Comments on: 15 Reasons Why Books Have Problems http://awads.net/wp/2006/05/22/15-reasons-why-books-have-problems/ News, views, tips and tricks on Oracle and other fun stuff Tue, 07 Oct 2008 06:37:56 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.5 By: Abby http://awads.net/wp/2006/05/22/15-reasons-why-books-have-problems/#comment-50361 Abby Sun, 04 Mar 2007 13:08:26 +0000 http://awads.net/wp/2006/05/22/15-reasons-why-books-have-problems/#comment-50361 <p>"When you buy a book, most of the time you get a CD of the book in PDF format." Haven't seen that either, but you can buy a lot of digital ebooks nowadays online. A lot of informational books are actually only sold as ebooks... And it might be just me, but I hate having to stare and read through a book of 100-200pages on my computer monitor.</p> <p>Sony is currently selling a digital ebook reader for +- $350 making it pretty interesting offer. (Haven't bought one yet myself though.) Philips (iRex devision) is also working on a new toy called the iLiad. Comes with an internet connection (so you can get the newspaper every morning on your pad), but it's a bid on the expensive side at $810.</p> <p>Can't wait to see what will be available in the coming years :)</p> “When you buy a book, most of the time you get a CD of the book in PDF format.”
Haven’t seen that either, but you can buy a lot of digital ebooks nowadays
online. A lot of informational books are actually only sold as ebooks…
And it might be just me, but I hate having to stare and read through a book of
100-200pages on my computer monitor.

Sony is currently selling a digital ebook reader for +- $350 making it pretty
interesting offer. (Haven’t bought one yet myself though.)
Philips (iRex devision) is also working on a new toy called the iLiad. Comes
with an internet connection (so you can get the newspaper every morning on
your pad), but it’s a bid on the expensive side at $810.

Can’t wait to see what will be available in the coming years :)

]]> By: joel garry http://awads.net/wp/2006/05/22/15-reasons-why-books-have-problems/#comment-11580 joel garry Fri, 26 May 2006 18:28:55 +0000 http://awads.net/wp/2006/05/22/15-reasons-why-books-have-problems/#comment-11580 <p>E-books getting there: <a href="http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/c/a/2005/11/07/BUGP0FIINV1.DTL&hw=HP&sn=003&sc=308" rel="nofollow">HP</a></p> <p><i>When someone finally comes out with a light inexpensive e-book reader, with a screen as large and readable as a good quality paperback - I’ll buy.</i> <a href="http://products.sel.sony.com/pa/prs/index.html?DCMP=reader&HQS=showcase_reader" rel="nofollow">Sony Reader</a></p> E-books getting there:
HP

When someone finally comes out with a light inexpensive e-book reader, with a screen as large and readable as a good quality paperback - I’ll buy.
Sony Reader

]]> By: BuzzMachine » Blog Archive » More on books http://awads.net/wp/2006/05/22/15-reasons-why-books-have-problems/#comment-11552 BuzzMachine » Blog Archive » More on books Fri, 26 May 2006 13:46:55 +0000 http://awads.net/wp/2006/05/22/15-reasons-why-books-have-problems/#comment-11552 <p>[...] : Eddie Awad condensed the discussion so far into a good gravy. [...]</p> […] : Eddie Awad condensed the discussion so far into a good gravy. […]

]]> By: Peter Boughton http://awads.net/wp/2006/05/22/15-reasons-why-books-have-problems/#comment-10779 Peter Boughton Tue, 23 May 2006 08:33:08 +0000 http://awads.net/wp/2006/05/22/15-reasons-why-books-have-problems/#comment-10779 <p>When you buy a book, most of the time you get a CD of the book in PDF format.</p> <p>Eh? I've never bought/seen a book like that?</p> When you buy a book, most of the time you get a CD of the book in PDF format.

Eh? I’ve never bought/seen a book like that?

]]> By: Herod http://awads.net/wp/2006/05/22/15-reasons-why-books-have-problems/#comment-10690 Herod Mon, 22 May 2006 20:28:24 +0000 http://awads.net/wp/2006/05/22/15-reasons-why-books-have-problems/#comment-10690 <p>Your most important book, came with an electronic book of Mr. Kytes expert one-on-one oracle (8i) edition.</p> <p>Hopefully the next book will have an electronic version of Expert Oracle DB architecture.</p> <p>I have the printed copy of 1on1 and Expert Oracle DB Arch. But since I purchased the new one, the printed copy of 1on1 as stayed on the shelf in favour of the electronic version. This brings up another problem with electronic books. The electronic version of 1on1 on the CD is horrible as electronic books go, pages numbers don't correspond, no clickable chapters or index entries. Appears to have been done with a low quality freeware PDF creator. No slight to Mr. Kyte here, absolutely nothing he could have done.</p> <p>Both are amazing books, and I have been poking around for another copy of 1on1 because my copy is dog eared, worn out and has so many sticky notes marking pages sticking out of it, my daughter calls in "Father's Rainbow Book"</p> <p>I personally read technical books on paper, and personal books on my PDA or laptop. There are very view personal reading books now that are not electronic. I have shelves and shelves of books. Yet, shelves and shelves of books fit onto my PDA and I have them with me most of the time.</p> Your most important book, came with an electronic book of Mr. Kytes expert one-on-one oracle (8i) edition.

Hopefully the next book will have an electronic version of Expert Oracle DB architecture.

I have the printed copy of 1on1 and Expert Oracle DB Arch. But since I purchased the new one, the printed copy of 1on1 as stayed on the shelf in favour of the electronic version. This brings up another problem with electronic books. The electronic version of 1on1 on the CD is horrible as electronic books go, pages numbers don’t correspond, no clickable chapters or index entries. Appears to have been done with a low quality freeware PDF creator. No slight to Mr. Kyte here, absolutely nothing he could have done.

Both are amazing books, and I have been poking around for another copy of 1on1 because my copy is dog eared, worn out and has so many sticky notes marking pages sticking out of it, my daughter calls in “Father’s Rainbow Book”

I personally read technical books on paper, and personal books on my PDA or laptop. There are very view personal reading books now that are not electronic. I have shelves and shelves of books. Yet, shelves and shelves of books fit onto my PDA and I have them with me most of the time.

]]> By: John Flack http://awads.net/wp/2006/05/22/15-reasons-why-books-have-problems/#comment-10539 John Flack Mon, 22 May 2006 12:30:04 +0000 http://awads.net/wp/2006/05/22/15-reasons-why-books-have-problems/#comment-10539 <p>Almost any work of fiction that I want to read is available in a small portable paperback format. Technical books are the problem: too big, fat and heavy. I would love to have them small and portable. I know that many are available in electronic form, but there isn't a single good electronic book reader device on the market. Cheap Laptops are too big and small light laptops are too expensive. Besides, a laptop is overkill if all I want to do is read a book. PDA screens are too small. When someone finally comes out with a light inexpensive e-book reader, with a screen as large and readable as a good quality paperback - I'll buy. If it can do double duty as a PDA - all the better.</p> Almost any work of fiction that I want to read is available in a small portable paperback format. Technical books are the problem: too big, fat and heavy. I would love to have them small and portable. I know that many are available in electronic form, but there isn’t a single good electronic book reader device on the market. Cheap Laptops are too big and small light laptops are too expensive. Besides, a laptop is overkill if all I want to do is read a book. PDA screens are too small. When someone finally comes out with a light inexpensive e-book reader, with a screen as large and readable as a good quality paperback - I’ll buy. If it can do double duty as a PDA - all the better.

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