Comments on: Ease into e-reading http://www.techusers.org/2007/08/10/ease-into-e-reading/ Tech from an e-booker's point of view Sun, 13 Nov 2011 18:39:55 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v= By: Ellen Hage http://www.techusers.org/2007/08/10/ease-into-e-reading/comment-page-1/#comment-56 Ellen Hage Sat, 11 Aug 2007 17:26:38 +0000 http://techusers.org/2007/08/10/ease-into-e-reading/#comment-56 Steve, At first he chose RSS feed. The first installment come in and he read it using Safari. But then he couldn't get subsequent files. So we changed it to email. Now it comes to his iphone via email and when he taps it, it opens up in safari (Macreader) and he can read it. HTH Ellen Steve,

At first he chose RSS feed. The first installment come in and he read it using Safari. But then he couldn’t get subsequent files. So we changed it to email. Now it comes to his iphone via email and when he taps it, it opens up in safari (Macreader) and he can read it. HTH

Ellen

]]> By: Steve Jordan http://www.techusers.org/2007/08/10/ease-into-e-reading/comment-page-1/#comment-55 Steve Jordan Sat, 11 Aug 2007 14:35:38 +0000 http://techusers.org/2007/08/10/ease-into-e-reading/#comment-55 Ellen, out of curiosity, what app is your husband using to read W&P? I didn't know an e-book reader had been ported into the iPhone yet. Ellen, out of curiosity, what app is your husband using to read W&P? I didn’t know an e-book reader had been ported into the iPhone yet.

]]> By: Ellen Hage http://www.techusers.org/2007/08/10/ease-into-e-reading/comment-page-1/#comment-49 Ellen Hage Fri, 10 Aug 2007 23:41:30 +0000 http://techusers.org/2007/08/10/ease-into-e-reading/#comment-49 Hadrien, OK. I must have done something wrong. I will try this over the next few days with my Sony. Thanks for your help. Ellen Hadrien,

OK. I must have done something wrong. I will try this over the next few days with my Sony. Thanks for your help.

Ellen

]]> By: Hadrien GARDEUR http://www.techusers.org/2007/08/10/ease-into-e-reading/comment-page-1/#comment-44 Hadrien GARDEUR Fri, 10 Aug 2007 20:19:27 +0000 http://techusers.org/2007/08/10/ease-into-e-reading/#comment-44 It's already working quite well for your blog though: http://www.feedbooks.com/news/rss2pdf/644?format=sony It’s already working quite well for your blog though: http://www.feedbooks.com/news/rss2pdf/644?format=sony

]]> By: Hadrien GARDEUR http://www.techusers.org/2007/08/10/ease-into-e-reading/comment-page-1/#comment-43 Hadrien GARDEUR Fri, 10 Aug 2007 20:13:24 +0000 http://techusers.org/2007/08/10/ease-into-e-reading/#comment-43 Not yet, I'll start working on a full help section & faq for the website next week. The RSS feature is still in an alpha stage: some RSS feeds work 100% with very nice formatting etc... Some don't work at all. We're re-building the way we generate RSS feeds from the ground up, it may take some extra time but it'll work a lot better. Not yet, I’ll start working on a full help section & faq for the website next week.

The RSS feature is still in an alpha stage: some RSS feeds work 100% with very nice formatting etc… Some don’t work at all. We’re re-building the way we generate RSS feeds from the ground up, it may take some extra time but it’ll work a lot better.

]]> By: Ellen Hage http://www.techusers.org/2007/08/10/ease-into-e-reading/comment-page-1/#comment-42 Ellen Hage Fri, 10 Aug 2007 19:58:34 +0000 http://techusers.org/2007/08/10/ease-into-e-reading/#comment-42 Hadrien, I went to Feedbooks and realized that it was already one of my bookmarks. Is there a page that explains this site (dummy proof) and how to get a RSS feed into it? I put in a few urls and got an error. I think that this could be a great workaround to getting RSS feeds onto my Sony reader. Ellen Hadrien,

I went to Feedbooks and realized that it was already one of my bookmarks. Is there a page that explains this site (dummy proof) and how to get a RSS feed into it? I put in a few urls and got an error. I think that this could be a great workaround to getting RSS feeds onto my Sony reader.
Ellen

]]> By: Ellen Hage http://www.techusers.org/2007/08/10/ease-into-e-reading/comment-page-1/#comment-41 Ellen Hage Fri, 10 Aug 2007 19:30:35 +0000 http://techusers.org/2007/08/10/ease-into-e-reading/#comment-41 Hadrien, Funny you should mention "War and Peace". My husband is using his iPhone to read exactly that! He thinks it cool. I told him, I couldn't do it in a milliion years. I am not familiar with Twitter. I keep hearing about it, so I will check it out. Thanks for the Feedbook info. I will go take a look. As far as how many people read in this manner, I have no idea. I'm thinking probably the smartphone crowd would be a target group. Thanks for considering the possibilities. Ellen Hadrien,

Funny you should mention “War and Peace”. My husband is using his iPhone to read exactly that! He thinks it cool. I told him, I couldn’t do it in a milliion years. I am not familiar with Twitter. I keep hearing about it, so I will check it out. Thanks for the Feedbook info. I will go take a look. As far as how many people read in this manner, I have no idea. I’m thinking probably the smartphone crowd would be a target group. Thanks for considering the possibilities.

Ellen

]]> By: Ellen Hage http://www.techusers.org/2007/08/10/ease-into-e-reading/comment-page-1/#comment-40 Ellen Hage Fri, 10 Aug 2007 19:18:56 +0000 http://techusers.org/2007/08/10/ease-into-e-reading/#comment-40 <p>Don, The problem is that when people see me reading they take it as an open invitation to come talk to me. I guess they think I'm lonely or something. I do read and watch TV together, and you're right. I get a fair ammount of reading done that way.</p> <p>Ellen</p> Don, The problem is that when people see me reading they take it as an open invitation to come talk to me. I guess they think I’m lonely or something. I do read and watch TV together, and you’re right. I get a fair ammount of reading done that way.

Ellen

]]> By: Don Slaymaker http://www.techusers.org/2007/08/10/ease-into-e-reading/comment-page-1/#comment-39 Don Slaymaker Fri, 10 Aug 2007 19:03:17 +0000 http://techusers.org/2007/08/10/ease-into-e-reading/#comment-39 Since you are not able to "get into your book" during a 15 minute break, you definitely wouldn't want to read the way I sometimes do, i.e. during TV commercials. These are usually 2 to 6 minutes and my wife makes fun of me for doing it, but I learned a long time ago to take advantage of odd moments to read. Other examples are stand in line at a fast food place. That's where my Palm T/X comes in handy. Otherwise I like my Sony Reader. Since you are not able to “get into your book” during a 15 minute break, you definitely wouldn’t want to read the way I sometimes do, i.e. during TV commercials. These are usually 2 to 6 minutes and my wife makes fun of me for doing it, but I learned a long time ago to take advantage of odd moments to read. Other examples are stand in line at a fast food place. That’s where my Palm T/X comes in handy. Otherwise I like my Sony Reader.

]]> By: Hadrien GARDEUR http://www.techusers.org/2007/08/10/ease-into-e-reading/comment-page-1/#comment-38 Hadrien GARDEUR Fri, 10 Aug 2007 18:21:22 +0000 http://techusers.org/2007/08/10/ease-into-e-reading/#comment-38 I really like the idea behind DailyLit although I would never read "War and Peace" using RSS feeds ;-) I could imagine going even further than DailyLit, why not using Twitter, that would send you a few lines twice a day by SMS instead ? I'll do some extra thinking about all this in the future. Currently Feedbooks output e-books for dedicated readers, but we could output e-mail, RSS or SMS too. There's no limit here, but how many people really read e-books this way ? I've seen A LOT of coverage for DailyLit all around the web (Digg, Lifehacker, TechCrunch, Teleread etc...) yet their ranking on Alexa is pretty low (144.000 or so). I really like the idea behind DailyLit although I would never read “War and Peace” using RSS feeds ;-)
I could imagine going even further than DailyLit, why not using Twitter, that would send you a few lines twice a day by SMS instead ?

I’ll do some extra thinking about all this in the future. Currently Feedbooks output e-books for dedicated readers, but we could output e-mail, RSS or SMS too. There’s no limit here, but how many people really read e-books this way ?

I’ve seen A LOT of coverage for DailyLit all around the web (Digg, Lifehacker, TechCrunch, Teleread etc…) yet their ranking on Alexa is pretty low (144.000 or so).

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