Comments on: Technology Ebooks http://socialnetworkinglibrarian.com/2009/10/09/technology-ebooks/ Sun, 06 May 2012 19:40:45 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.2 By: olaf http://socialnetworkinglibrarian.com/2009/10/09/technology-ebooks/comment-page-1/#comment-699 olaf Wed, 04 Nov 2009 07:55:58 +0000 http://socialnetworkinglibrarian.com/?p=224#comment-699 Words mean things. And when you own a word on 500Words.de, it means that your word of choice belongs to you and you alone! A word link on 500Words.de provides you with a direct hyperlink to your web site. Words mean things. And when you own a word on 500Words.de, it means that your word of choice belongs to you and you alone! A word link on 500Words.de provides you with a direct hyperlink to your web site.

]]> By: thorn http://socialnetworkinglibrarian.com/2009/10/09/technology-ebooks/comment-page-1/#comment-621 thorn Fri, 09 Oct 2009 15:41:18 +0000 http://socialnetworkinglibrarian.com/?p=224#comment-621 Two thing occur to me about this. 1. Technology e-books seem like a no-brainer, as tech changes so quickly. There'd be nothing to 'weed', as works become obsolete. Even if the vendor doesn't reconfigure the package, obsolete titles aren't taking up shelf space, or spurring local controversy by becoming visible in a dumpster. 2. While tech people tend to be pretty comfortable reading on their computer screens, they also like to have their entire desktop free for testing out what they're learning in whatever book they're using. Popping back & forth between windows is frankly annoying when one is working intensively. 'Borrowable' e-books, transferable to handheld devices might be a better solution to what I perceive to be a dilemma. (We all know that Kindle's impossible right now; but Sony Reader? Other e-ink devices that would read the format? iPhone/iPod touch? BlackBerry?) I know from my own experience that I prefer looking back & forth between devices to switching focus between windows. I hate using print tech manuals, because one needs a stand, or a spare elbow to hold them open... I will be very interested to see how this shakes out. I do hope that the best technology wins -- and not just the 'best-marketed'. Two thing occur to me about this.

1. Technology e-books seem like a no-brainer, as tech changes so quickly. There’d be nothing to ‘weed’, as works become obsolete. Even if the vendor doesn’t reconfigure the package, obsolete titles aren’t taking up shelf space, or spurring local controversy by becoming visible in a dumpster.

2. While tech people tend to be pretty comfortable reading on their computer screens, they also like to have their entire desktop free for testing out what they’re learning in whatever book they’re using. Popping back & forth between windows is frankly annoying when one is working intensively.

‘Borrowable’ e-books, transferable to handheld devices might be a better solution to what I perceive to be a dilemma. (We all know that Kindle’s impossible right now; but Sony Reader? Other e-ink devices that would read the format? iPhone/iPod touch? BlackBerry?) I know from my own experience that I prefer looking back & forth between devices to switching focus between windows. I hate using print tech manuals, because one needs a stand, or a spare elbow to hold them open…

I will be very interested to see how this shakes out. I do hope that the best technology wins — and not just the ‘best-marketed’.

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