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Creating books in Esperanto for the Kindle

de doglaso, 5 septembrie 2010

Contribuții/Mesaje: 49

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Astero (Arată profil) 15 septembrie 2010, 08:24:14

RiotNrrd:Reading a book on the iPad is (to me) pretty much the same experience as reading a book made out of paper.
Is it really?
Isn't it more similar to reading it on a laptop?
Tiresome for the eyes, unreadable in the sunniest environments...
That's because I'm trying to figure out if I need an I-pad or an e-reader, to read my books in e-o and more wherever I want.
I guess I'll try to experience both before the purchase.

ceigered (Arată profil) 15 septembrie 2010, 08:44:35

Trust me when I say that e-reader screens (I mean proper ones e.g. on the kindle, the black and white ones) are pretty much indescernible from high quality lightly laminated (but not shiny!) paper, and have a MUCH longer battery life.

Of course, get an iPad and you're getting a heck of a lot more than an e-reader, and last time I checked Apple supports Esperanto fonts a lot better than most e-reader manufacturers as I've never had to install any fonts on any Apple product to read EO correctly (when I first saw the writing though, I did suspect that maybe the computer was showing the hats the wrong way around, but no, Esperanto's just funky that way!).

So the question remains: do you want a device in between a computer, laptop, phone and gaming system that can read books or do you want something that doesn't do that stuff but reads books VERY well? okulumo.gif

qwertz (Arată profil) 15 septembrie 2010, 15:28:05

Astero:
RiotNrrd:Reading a book on the iPad is (to me) pretty much the same experience as reading a book made out of paper.
Is it really?
Isn't it more similar to reading it on a laptop?
Tiresome for the eyes, unreadable in the sunniest environments...
That's because I'm trying to figure out if I need an I-pad or an e-reader, to read my books in e-o and more wherever I want.
I guess I'll try to experience both before the purchase.
Please keep in mind that there are two technologies for hardware ebooks in competition:

e-ink display i.e. Amazon Kindle and Sony Reader means CMYK-like means light from the surrounding shines at the "paper" and will reflected back. Same like traditional green tree paper. (There also is a background light possible)

LCD display i.e. iPad means RGB-like what means again 1024 x 768 small torches beam their light (aggressivly) into your eyes. The matter with that is that the luminance between the LCD display and the surrounding differs which is very exhausting for your eyes.

Astero (Arată profil) 15 septembrie 2010, 18:25:26

Good and detailed answers.
No, I don't need to be super-connected wherever I go. I've got a very portable netbook for that.
And yes, I want the device that let me do the reading in the most efficient, simple, cheap and ecologic way, without destroying my eyes.
I'll look into what the Italian market offers and I really think this is also the way the books in Esperanto can spread the most and the fastest.

Alciona (Arată profil) 15 septembrie 2010, 22:28:37

Astero:Good and detailed answers.
No, I don't need to be super-connected wherever I go. I've got a very portable netbook for that.
And yes, I want the device that let me do the reading in the most efficient, simple, cheap and ecologic way, without destroying my eyes.
I'll look into what the Italian market offers and I really think this is also the way the books in Esperanto can spread the most and the fastest.
I was going to suggest an iPod Touch - you can get PDF and eBook reading apps - but then I saw the 'not destroying your eyes' clause. I find it the most portable way to carry around PDFs and eBooks, but it's certainly not as easy to read as a traditional book. (The Esperanto/English dictionary app is extremely useful for looking up words on the run, though.)

RiotNrrd (Arată profil) 16 septembrie 2010, 00:10:07

Honestly, I've read books on my iPad for hours at a time, and never felt the least bit of eyestrain. As far as I am concerned, the iPad doesn't overwork my eyes any more than a regular book does.

Reading outside is something else, though. On the iPad, it is nearly impossible, as the thing basically turns into a mirror in bright light.

So, in answer to the "Is it really?" question: yes, it really is. Except outside.

Reading a book on the iPad and reading on a laptop are entirely different experiences.

qwertz (Arată profil) 22 septembrie 2010, 21:01:34

qwertz:I also beginning to get bothered by that keyboard of the Kindle. For me that makes the Kindle not very traditional-book like.
Hhm, that Kindle 3 looks much more book-like than the models before because the keyboard doesn't be in the eyes focus like before. In my opinion.

qwertz (Arată profil) 28 septembrie 2010, 19:25:53

qwertz (Arată profil) 2 octombrie 2010, 16:24:04

Probably, everybody has seen the lernu.net advertisment. Furthermore that e-o logo/emblem looks very nice.

Libera Esperanto-Libro (ikso.net)

ceigered (Arată profil) 2 octombrie 2010, 16:43:46

qwertz:Probably, everybody has seen the lernu.net advertisment. Furthermore that e-o logo/emblem looks very nice.

Libera Esperanto-Libro (ikso.net)
Mi vidis tiun; quite a polished little logo indeed. The verkisto, Katjo Mencanto, deserves an award - someone shout 'em a Mars Bar for me okulumo.gif

I imagine such ebook technology will help Esperanto spread a bit more so that'd be pretty cool to see.

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