Monday, April 28, 2003
A friend sent me these links on E-books in our culture after reading the post from April 10. They're both a little dated, but most of the info is still relevant:
http://www.useit.com/alertbox/980726.html
Jakob Nielsen criticizes the state of E-books from awhile ago (1998)
"The basic problem is that the book is too strong a metaphor: it tends to lead designers and writers astray. Electronic text should be based on interaction, hypertext linking, navigation, search, and connections to online services and continuous updates."
http://www.techlawjournal.com/educ/20000415.htm
Press release on the Library of Congress's stance on digitizing books vs. printed books from April, 2000
"So far, the Internet seems to be largely amplifying the worst features of television's preoccupation with sex and violence, semi-literate chatter, shortened attention spans, and near-total subservience to commercial marketing," said [Librarian of Congress James] Billington.
I agree with the first link. I'd love to use an ebook to replace my travel guides. It would be a tremendous resource to have a guide with links to web sites for different lodging, restaurants, and attractions. It'd be great to make reservations for a whole vacation from the guidebook. Then I could bring the guidebook along and make changes to the itinerary through links in my ebook device. All of this would make the ebook more valuable than a printed book.
The requirements are wireless internet connection, guide updates from the publisher, and a reading device that can handle it.
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http://www.useit.com/alertbox/980726.html
Jakob Nielsen criticizes the state of E-books from awhile ago (1998)
"The basic problem is that the book is too strong a metaphor: it tends to lead designers and writers astray. Electronic text should be based on interaction, hypertext linking, navigation, search, and connections to online services and continuous updates."
http://www.techlawjournal.com/educ/20000415.htm
Press release on the Library of Congress's stance on digitizing books vs. printed books from April, 2000
"So far, the Internet seems to be largely amplifying the worst features of television's preoccupation with sex and violence, semi-literate chatter, shortened attention spans, and near-total subservience to commercial marketing," said [Librarian of Congress James] Billington.
I agree with the first link. I'd love to use an ebook to replace my travel guides. It would be a tremendous resource to have a guide with links to web sites for different lodging, restaurants, and attractions. It'd be great to make reservations for a whole vacation from the guidebook. Then I could bring the guidebook along and make changes to the itinerary through links in my ebook device. All of this would make the ebook more valuable than a printed book.
The requirements are wireless internet connection, guide updates from the publisher, and a reading device that can handle it.
