Comments on: eBookWise

By: Gordo

Gordo — Fri, 25 Dec 2009 15:53:13 +0000

I LOVE my eBookwise 1150, same reasons as the blogger – my 8 year old just stole it away (to read the complete works of Edgar Rice Burroughs and the complete Hardy Boys series, all available online) so I’ll probably be ordering another one. While I still want a reader that does PDF (my tablet PC will have to serve til something comes out thats lighter and has longer battery life) for reading text there’s nothing to beat the 1150!

By: MoJo

MoJo — Thu, 17 Dec 2009 20:45:16 +0000

IMP is the native format for eBookWise. There is no other format it’ll read. There is a piece of software that will convert DOC, RTF, and HTML to IMP so you can get it on your reader.

Honestly? It’s not the easiest device to get ebooks for, or get them on it, but for $90, IMO, it’s worth it, especially as a starter device.

By: Estara

Estara — Wed, 16 Dec 2009 20:34:37 +0000

A Question: I read that .prc was the native format for Ebookwise and that the makers of it no longer support drm-ed .prc in their firmware – wouldn’t that make it difficult for people who buy from ebook stories as a lot of the big publishers want DRM?

Having a Sony PRS-505 myself with which I’m very happy, especially the fact that I can read my manga on it, quite apart from the books – I’m just repeating hearsay.

By: Dude

Dude — Sat, 12 Dec 2009 05:14:59 +0000

Dude needs to clarify. Dude began using the Asus Eee in order to allow the kids to use the desktop. The girl got a taste during summer school prior to the start of 1st grade. Dude kept getting asked”DaddyDude, do you have KidPix on your computer?, Why not? Can you download it?” So we decided that since we wanted a netbook anyway, Dude bought one and hooked it up to an external monitor and keyboard for us to use upstairs. Dude uses a desktop customized and upgraded with primo parts for main use. But Dude digresses….So the kids on the desktop did not work out for long. The boy, aka 3.5 yr old GadgetBoy, wouldn’t stop clicking on stuff he wasn’t supposed to. Even changing the avatar on the windows login screen. Mrs Dude (MoJo) got fed up with “mommy can you fix this” while she was trying to work, and banished it to a storeroom. Dude can perfectly well give up the Asus and go back to the other desktop if MoJo wants to use it.

By: MoJo

MoJo — Fri, 11 Dec 2009 20:18:56 +0000

The weight and the curvature of the thickest part is just so perfectly suited to your hand. Whoever designed this was a genius and/or had carpal tunnel syndrome.

By: Eva

Eva — Fri, 11 Dec 2009 19:24:35 +0000

Huh. I was waiting for the Apple. But that hefty honking thing is looking kinda good. I think it’s that big on purpose. For the tweeners who aren’t quite sure they want to make the jump from the sensual heft of a book.

By: haggis

haggis — Fri, 11 Dec 2009 19:01:24 +0000

Sweet.

So how Mac-friendly is it, do you suppose?

By: MoJo

MoJo — Fri, 11 Dec 2009 18:49:13 +0000

Damn. Now that I see the blimp is just made for leftiness, it makes even more sense. . .

Au contraire, mon frere (sue me). You can flip the text to use it in your right hand, too.

By: haggis

haggis — Fri, 11 Dec 2009 18:47:22 +0000

Damn. Now that I see the blimp is just made for leftiness, it makes even more sense. . .

By: MoJo

MoJo — Fri, 11 Dec 2009 18:45:06 +0000

You’ll shoot your eye out, kid!

It takes a lot of effort to shoot one’s eye out with a BB gun.