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Kinscoe: /* Nice to have formats */

2018-01-30T02:04:52Z

Nice to have formats

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	Currently I have a love/hate relationship with the B&N Nook. I love it's [http://www.barnesandnoble.com/nook/features/ feature set]. I hate the [[http://www.betanews.com/joewilcox/article/The-Crook-in-the-Nook-Barnes-Noble-ebooks-are-overpriced-compared-to-Amazon/1256171500 price B&N is placing on it's digital books]. Even books at the B&N [http://store-locator.barnesandnoble.com brick and mortar] and [http://www.barnesandnoble.com/ web storefronts] are ridiculously over priced compared to [http://www.amazon.com Amazon], [http://www.borders.com Borders],		Currently I have a love/hate relationship with the B&N Nook. I love it's [http://www.barnesandnoble.com/nook/features/ feature set]. I hate the [http://www.betanews.com/joewilcox/article/The-Crook-in-the-Nook-Barnes-Noble-ebooks-are-overpriced-compared-to-Amazon/1256171500 price B&N is placing on it's digital books]. Even books at the B&N [http://store-locator.barnesandnoble.com brick and mortar] and [http://www.barnesandnoble.com/ web storefronts] are ridiculously over priced compared to [http://www.amazon.com Amazon], [http://www.borders.com Borders],
	[http://www.bookpool.com Bookpool] or [http://www.booksamillion.com/ Books-a-Million] (my current favorite brick and mortar store to camp out in).		[http://www.bookpool.com Bookpool] or [http://www.booksamillion.com/ Books-a-Million] (my current favorite brick and mortar store to camp out in).

Kinscoe: /* Nice to have formats */

2018-01-30T02:04:23Z

Nice to have formats

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	Currently I have a love/hate relationship with the B&N Nook. I love it's [http://www.barnesandnoble.com/nook/features/ feature set]. I hate the [[http://www.betanews.com/joewilcox/article/The-Crook-in-the-Nook-Barnes-Noble-ebooks-are-overpriced-compared-to-Amazon/1256171500 price B&N is placing on it's digital books]. Even books at the B&N [http://store-locator.barnesandnoble.com brick and mortar] and [http://www.barnesandnoble.com/ web storefronts] are ridiculously over priced compared to [http://www.amazon.com Amazon], [http://www.borders.com Borders], [http://www.bookpool.com		Currently I have a love/hate relationship with the B&N Nook. I love it's [http://www.barnesandnoble.com/nook/features/ feature set]. I hate the [[http://www.betanews.com/joewilcox/article/The-Crook-in-the-Nook-Barnes-Noble-ebooks-are-overpriced-compared-to-Amazon/1256171500 price B&N is placing on it's digital books]. Even books at the B&N [http://store-locator.barnesandnoble.com brick and mortar] and [http://www.barnesandnoble.com/ web storefronts] are ridiculously over priced compared to [http://www.amazon.com Amazon], [http://www.borders.com Borders],
	Bookpool] or [http://www.booksamillion.com/ Books-a-Million] (my current favorite brick and mortar store to camp out in).		[http://www.bookpool.com Bookpool] or [http://www.booksamillion.com/ Books-a-Million] (my current favorite brick and mortar store to camp out in).

	This leads me then to my dilemma (and I imagine the same dilemma for most of you): I need a portable device in which to read the news of the day, my books that I own but how do I perform this in both a cost-affordable way and a free and open way as well without ripping off the authors in the process.		This leads me then to my dilemma (and I imagine the same dilemma for most of you): I need a portable device in which to read the news of the day, my books that I own but how do I perform this in both a cost-affordable way and a free and open way as well without ripping off the authors in the process.

Kinscoe: /* Nice to have formats */

2018-01-30T02:04:03Z

Nice to have formats

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	Currently I have a love/hate relationship with the B&N Nook. I love it's [http://www.barnesandnoble.com/nook/features/ feature set]. I hate the [[http://www.betanews.com/joewilcox/article/The-Crook-in-the-Nook-Barnes-Noble-ebooks-are-overpriced-compared-to-Amazon/1256171500 price B&N is placing on it's digital books]. Even books at the B&N [http://store-locator.barnesandnoble.com brick and mortar] and [http://www.barnesandnoble.com/ web storefronts] are ridiculously over priced compared to [http://www.amazon.com Amazon], [http://www.borders.com Borders], [http://www.bookpool.com		Currently I have a love/hate relationship with the B&N Nook. I love it's [http://www.barnesandnoble.com/nook/features/ feature set]. I hate the [[http://www.betanews.com/joewilcox/article/The-Crook-in-the-Nook-Barnes-Noble-ebooks-are-overpriced-compared-to-Amazon/1256171500 price B&N is placing on it's digital books]. Even books at the B&N [http://store-locator.barnesandnoble.com brick and mortar] and [http://www.barnesandnoble.com/ web storefronts] are ridiculously over priced compared to [http://www.amazon.com Amazon], [http://www.borders.com Borders], [http://www.bookpool.com
	Bookpool] or [http://www.booksamillion.com/ Books-a-Million] (my current favorite brick and mortar store to camp out in).		Bookpool] or [http://www.booksamillion.com/ Books-a-Million] (my current favorite brick and mortar store to camp out in).

	This leads me then to my dilemma (and I imagine the same dilemma for most of you): I need a portable device in which to read the news of the day, my books that I own but how do I perform this in both a cost-affordable way and a free and open way as well without ripping off the authors in the process.		This leads me then to my dilemma (and I imagine the same dilemma for most of you): I need a portable device in which to read the news of the day, my books that I own but how do I perform this in both a cost-affordable way and a free and open way as well without ripping off the authors in the process.

Kinscoe: /* Nice to have formats */

2018-01-30T02:03:01Z

Nice to have formats

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	http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Comparison_of_e-book_formats		http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Comparison_of_e-book_formats

	Currently I have a love/hate relationship with the B&N Nook. I love it's [http://www.barnesandnoble.com/nook/features/ feature set]. I hate the [[http://www.betanews.com/joewilcox/article/The-Crook-in-the-Nook-Barnes-Noble-ebooks-are-overpriced-compared-to-Amazon/1256171500 price B&N is placing on it's digital books]. Even books at the B&N [http://store-locator.barnesandnoble.com brick and mortar] and [http://www.barnesandnoble.com/ web storefronts] are ridiculously over priced compared to [http://www.amazon.com\|Amazon], [http://www.borders.com Borders], [http://www.bookpool.com Bookpool] or [http://www.booksamillion.com/ Books-a-Million] (my current favorite brick and mortar store to camp out in).		Currently I have a love/hate relationship with the B&N Nook. I love it's [http://www.barnesandnoble.com/nook/features/ feature set]. I hate the [[http://www.betanews.com/joewilcox/article/The-Crook-in-the-Nook-Barnes-Noble-ebooks-are-overpriced-compared-to-Amazon/1256171500 price B&N is placing on it's digital books]. Even books at the B&N [http://store-locator.barnesandnoble.com brick and mortar] and [http://www.barnesandnoble.com/ web storefronts] are ridiculously over priced compared to [http://www.amazon.com Amazon], [http://www.borders.com Borders], [http://www.bookpool.com
			Bookpool] or [http://www.booksamillion.com/ Books-a-Million] (my current favorite brick and mortar store to camp out in).

	This leads me then to my dilemma (and I imagine the same dilemma for most of you): I need a portable device in which to read the news of the day, my books that I own but how do I perform this in both a cost-affordable way and a free and open way as well without ripping off the authors in the process.		This leads me then to my dilemma (and I imagine the same dilemma for most of you): I need a portable device in which to read the news of the day, my books that I own but how do I perform this in both a cost-affordable way and a free and open way as well without ripping off the authors in the process.

Kinscoe: /* Nice to have formats */

2018-01-30T02:02:29Z

Nice to have formats

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	*[http://wiki.mobileread.com/wiki/LIT LIT] (Microsoft E-Reader)		*[http://wiki.mobileread.com/wiki/LIT LIT] (Microsoft E-Reader)
	*[http://wiki.mobileread.com/wiki/AZW AZW]/[http://wiki.mobileread.com/wiki/AZW#TPZ TPZ] (Amazon)		*[http://wiki.mobileread.com/wiki/AZW AZW]/[http://wiki.mobileread.com/wiki/AZW#TPZ TPZ] (Amazon)
	*[http://wiki.mobileread.com/wiki/LRF\|LRZ/LRX] (Sony)		*[http://wiki.mobileread.com/wiki/LRF LRZ/LRX] (Sony)
	*[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Comic_Book_Archive_file CBR] (comics		*[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Comic_Book_Archive_file CBR] (comics
	*[http://wiki.mobileread.com/wiki/MOBI MOBI] (MobiPocket Reader).		*[http://wiki.mobileread.com/wiki/MOBI MOBI] (MobiPocket Reader).

Kinscoe: /* Formats */

2018-01-30T02:02:06Z

Formats

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 *unprotected [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/EPUB EPUB]
-Graphics: JPG, GIF, PNG and [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/DjVu DjVu]. Nice to have formats: [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Open_eBook OEB], [http://wiki.mobileread.com/wiki/DOC DOC], [http://wiki.mobileread.com/wiki/LIT LIT] (Microsoft E-Reader), [http://wiki.mobileread.com/wiki/AZW AZW]/[http://wiki.mobileread.com/wiki/AZW#TPZ TPZ] (Amazon), [[http://wiki.mobileread.com/wiki/LRF|LRZ/LRX] (Sony), [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Comic_Book_Archive_file CBR] (comics) and [http://wiki.mobileread.com/wiki/MOBI MOBI] (MobiPocket Reader).
+===Graphics===
 http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Comparison_of_e-book_formats

Kinscoe: /* Formats */

2018-01-30T01:59:53Z

Formats

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	===Formats===		===Formats===

	A good (acceptable to me) ebook reader should be able to display the following formats: ADE (Adobe Digital Editions), ANSI, Unicode TXT, PDF, HTML, [http://wiki.mobileread.com/wiki/FB2		A good (acceptable to me) ebook reader should be able to display the following formats:
	FB2], [http://wiki.mobileread.com/wiki/PDB PDB] (Now called eReader format was called PalmDOC/Palm Digital Media/Peanut Press)~~, and~~ unprotected [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/EPUB EPUB]. Graphics: JPG, GIF, PNG and [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/DjVu DjVu]. Nice to have formats: [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Open_eBook OEB], [http://wiki.mobileread.com/wiki/DOC DOC], [http://wiki.mobileread.com/wiki/LIT LIT] (Microsoft E-Reader), [http://wiki.mobileread.com/wiki/AZW AZW]/[http://wiki.mobileread.com/wiki/AZW#TPZ TPZ] (Amazon), [[http://wiki.mobileread.com/wiki/LRF\|LRZ/LRX] (Sony), [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Comic_Book_Archive_file CBR] (comics) and [http://wiki.mobileread.com/wiki/MOBI MOBI] (MobiPocket Reader).
			*ADE (Adobe Digital Editions)
			*ANSI
			*Unicode text (TXT)
			*PDF
			*HTML
			*[http://wiki.mobileread.com/wiki/FB2 FB2]
			*[http://wiki.mobileread.com/wiki/PDB PDB] (Now called eReader format was called PalmDOC/Palm Digital Media/Peanut Press)
			*unprotected [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/EPUB EPUB]

			Graphics: JPG, GIF, PNG and [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/DjVu DjVu]. Nice to have formats: [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Open_eBook OEB], [http://wiki.mobileread.com/wiki/DOC DOC], [http://wiki.mobileread.com/wiki/LIT LIT] (Microsoft E-Reader), [http://wiki.mobileread.com/wiki/AZW AZW]/[http://wiki.mobileread.com/wiki/AZW#TPZ TPZ] (Amazon), [[http://wiki.mobileread.com/wiki/LRF\|LRZ/LRX] (Sony), [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Comic_Book_Archive_file CBR] (comics) and [http://wiki.mobileread.com/wiki/MOBI MOBI] (MobiPocket Reader).

	http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Comparison_of_e-book_formats		http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Comparison_of_e-book_formats

Kinscoe: /* Dedicated ebook readers */

2018-01-30T01:57:37Z

Dedicated ebook readers

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	The reason I would choose a dedicated device over a general purpose tablet (or slate) is because of the screen size (six inches diagonally at a minimum) and the [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/E_Ink E-ink] technology. A quicker sale would include ubiquitous (and free) wireless updates for purchases or downloads of ebooks (or textual content - web pages perhaps or maps and directions would be nice also) and the icing on the cake would include the ability to view news, blogs or web browser on the wireless access. I am willing to pay a certain amount for this privilege but not too much (~10/mo subscription or access). Screen reading and MP3/Ogg Vorbis audio playback would be nice too but since I have an iPod I am not asking for overkill in this device.		The reason I would choose a dedicated device over a general purpose tablet (or slate) is because of the screen size (six inches diagonally at a minimum) and the [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/E_Ink E-ink] technology. A quicker sale would include ubiquitous (and free) wireless updates for purchases or downloads of ebooks (or textual content - web pages perhaps or maps and directions would be nice also) and the icing on the cake would include the ability to view news, blogs or web browser on the wireless access. I am willing to pay a certain amount for this privilege but not too much (~10/mo subscription or access). Screen reading and MP3/Ogg Vorbis audio playback would be nice too but since I have an iPod I am not asking for overkill in this device.

			===Formats===

	A good (acceptable to me) ebook reader should be able to display the following formats: ADE (Adobe Digital Editions), ANSI, Unicode TXT, PDF, HTML, [http://wiki.mobileread.com/wiki/FB2		A good (acceptable to me) ebook reader should be able to display the following formats: ADE (Adobe Digital Editions), ANSI, Unicode TXT, PDF, HTML, [http://wiki.mobileread.com/wiki/FB2

Kinscoe: /* Dedicated ebook readers */

2018-01-30T01:56:20Z

Dedicated ebook readers

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	A good (acceptable to me) ebook reader should be able to display the following formats: ADE (Adobe Digital Editions), ANSI, Unicode TXT, PDF, HTML, [http://wiki.mobileread.com/wiki/FB2		A good (acceptable to me) ebook reader should be able to display the following formats: ADE (Adobe Digital Editions), ANSI, Unicode TXT, PDF, HTML, [http://wiki.mobileread.com/wiki/FB2
	FB2], [http://wiki.mobileread.com/wiki/PDB PDB] (Now called eReader format was called PalmDOC/Palm Digital Media/Peanut Press), and unprotected [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/EPUB EPUB]. Graphics: JPG, GIF, PNG and [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/DjVu DjVu]. Nice to have formats: [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Open_eBook OEB], [http://wiki.mobileread.com/wiki/DOC DOC], [http://wiki.mobileread.com/wiki/LIT LIT] (Microsoft E-Reader), [http://wiki.mobileread.com/wiki/AZW AZW]/[http://wiki.mobileread.com/wiki/AZW#TPZ TPZ] (Amazon), [[http://wiki.mobileread.com/wiki/LRF\|LRZ/LRX]] (Sony), [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Comic_Book_Archive_file CBR]] (comics) and [http://wiki.mobileread.com/wiki/MOBI MOBI] (MobiPocket Reader).		FB2], [http://wiki.mobileread.com/wiki/PDB PDB] (Now called eReader format was called PalmDOC/Palm Digital Media/Peanut Press), and unprotected [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/EPUB EPUB]. Graphics: JPG, GIF, PNG and [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/DjVu DjVu]. Nice to have formats: [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Open_eBook OEB], [http://wiki.mobileread.com/wiki/DOC DOC], [http://wiki.mobileread.com/wiki/LIT LIT] (Microsoft E-Reader), [http://wiki.mobileread.com/wiki/AZW AZW]/[http://wiki.mobileread.com/wiki/AZW#TPZ TPZ] (Amazon), [[http://wiki.mobileread.com/wiki/LRF\|LRZ/LRX] (Sony), [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Comic_Book_Archive_file CBR] (comics) and [http://wiki.mobileread.com/wiki/MOBI MOBI] (MobiPocket Reader).

	http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Comparison_of_e-book_formats		http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Comparison_of_e-book_formats

Kinscoe: /* Dedicated ebook readers */

2018-01-30T01:55:28Z

Dedicated ebook readers

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	The reason I would choose a dedicated device over a general purpose tablet (or slate) is because of the screen size (six inches diagonally at a minimum) and the [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/E_Ink E-ink] technology. A quicker sale would include ubiquitous (and free) wireless updates for purchases or downloads of ebooks (or textual content - web pages perhaps or maps and directions would be nice also) and the icing on the cake would include the ability to view news, blogs or web browser on the wireless access. I am willing to pay a certain amount for this privilege but not too much (~10/mo subscription or access). Screen reading and MP3/Ogg Vorbis audio playback would be nice too but since I have an iPod I am not asking for overkill in this device.		The reason I would choose a dedicated device over a general purpose tablet (or slate) is because of the screen size (six inches diagonally at a minimum) and the [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/E_Ink E-ink] technology. A quicker sale would include ubiquitous (and free) wireless updates for purchases or downloads of ebooks (or textual content - web pages perhaps or maps and directions would be nice also) and the icing on the cake would include the ability to view news, blogs or web browser on the wireless access. I am willing to pay a certain amount for this privilege but not too much (~10/mo subscription or access). Screen reading and MP3/Ogg Vorbis audio playback would be nice too but since I have an iPod I am not asking for overkill in this device.

	A good (acceptable to me) ebook reader should be able to display the following formats: ADE (Adobe Digital Editions), ANSI, Unicode TXT, PDF, HTML, [http://wiki.mobileread.com/wiki/FB2 FB2]], [[http://wiki.mobileread.com/wiki/PDB\|PDB] (Now called eReader format was called PalmDOC/Palm Digital Media/Peanut Press), and unprotected [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/EPUB EPUB]. Graphics: JPG, GIF, PNG and [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/DjVu DjVu]. Nice to have formats: [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Open_eBook OEB], [http://wiki.mobileread.com/wiki/DOC DOC], [http://wiki.mobileread.com/wiki/LIT LIT] (Microsoft E-Reader), [http://wiki.mobileread.com/wiki/AZW AZW]/[http://wiki.mobileread.com/wiki/AZW#TPZ TPZ] (Amazon), [[http://wiki.mobileread.com/wiki/LRF\|LRZ/LRX]] (Sony), [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Comic_Book_Archive_file CBR]] (comics) and [http://wiki.mobileread.com/wiki/MOBI MOBI] (MobiPocket Reader).		A good (acceptable to me) ebook reader should be able to display the following formats: ADE (Adobe Digital Editions), ANSI, Unicode TXT, PDF, HTML, [http://wiki.mobileread.com/wiki/FB2
			FB2], [http://wiki.mobileread.com/wiki/PDB PDB] (Now called eReader format was called PalmDOC/Palm Digital Media/Peanut Press), and unprotected [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/EPUB EPUB]. Graphics: JPG, GIF, PNG and [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/DjVu DjVu]. Nice to have formats: [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Open_eBook OEB], [http://wiki.mobileread.com/wiki/DOC DOC], [http://wiki.mobileread.com/wiki/LIT LIT] (Microsoft E-Reader), [http://wiki.mobileread.com/wiki/AZW AZW]/[http://wiki.mobileread.com/wiki/AZW#TPZ TPZ] (Amazon), [[http://wiki.mobileread.com/wiki/LRF\|LRZ/LRX]] (Sony), [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Comic_Book_Archive_file CBR]] (comics) and [http://wiki.mobileread.com/wiki/MOBI MOBI] (MobiPocket Reader).

	http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Comparison_of_e-book_formats		http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Comparison_of_e-book_formats