[doogald]

Originally Posted by Jason Dunn

Indeed. I'm even more of a Luddite

When it comes to books, I am as well. That said, I don't give a crap about DRM on ebooks, as the great majority of the books that I have owned or read have been read only once. There are so many great books out there that I have never read (and there are more coming) that I rarely find a book so compelling that I need to read it a second time. (That is the significant difference between DRM on music and on books - I can imagine that in ten years I'll have listened to my purchased music dozens of times, and will still want to listen to most of it, so a DRM failure would be angering; while any purchased books I'll likely not be all that concerned about if I lose rights to read it again, if I've already read it.)

[doogald]

Originally Posted by Jason Dunn

Indeed. I'm even more of a Luddite

When it comes to books, I am as well. That said, I don't give a crap about DRM on ebooks, as the great majority of the books that I have owned or read have been read only once. There are so many great books out there that I have never read (and there are more coming) that I rarely find a book so compelling that I need to read it a second time. (That is the significant difference between DRM on music and on books - I can imagine that in ten years I'll have listened to my purchased music dozens of times, and will still want to listen to most of it, so a DRM failure would be angering; while any purchased books I'll likely not be all that concerned about if I lose rights to read it again, if I've already read it.)

[Felix Torres]

More details have been filtering out over the last day or so, including this little nugget:
ebook lending, if allowed by the publisher, is a one-time-only proposition.

Going to have to read a lot of fine print before I spring for one of those.

[Phillip Dyson]

I guess I don't see the benefit of a dedicated ebook reader. If I had a screen the size of an iPod Touch or a Zune HD (hear me Microsoft? Add ePub support!) That would be fine for reading a book.

And its the device that I have with me. I guess if I carried a purse (which I don't) it would have more of an appeal.

What's the big deal with eInk. I think LCD is good enough. And it suports color.

[Jason Dunn]

Originally Posted by doogald

When it comes to books, I am as well. That said, I don't give a crap about DRM on ebooks, as the great majority of the books that I have owned or read have been read only once. There are so many great books out there that I have never read (and there are more coming) that I rarely find a book so compelling that I need to read it a second time.

I come from the opposite school of thought: I collect books. When I buy a book, I add it to my collection, and some books I do read more than once. So the DRM thing is a big scary monster to me.

[Jason Dunn]

Originally Posted by Phillip Dyson

What's the big deal with eInk. I think LCD is good enough. And it suports color.

Power consumption is the big deal - once the screen is refreshed, my understanding is that it uses zero power. Ziltch. That's a pretty big deal, wouldn't you say? Also, the PPI value is quite high I think...meaning the text is very easy on the eyes.