... So what? A book sold through a book club, in a bookstore or in a newsstand "is the same reading experience" and even a similar object... but these...
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Millard Johnson
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Mar 1, 2001 2:59 pm
Another thing... People who need talking books care very much about the reader. Readers add spice to the books. Simply making voice output supplies content,...
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mawright
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Mar 1, 2001 3:10 pm
"An e-book is basically the same thing as a book - it is the same reading experience, it is a linear narrative - and whether it is on paper or computer screen...
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Millard Johnson
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Mar 1, 2001 3:38 pm
Referred to me by my staff member Marie Predmore: RESEARCH LIBRARY SPENDING ON ELECTRONIC INFORMATION RISING Experimental data collected by ARL libraries over...
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David P. Dillard
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Mar 1, 2001 3:45 pm
Back in the early days of internet searching on the early search engines, one would plug in a term and get a very large group of documents. One could then plug...
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Guzik, Bob (INV-EDH)
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Mar 1, 2001 4:19 pm
I disagree... my wife is blind, and she is frustrated by the lack of audio books. She has a Masters in Social Work and needs to read a lot to keep up in the...
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Jennifer Sutton
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Mar 1, 2001 4:37 pm
Well, I'll have to respectfully quibble with this. This is a very subjective issue, just as the reading experience is subjective for sighted folks. It...
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Trabar
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Mar 1, 2001 5:05 pm
<snip> From: "Michael S. Hart" However, the vast majority of these definitions, and nearly all of them before my most recent editions, would leave out someone ...
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richard seltzer
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Mar 1, 2001 5:31 pm
I have an audio book available for free from my site at http://www.samizdat.com/liz I built this using a tool called eBookIt. I'd appreciate feedback on...
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Jeff Kirvin
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Mar 1, 2001 6:01 pm
I was reading a news article about e-ink, and one of the alleged benefits of the technology is to make screens thinner, cheaper and *bigger*. Reading about the...
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Jonathan Lyons @ The ...
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Mar 1, 2001 6:23 pm
Hi Richard, Just a passing concern: Can the Web readers employed by the blind read Microsoft's odd XMLish HTML output from Word (which is what your site seems ...
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richard seltzer
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Mar 1, 2001 8:25 pm
Re: [eBook-List] Audio books for blind Just a passing concern: Can the Web readers employed by the blind read Microsoft's odd XMLish HTML output from Word...
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Sarah L. Wood
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Mar 1, 2001 8:35 pm
OverDrive, Inc. recently opened www.ebookexpress.com a free site for creating Microsoft Reader eBooks. Simply upload your source file and cover art and eBook...
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Jim Drew / Ciao! Publ...
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Mar 1, 2001 10:00 pm
From: Jeff Kirvin <jkirvin@...> ... One factor is "immersion", how deep you get into the world of the (fiction) book. Turning the page breaks immersion...
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richard seltzer
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Mar 1, 2001 10:17 pm
Re: [eBook-List] Audio books for blindFYI -- apparently eBookIt works very well for the blind I just received the attached note in reply to a request for...
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Katharine C. Krueger
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Mar 2, 2001 2:10 am
Guzik, Bob (INV-EDH) <Bob_Guzik@... wrote: I disagree... my wife is blind, and she is frustrated by the lack of audio ... of ... ________________ ...
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Michael S. Hart
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Mar 2, 2001 1:54 pm
A Few Questions About Pay-Per-View Suppose someone wants to run some searches on a pay-per-view book, does each search consitute one reading of the book? What...
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Mark Weaver
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Mar 2, 2001 3:46 pm
... From: "Michael S. Hart" <hart@...> To: <Undisclosed recipients:> Sent: Friday, March 02, 2001 7:37 AM Subject: [eBook-List] A Few Questions...
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Pat Thompson
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Mar 2, 2001 5:39 pm
Jeff, I too have tried the various options (Palm, PocketPC, Rocket). Like you, clarity is the most important element to me. But, call it my old-school ways or...
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EPU Monitor
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Mar 2, 2001 7:35 pm
Hi, I am just wondering, when I buy a dedicated Hardware Reader and store a lot of eBooks on it, the total can represent a considerable value. When it gets...
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Millard Johnson
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Mar 2, 2001 7:46 pm
I would not presume to argue with a blind person about what blind people want. My comments were in reference to my fiction reading book club and discussions...
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Mar 2, 2001 7:56 pm
... Not at all! Any HTML on the open source Usenet groups, for example, is an open invitation to a flame war. Robert -- Robert Kiesling Linux FAQ Maintainer ...
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Edward Barrow
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Mar 2, 2001 8:25 pm
... Backlash? Loud cheers of support! Also, a point repeatedly made by Jon in his Administrivia postings... Edward Barrow new media copyright consultant ...
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Jim Drew / Ciao! Publ...
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Mar 2, 2001 10:17 pm
From: "EPU Monitor" <epu100@...> ... That is going to vary depending on the particular device's software, of course. Some may provide a means of doing...
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Michael S. Hart
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Mar 2, 2001 10:57 pm
... Yes, this is ok for short works. ... So the quicker reader, or the person who just had more time to read, would get a "better deal". . .but the slow...
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Scott Pendergrast
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Mar 2, 2001 11:05 pm
I apologize if the following was already part of this discussion. Here's my question: at Fictionwise, we own the electronic rights for our eBooks. We don't own...
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Michael S. Hart
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Mar 2, 2001 11:37 pm
... Get one with password protection. Michael ... Thanks for using eBook-List, Discussion about Electronic Books ... Post Message: ebook-list@... Get...
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Jim Drew / Ciao! Publ...
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Mar 3, 2001 12:51 am
From: "Michael S. Hart" <hart@...> ... Yup, that's all true, and that's one reason that a pay-per-view mechanism for electronic material is good for...
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Jim Drew / Ciao! Publ...
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Mar 3, 2001 1:06 am
From: "Scott Pendergrast" <scott@...> ... "Audio rights" should be seen as referring to the right to put the work down in a tangible recorded audio...
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Katharine C. Krueger
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Mar 3, 2001 1:26 am
Scott Pendergrast <scott@... wrote: <snip>I've been told that some authors sell separate rights for "Audio recordings for the blind." Can someone ...
