Comments on: The Future Of The Ebook Isn’t PDF

By: nanny_[!2]

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By: Pixel Kid

Pixel Kid — Sun, 06 Jan 2008 22:31:41 +0000

I have to say I don’t agree.

PDF’s are, for me at least, a pleasant and easy way to both create & digest information.

I think you can’t blame PDF’s when you don’t have time to read anything, on-screen or otherwise. I only wish there were more sites like pdf-mags.com to promote this type of content!

By: DK

DK — Tue, 30 Nov 1999 00:00:00 +0000

Mmmmm – I don’t know – you make some salient points here but I’m not sold. I love pdf / ebooks – hurrah for changethis.com.

For me, taking a break to read one (and I have read ‘Knock Knock’ – it’s ok) is just that, taking a break from the convoluted and short-hit cyber-world I (we) scoot around in…

My ten pence (or cents) worth!

By: Rebecca Carter

Rebecca Carter — Tue, 30 Nov 1999 00:00:00 +0000

I think the value of PDF is that the formatting stays in place for printing…but the point isn’t to print the ebook, but to read it on your computer. I think I’ll have to agree with Piers on this one. PDF is made for paper, there must be something better.

By: Jack Cheng

Jack Cheng — Tue, 30 Nov 1999 00:00:00 +0000

I completely agree. I have a folder of “save for later” PDFs that I keep adding to but NEVER get around to reading.

By: Dimitar Vesselinov

Dimitar Vesselinov — Tue, 30 Nov 1999 00:00:00 +0000

The new model of publishing:

The Long Tail
http://longtail.typepad.com/the_long_tail/

Naked Conversations
http://redcouch.typepad.com

The Search
http://battellemedia.com

Hackoff.com
http://www.hackoff.com
http://avc.blogs.com/a_vc/2005/09/hackoffcom_a_mu.html

By: everyhuman

everyhuman — Tue, 30 Nov 1999 00:00:00 +0000

chapter 1 introduction

Due to the fact the I personally would never read a 145 page PDF, and all of the insight I have received from Piers, I am going to post the chapters of the thesis as Blog entries; this will be…