[NTLK] Manybooks.net is interesting

Dennis B. Swaney romad at aol.com
Tue Jun 1 17:00:56 EDT 2010


On 01/06/10 11:03PDT, M. Horvat wrote:
>> The Newton is superior in E-book reading to the Kindle or
>> Nook?  How so?
>
> No DRM.
> You can print or fax pages.
> You can backup them.
> You can copy their text.
> You can annotate them... with handwriting and sketches!
> You can make your own books, and convert existing ones.
> You can use standard AA batteries. (Although they do not last as long as on dedicated readers)
> And on some models there's even a backlight.
>
> :)
>

Hmmm, except for the AA batteries, all the above can be done with an 
iPad and the appropriate apps.  ;)

-- 
Sincerely,
Dennis B. Swaney

Newton MP 2100
iPhone 3GS
iPad



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