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Re: Who's on Wave?

2009-11-23T16:37:15Z

I would like an invite to try it out, though frankly I don't see how I
can use it. If I combine my several home numbers, which are also those
of my wife, I will get her calls and she mine: is there any practical
way around this?

On Nov 18, 12:33 pm, Richard Cartwright <cartwrigh...@gmail.com>

Wave Invites (nominations?)

2009-11-21T00:29:14Z

Hi,
I sent in the email addresses for the Wave invites for the requesters.
Let me know when Google sends you something.
Cheers,
Bob

Re: [woyp] Re: Who's on Wave?

2009-11-18T17:33:45Z

I have invites to give as well. Alas, apparently you just get nominated, not
invited right away.

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Re: [woyp] Who's on Wave?

2009-11-18T15:25:58Z

Re: [woyp] Re: The B&N e-book reader versus the eReader reader

2009-11-18T11:39:17Z

Jesper,

Oh, definitely it is notsimple. And Sony has strange ideas often about
marketing. But the point I was trying to make is that the marketing logic of
selling expensive book readers is lock-in. If you buy the Kindle or the Nook
or the Sony Reader then you have made a large investment that you really

Who's on Wave?

2009-11-18T07:35:55Z

Hi,
Google seems to be catching up with the long list of applicants as I
received my invite a few days ago. Anybody else on Wave? Also, does
anybody want an invite?
Cheers,
Bob

Re: [woyp] Re: The B&N e-book reader versus the eReader reader

2009-11-18T07:32:50Z

Not so sure it's that simple. Sony have all manner of content
distribution as well, and would love to sell books - that's why they
used to push for their lrf format, making it the fastest and best
supported format on their readers. Seems they actually learned a thing
or two from refusing to support mp3's a few years back though.

Re: [woyp] Re: The B&N e-book reader versus the eReader reader

2009-11-18T07:26:40Z

I got an email from Sony that I can send my Reader in for a firmware
upgrade, to make it read epub books. Since that is what I use in
Stanza on the iPod Touch, and I can convert pretty much anything
freely available I can access into epub, that would seem to become my
new standard. I seem to recall I read Google will get behind epub as

Re: [woyp] Re: The B&N e-book reader versus the eReader reader

2009-11-18T01:35:17Z

Don,

I think the answer to your question about compatibility depends on whether
the company behind the reader is making its money primarily from the sale of
readers (hardware) or books. Sony is basically a hardware company, but B&N
and Amazon are book sellers. The logic of having a piece of hardware for

Re: [woyp] Re: The B&N e-book reader versus the eReader reader

2009-11-17T22:56:26Z

All this foolishness is just plain stupid. And now new readers are coming out it seems like every week and how great is the compatibility between them?

Why do they have to use proprietary formats anyway for each reader? I'm sure they could use something universal like RTF and stick some kind of DRM layer on it and still make it compatible across devices.

Re: [woyp] The B&N e-book reader versus the eReader reader

2009-11-17T22:44:41Z

You're not the first to discover this. B&N just announced yesterday that
they'll be accepting gift cards for ebooks sometime in mid-December.
You're also not the first to discover that the B&N software is just the
eReader software rebranded. B&N right now is saying that your eReader
(and compatible Fictionwise) purchases will be readable on the nook but

The B&N e-book reader versus the eReader reader

2009-11-17T22:39:18Z

I have a problem with my e-books. I can't keep up with my reading. I am now
more than half way through "Anathem" and am enjoying it overall. But in the
time I have been reading it I have learned about several new books, all
available, in electronic format, that I really want to read. Among those are

Amazon announces free Kindle reader for Windows

2009-11-10T17:47:07Z

Ran across this piece of good news this morning and thought I would share.
[link]

Dream Quest One

2009-11-08T08:07:28Z

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Re: [woyp] Re: Nook and ereader.com NOT compatible?

2009-10-23T23:27:59Z

That's very interesting. It certainly shows the technical strength of
Android, which certainly wasn't designed with ebook readers in mind.

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