Done by the (e)book
Remember when we used to bring our CD player on a trip, along with several CD. With the Ipod and USB MP3 player, it became natural to carry a whole discography.
Well, altough it may seems like an apocalypse for some people, the tide is going to hit the shores of books and reading habits. If you’re ready to change these, well, you can keep on reading. Otherwise, press the “back” button, the following article won’t interst you.
Now that we all agree on the fact that having an ebook will become the standard, the question is : which one shall we choose ?
Well, I’m quite attracted by the new Nook, from Barne and Noble :
Nook
Nice, isn’t it ?
The big deal is that it has in fact two screens, one for reading and the other for navigating through your library and buying other books.
It looks way more modern than the Kindle, although the books available are only from the Barnes & Noble catalog, which can be very restrictive for international readers like me.
But what interests me most is the possibilty to load up books from your own computer, just like MP3. I’m not a novel reader, II’m not really interested in the new books or novels. I just want to take along with me the book I’m working on, socilogy, philosophy or communication. That’s why the Nook seems good, you can connect it to your computer and load your pdf files very easily.
Here’s a little video. Although it’s a commercial (the real Nook may not be so great…), you can have a good idea of what it looks like.
