{"id":6131,"date":"2011-10-11T18:13:37","date_gmt":"2011-10-12T02:13:37","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.ubc.ca\/etec522sept11\/?p=6131"},"modified":"2011-10-11T18:14:38","modified_gmt":"2011-10-12T02:14:38","slug":"i-3-my-e-reader","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.ubc.ca\/etec522sept11\/2011\/10\/11\/i-3-my-e-reader\/","title":{"rendered":"I <3 my e-reader!"},"content":{"rendered":"

I share a number of the same experiences with Brenda regarding my e-reader.\u00a0 I first bought a Sony PRS-600 after seeing my husband enjoy his Aluratek Libre for under $100 at Costco. We had just come back from Palm Springs and, like Brenda, had paid $50 for being 5 kg overweight in our luggage. Both of us had brought 6 library books with us for a one week holiday, so couldn’t leave them behind (or the 1.5 L of alcohol and the 6 new pairs of shoes!!)<\/p>\n

Needless to say, I am a voracious novel reader, and belong to a book club, but I shopped around before committing to the Sony because I was looking for a number of features that I thought would help with the mountain of reading I had to do for ETEC 511. I wanted to make notes by hand or type, hilite, and annotate the digital pdf’s, all of which the Sony did handily. It had a non-glare screen that was easy on the eyes compared to a\u00a0 computer, and came with a funky little book light attachment. \"\"<\/a><\/p>\n

So two years have passed and what do I think of my discontinued model?\u00a0 Well, I didn’t use the features that I thought I would, but I read it during the two hour commute to and from Richmond, and love the ability to “turn pages” with a swipe of my finger. I think a network-capable model would be useful, but since I am too cheap to pay for a data plan for my iPhone, the odds I would use it are low. I use a free and openware program called Calibre<\/a> to organize and transfer a variety of ebook formats in place of the clunky Reader Library software that came with the device. I would love to see e-versions of all reading materials available, especially for special needs students, and think that the multimedia possibilities would add amazing depth to comprehension and enjoyment of the reading experience.<\/p>\n

Oh!\u00a0 What am I reading now? I just finished Abraham Verghese’s “Cutting For Stone<\/a>“, and cried on the bus. Good thing the electronics on the e-reader are well sealed…<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

I share a number of the same experiences with Brenda regarding my e-reader.\u00a0 I first bought a Sony PRS-600 after seeing my husband enjoy his Aluratek Libre for under $100 at Costco. We had just come back from Palm Springs and, like Brenda, had paid $50 for being 5 kg overweight in our luggage. Both […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":8509,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[328737],"tags":[352399],"class_list":["post-6131","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-week-06-emerging-market-analysis","tag-sony-e-reader"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.ubc.ca\/etec522sept11\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6131","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.ubc.ca\/etec522sept11\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.ubc.ca\/etec522sept11\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.ubc.ca\/etec522sept11\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/8509"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.ubc.ca\/etec522sept11\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=6131"}],"version-history":[{"count":7,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.ubc.ca\/etec522sept11\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6131\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":6190,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.ubc.ca\/etec522sept11\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6131\/revisions\/6190"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.ubc.ca\/etec522sept11\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=6131"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.ubc.ca\/etec522sept11\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=6131"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.ubc.ca\/etec522sept11\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=6131"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}