DIY book scanner for under 300 USD

[dharma_slut]

http://diybookscanner.org/forum/index.php

Instructions start here; http://diybookscanner.org/forum/viewtopic.php?f=1&t=333http://diybookscanner.org/forum/index.php

Instructions start here; http://diybookscanner.org/forum/viewtopic.php?f=1&t=333

Bit of a silly question

[amaresu]

Can any I read a Kindle Edition on something besides a Kindle? I can't seem to find an answer saying one way or the other.

Thanks.

Article: Future of ebooks

[elf]

Nifty article at Mobile Opportunity blog: The future of publishing: Why ebooks failed in 2000, and what that means for 2010. His five points about why they failed, in brief:

1. Not enough ebooks.
2. Ebooks too expensive.
3. The hardware form factor was wrong.
4. Periodical problems.
5. Poor marketing.

In my opinion, 2 & 4 are still serious problems; 3 & 5 are nuisance slowdown factors. #1 has mostly been fixed--not that everything's available as an ebook, but there's *plenty* of ebook content--some of which smacks into 3: it's nearly impossible to read a detailed tech manual with graphs on an iPod's screen.

( Thinky thoughts go behind a cut tag. )