{"id":2277,"date":"2009-12-11T13:19:28","date_gmt":"2009-12-11T18:19:28","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/moriahjovan.com\/mojo\/?p=2277"},"modified":"2025-11-06T14:36:47","modified_gmt":"2025-11-06T19:36:47","slug":"ebookwise","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/moriahjovan.com\/talesofdunham\/blog\/ebookwise\/","title":{"rendered":"eBookWise"},"content":{"rendered":"

Want an ebook reader but can\u2019t stomach the prices either for the devices, the data plans, or the ebooks?<\/p>\n

\"eBookwiseGet an eBookWise.<\/p>\n

See, we all know the biggest objection to all the other devices on the market: Too expensive for a one-trick pony that you\u2019re not even sure you like the trick anyway.<\/p>\n

There are the lesser-known problems (until you encounter them): Kindle (could get your library taken away from you, and what if you really don\u2019t like reading on an eInk device?). Nook (apparently shittastic all the way around\u2014if the device can\u2019t read EPUB, it\u2019s an epic fail, trust me). Sony (I\u2019ve heard various and sundry objections to this, so I\u2019ll let you do the googling).<\/p>\n

Then there are the people who are waiting on technology to work itself out before they pop for any device, and some of these people are waiting on the iTablet<\/a> or MSCourier<\/a>. They still might like to have an ebook reader, but can\u2019t stomach the cost:limitation ratio of any current devices, so they\u2019ll wait until technology catches up to their needs.<\/p>\n

Now, it is true that lots<\/span> and lots<\/span> and lots<\/span> of people read ebooks on their BlackBerry et al and iPhone\/iTouch. It\u2019s my opinion most people don\u2019t want a one-trick pony device. They want a multifunction device. Why? Because I<\/span> want a multifunction device and everybody<\/span> is like me, right?<\/p>\n

But \u2026 since I\u2019m a cheap bitch and don\u2019t want to fork over for the dataplan for a smartphone, I have a one-trick pony device, and you know what? I love<\/span> my one-trick pony device. Mike Cane mocks me for it<\/a>, but the more devices I see rumored, debuted, trashed, complained about, the more I fall in love with my little workhorse. Worse! He sees ebooks (currently) as little more than tarted-up text files<\/a> (which is true).<\/p>\n

So you know what\u2019s so lovely about my little workhorse? It\u2019s $90. That\u2019s right. Know what you give up for that $90? You have to spend a little time learning A) which formats to buy for it and B) perform a few software gymnastics to get it on the device. I mean, for little more than a tarted-up text file, it\u2019s absolutely the most perfect device ever, especially for the price.<\/p>\n

Want a starter ebook reader that is ergonomically divine? Backlit so you can snuggle under the covers in the dark and read while staying all warm and toasty? That you can eat and read at the same time? That has a bunch of the same bells and whistles all the expensive devices do, like highlighting, notetaking, mp3 capability (audiobooks), search, long battery life, and the ability to put your own documents on it.<\/p>\n

Get the eBookWise.<\/span><\/p>\n

Really.<\/p>\n

I don\u2019t care how sophisticated it\u2019s not. It\u2019s a dream.<\/p>\n

I have no connection to this company other than I love its product. I very rarely get so excited about a product and if I do, I very rarely maintain that excitement because eventually its flaws will make me pissy. I\u2019ve had my eBookWise going on 2 years now and I love it more now than I ever did.<\/p>\n

I swear, until such a time as A) the iTablet\/MSCourier actually appears and B) ebooks cease to be little more than tarted-up text files, I see absolutely no reason to pop for anything else. I\u2019m not anti early adopter. I\u2019m anti early adopter of very expensive but ultimately deficient products in the very thing they are created to do.<\/p>\n

And yes, I still have and love my Asus [link<\/a>], EEE [link<\/a>], PC [link<\/a>], but um \u2026 it kinda sorta got appropriated by Hero<\/a>, which is perfectly okay.<\/p>\n

UPDATE: Mike Cane\u2019s mockery continues.<\/p>\n

\"Tweet<\/p>\n

He sent me to this picture:<\/p>\n

\"Four<\/p>\n

The eBookWise is the one on the far right. It is<\/span> a blimp, isn\u2019t it? That is exactly why my hands love me for using it instead of anything else (including print). It\u2019s also why it can stand up on the table, propped against a drinking glass, to enable me to read while I\u2019m eating.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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