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The document discusses the pros and cons of the Sony Reader eBook reader. It provides details on the Reader's specifications such as its screen size and resolution, storage capacity, battery life, and input controls. Both advantages like its lightweight design and long battery life are noted, as well as disadvantages such as its high price, inability to read certain file formats, and lack of text searching capabilities.

Michael Sauers Technology Innovation Librarian Nebraska Library Commission NLA/NEMA 2007 Fall Conference

http://www.flickr.com/photos/zilpho/164291155/ Sony CEO Howard Stringer introduces the Reader at CES 2006

eBooks are heavy eBooks can’t store much No room for expansion eBook battery life sucks Backlit displays They don’t support multiple formats You can’t read them at an angle eBooks aren’t books Books as physical objects are works of art and should be cherished!

Long battery life Light-weight Expandable storage Supports multiple text formats Text zooming Read from almost any angle

6.9" x 4.9" x 0.5" 8.8oz In comparison: Rocket eBook Pro 5" x 7.5" x 1.5" 22oz

Display eInk / non-backlit 800x600 resolution Rotatable 4-level grayscale Three text sizes 64MB built in storage SD/Memory Stick card slot USB data transfer Approximately 7,500 page turns per charge

Content is not drawn, but “charged” 170 Pixels Per Inch (PPI) Newspaper quality Does not need power to hold a display, only to change it.

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USB Type-B mini DC in 5.2v 8mm headphone jack SD/Memory Stick slot

On/off sliding switch Page forward/back (two sets) Size (3 available settings) 10 numbered keys (1-0) Bookmark Menu Small joystick/enter Volume control

Continue Reading Books By Author By Date Collections All Bookmarks Now Playing Audio Pictures Settings

Alphabetical list of installed titles Choose by number to open the book

Continue Reading Begin End Bookmarks Table of Contents History Info Utilities

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Orientation Screen Lock Slideshow About Restore Defaults

RSS limited to built-in feeds & do not auto-update Native-format titles must be purchased via Sony ® eConnect (no third-party vendors) Not all PDFs display well (need to be reformatted for smaller display) Audio playback severely impacts battery life Non-color display Pricey No indexes Can’t read during takeoff and landing Using in the tub is a bad idea

Speed up page turns Reduce instances of ghosting Whiter background Allow for sale of eBook by other vendors Full-text searching (The first two can be solved immediately but only by reducing battery life.)

I’m paying 80% of list price of a book but not getting a physical object. In other words, I’m paying for the “right to read” a title. If I just wanted to read a title yet not own the book, I’d get it from the library for free?

Michael Sauers [email_address] http://travelinlibrarian.info/ http://del.icio.us/travelinlibrarian/sonyreader

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