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Trophy Catch Volume I Update

Got a trophy catch? Get paid for your fish stories. This post is updating the stats for Trophy Catch I. The winner of the Trophy Catch receives a $100 Amazon Gift Card. Winner determined by number of unique visitors to the individual Trophy Catch. There are currently 3 entries in...


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fedmor says...

Lo so, non posseggo un lettore e – di conseguenza – non potrò usufruirne: sta di fatto che il prossimo 17 novembre (in occasione del 10° anniversario) uscirà una confezione speciale di Fight Club — il film di David Fincher, ispirato al romanzo di Chuck Palahniuk.

Il prodotto è supportato da una community attiva anche su (e che propone un sito promozionale cui si può accedere via ), com'è giusto che sia per qualcosa che ha stimolato un'ideologia post-decadentista.

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Tom says...

Amazon are attempting to reduce packaging in an effort to be more environmentally and to reduce "wrap rage", whatever that is.

It's a shame they hadn't thought of this sooner; a jacket I bought for my wife arrived in a metre cube box when a large jiffy bag would have sufficed!

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spyretto says...

Jeff Bezos on everything he knows:

  1. obsess over customer
  2. invent
  3. think long term
  4. it's always day 1

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Stu says...

Last week, on a flight to New York, I was introduced to the Kindle : an online electronic book reader.  It holds up to 1,500 books, is as light as a paperback, and almost as thin as a magazine.  Brilliant I thought - and the person sitting next to me agreed - asking how the owner what she thought. Excited to share her story, she recounted how her husband had surprised her with it only a few days ago, and she had already grown to love it - and did not know how she had lived without it!  A strong testimonial I thought.

So did the man sitting in seat 14 B.  'Don't be fooled' he said, coming in over top of the conversation.  'You need the Sony Reader'.    The plane had landed, and people were gathering their belongings, waiting to get off the plane, and many now lending an ear to the conversation.  'It's so much better, a screen that is perfect for reading, and cheaper' he touted holding his in the air.

'Ah, but I can download and browse for books at the click of a button' refuted the now standing Kindle owner.  The debate was interrupted as the cabin doors were opened and people started to exit the plane.  On the train to Manhattan, I realised I had seen something remarkable.  I, as well as everyone else around me, had witnessed an debate between strangers, both who were strong advocates of their respective products.  Why did the man in seat 14B speak up?  He didn't have anything to win.  Did he have a stake in the success of the Sony Reader?  Unlikely, as he was behind me in cattle-class!  He simply wanted to help, and share his views.

Recommendations from strangers, and conversations like this one, happen every day.  I wanted to know more.  At my hotel, I fired up my computer and went online to check out a comparison to see if what I had heard was correct.  It was.  I read through the first 10 comments and ratings on Kindle - I was sold.  Easy to use, long battery life, access to 350,000 titles...it had everything I needed.  I had just taken a view and formed an opinion based on recommendations from total strangers.  I had listened to the collective wisdom of the crowd.

Still not sure if I will get an online electronic book reader.  But what I do know, is that I have the tools at my fingertips, whenever I need, to make an informed decision.   

Filed under: amazon, Community, decision making, kindle, social media, sony reader, technology

frankps says...

Mange spør meg om råd når de skal kjøpe seg datamaskin. De fleste spør meg rett og slett, kan ikke du si hvilken datamaskin jeg skal kjøpe, noen få kommer med den siste reklameavisen fra Elkjøp, mens en sjelden gang har jeg fått spørsmål hvilken av disse to datamaskinene er best? Hvorfor er det slik? Jo, jeg skjønner at jeg jobber med datamaskiner og de ikke. Men grunnen er jo at datamaskinenes spesifikasjoner ofte er fordømt vanskelig tilgjengelig. Denne uken sa en vitenskapelig ansatt på det instituttet jeg jobber, at han nå skulle kjøpe en Kindle fra Amazon. To minutter senere, så skulle han ikke det ...

iRex iLiad Specifications

Problemet filformater

Vi som kommer fra dataverden har lenge visst at det kan være vanskelig å dele filer på tvers av plattformer, jobber du med Linux og Mac, så kan det være vanskelig eller umulig å åpne filer som er laget på Windows, og omvendt.

Spill som er laget for Wii, XBOX og Playstation, kan ikke spilles omhverandre. Og man kan heller ikke spille alle Playstation 1 og 2-spille på Playstation 3.

Papir er papir, så til nå har du alltid kunnet lese en hvilket som helst bok. Med lesebrett blir dette totalt annerledes. Her oppstår filformat-problemene igjen, samt at bøkene kan låses til et enkelt lesebrett (såkalt DRM).

Hvordan oppstår filformater?

Jeg pleier å si at filformater oppstår av to grunner: Et teknologisk eller markedsmessig behov.

La oss starte med det teknologiske behovet. Etter som datamaskinene har blitt kraftigere og kraftigere, har tekstbehandlingsprogramvaren fått mer og mer funksjonalitet. Dette har medført at dokumentformater som i PCens spede barndom var ganske enkle, har enten blitt stadig mer avanserte eller rett og slett erstattet med et nytt og mer avansert filformat som støtter de nye behovene (altså den nye funksjonaliteten) som tekstbehandleren dekker. Words .doc-filformat har gjennom årenes løp vært gjennom en slik utvikling, og blir kanskje etter hvert erstattet med det nye formatet .docx.

Filformater som oppstår av markedsmessige behov. La oss holde oss til Word. .doc-formatet. Microsoft skjønte tidlig at hvis de laget en super kontorpakke, så ville mange bruke den, og hvis denne kontorpakken hadde egne filformater, så ville resten bli tvunget til å kjøpe samme kontorpakke. Slik ble Office-programvaren en pengemaskin for Microsoft.

Lesebrettenes filformater

Denne teknologiske og markedsmessige tilnærmingen finner vi fort også i lesebrettenes verden. Markedet har til nå vært mikroskopisk, men antallet filformater er egentlig gigantisk. Dette er bare noen av dem: Simpel tekst (.txt), HTML (.html), EPUB (.epub), Amazon Kindle (.azw), Tome Raider (.tr2, .tr3), Arghos Diffusion (.arg), Portable Document Format (.pdf), PostScript (.ps), Mobipocket (.mobi, .prc), Microsoft Reader (.lit) og eReader (.pdb).

Jeg skal ikke gå i gjennom dem alle, det vil da heller ikke være noe poeng. Jeg skal nøye med å si noen få ord om de markedsledende formatene. Poenget her er at filformatene deler opp markedet på to måter: Det enkelte lesebrettet kan ikke lese alle formatene og den enkelte nettbokhandelen støtter ikke alle formatene.

Portable Document Format - PDF

Ingen vil bestride meg når jeg sier at PDF egner seg eksepsjonelt bra til trykk. Dette var et filformat som skulle bevare utseendet til innholdet i et dokument. De aller fleste lesebrettene har i dag, en mer eller mindre god, støtte for lesing av PDF. Noe som egentlig overrasker meg stort. Dette er som nevnt et filformat for trykk, og vi trykker etter papirstørrelser og ikke etter skjermstørrelser. Mine brukeropplevelser med PDF på lesebrett har derfor vært dårlige. Når man setter utseendet til dokumentet i fokus, blir det for vanskelig å lese teksten på en lesebrettskjerm.

De vitenskapelige ansatte publiserer etter hvert flere og flere av sine artikler elektronisk, fritt tilgjengelig (Open Access) i PDF. Papirformatet/størrelsen er da A4. De fleste lesebrettene har en skjermstørrelse på 5" - 6", noe som er langt mindre. Vi opplevde for at vi fremdeles stort sett var tvunget til å gjøre de samme utskriftene. Det finnes imidlertid et fåtall lesebrett som kan lese A4, men da er skjermen 10" eller større, de er dyre og grunnet størrelsen ikke lenger så portable!

Amazons digitaliseringsprosjekt

Amazons digitaliseringsprosjekt starter ikke med Kindle, og det stopper heller ikke der. 

Mobipocket

Mobipocket har fram til i dag vært det ledende filformatet for lesebrett, og med god grunn! I motsetning til PDF, så skalerer Mobipocket meget bra. Bøker publisert i Mobipocket-formatet kan leses på mobiltelefoner, lesebrett (f. eks. Cybook og iLiad) og store dataskjermer uten problemer. Mobipocket kommer både med og uten kopibeskyttelse (DRM).

Mobipocket var et fransk selskap som startet opp i år 2000, men ble imidlertid kjøpt opp av Amazon i 2005. 

Det finnes mange nettbokhandler som selger bøker i Mobipocket-formatet. Det finnes imidlertid nesten ikke en eneste norsk utgivelse i dette filformatet, og den norske bokbransjen kommer til å gå for et annet format. Med Amazons oppkjøp av formatet, ble lisensavtalen at lesebrett som har støtte for Mobipocket med DRM, ikke kan ha andre filformater med DRM. Av denne grunn, har flere lesebrettprodusenter dette året forkastet filformatet og gått for det åpne formatet ePub. Bookeen valgt å gjøre dette på følgende måte, firmware v1.5 vil ha støtte for Mobipocket og firmware v2.0 eller nyere vil ha støtte for ePub. iRex Technologies har valgt å fortsette salget av iLiad som en ren Mobipocket-leser og introduserer alle nye modeller med støtte for ePub i stedet.

Jeg sprengleser min siste bok i Mobipocket-formatet på en Cybook, slik at jeg blir ferdig til deres overgang til ePub. Jeg kan dersom jeg skulle ønske det, når som helst nedgradere firmwaren, slik at jeg igjen kan lese bøker i Mobipocket-formatet.

Kindle

Med Kindle introduserte Amazon ikke noe nytt filformat. De benytter fortsatt Mobipocket, men i en litt endret versjon. Denne lille formatendringen, samt endret DRM, gjør at Kindle lesebrettene er fullstendig låst til Amazons nettbutikk. De små endringene låser samtidig effektivt ute alle kunder med lesebrett fra andre produsenter. 

Amazon og deres Kindle tilbyr i dag den beste brukeropplevelsen. Jeg hører ofte at lesebrettene selges med tap, men at det ikke gjør noe, for Kindle-kundene kjøper i snitt, tre ganger så mange bøker som deres andre kunder! Med Kindle kan du kjøpe bøkene direkte på lesebrettet (over 3G eller wifi). Og utvalget er enormt, alle bøkene som er tilgjengelig, er samlet i en og samme nettbutikk. Da Kindle ble lansert i Norge, var det ca. 200.000 bøker tilgjengelig for norske kunder. Bare en uke senere var dette tallet øket til nesten 300.000! Men Amazon har ikke bøker tilgjengelig på norsk, og mye tyder på at de heller ikke vil få det.

Forbrukerrådet er imidlertid sterkt kritiske til flere av Kindles avtalevilkår, da de regelrett fratar norske forbrukere sentrale rettigheter.

EPUB

Filformatet EPUB representerer en teknologisk videreutvikling. EPUB er det mest avanserte lesebrettformatet på markedet i dag, og egner seg ikke bare til skjønnlitterære publikasjoner, men også til mer tekniske publikasjoner. Filformatet er utviklet av International Digital Publishing Forum (IDPF), og er en åpen standard. Formatet er tilgjengelig både med og uten DRM.

Så langt jeg kan se, støtter alle nye og annonserte lesebrett denne standarden. Ja, bortsett fra Amazons Kindle-lesebrett. Det er allerede mange nettbutikker som selger bøker i dette formatet, og antallet publikasjoner tilgjengelig, er raskt voksende.

Filformatet er også det filformatet den norske bokindustrien har landet på, så du er herved advart dersom du tenkte på å kjøpe Kindle lesebrett i julegave til noen. Fylkesbiblioteket i Buskerud starter i disse dager utlån av lesebrett med litteratur i dette formatet. Bøkene vil være selvdestruerende, altså automatisk slutte å virke etter et gitt antall dager.

Oppsummering

For dem som i dag vurderer å kjøpe et lesebrett, er valget slettes ikke så vanskelig. Alle lesebrett som ikke støtter EPUB-formatet bør rett og slett unngås. Når ikke filformatet den eneste viktige spesifikasjonen for lesebrett, men det er kanskje den viktigste!

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abakus says...

Ich habe diese nette Bild gefunden als ich auf Amazon.de was gesucht habe.
Ist Amazon nun kaputt?

Greetz Christian

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mutsumiota says...

Kindle readers buy two or three times as many books as book readers. Why? I don't think it's necessarily because using a Kindle leads someone to read more books. I think it's because the kind of person who buys a lot of books is the most likely person to pony up and buy a Kindle. I know that sounds obvious, but once you see it this way, you understand why book publishers should be killing themselves to appeal to this group. 

via Seth's Blog - Some people are better than others

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adamlindsay says...

Our giant box of shipping paper came and they threw in a fold flat drying rack. #amazon

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