closed-shop-principle. Publishers pay up to 50% to Apple and pretend to be happy. Customers are unable to sell or share books which was the basic advantage of printed speech in comparison to oral speech. The stupidity of publishers and customers is awesome …

Comment on Creating an Affordable E-Book Reader by John Barbrook

John Barbrook — Thu, 05 Jan 2012 18:27:49 +0000

Hi Laru650

I studied to become a Librarian at Aberystwyth University in Wales. And I learnt German the same way you did, a bit of education, some self study and a some hanging around in a Kniepe in Berlin.

Thanks for your comment!

Comment on Creating an Affordable E-Book Reader by Laru650

Laru650 — Thu, 29 Dec 2011 06:19:29 +0000

In your resume I see you understand german, but i decided to to write in english for all your other readers too.
Sorry about my rare English knowledge, please correct my mistakes before you make my long long text public.

I learnt my in English in self-study and by playing cards with native speakers in a bar in Germany.
I never had english in school in east Germany.

How did you become a librarian?

Comment on Creating an Affordable E-Book Reader by lennyb

lennyb — Sat, 06 Nov 2010 01:11:27 +0000

thanks for the great info.
i picked up a palm m125 for 2 dollars at a yard sale. it has an SD card slot and works real well as an ebook reader . unfortunatley i already spent a bunch of money on a sony reader.
oh well it certainly more portable.

Comment on eBook Reader, The Last Millennium by Arthur

Arthur — Mon, 30 Aug 2010 15:22:56 +0000

Thanks for interesting posts about cheap DIY ebook readers… Now I’m reading all my books with Handspring Visor Platinium and Weaselreader!

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ulrike — Sun, 04 Jul 2010 13:42:02 +0000

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Comment on Creating an Affordable E-Book Reader by Casey

Casey — Sun, 20 Dec 2009 22:55:15 +0000

Thanks for posting this – I appreciate the links to other useful programs, like txt2palm.

Nice little tutorial.

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