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    Image of Die Fledermaus Die Fledermaus
    11/24/09

    In reply to The Superfriends of Publishing Have a Grand Digital Plan to Save Magazines
    I wonder how much different this will be then Zinio, which I like.
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    Image of OCEntertainment OCEntertainment
    11/24/09

    In reply to The Superfriends of Publishing Have a Grand Digital Plan to Save Magazines
    "I'm just going to cower in a corner with free stuff in my web browser until this all gets sorted out."

    As will everyone.

    Is there some class in business school that teaches you to sell unpopular products to people who aren't the target audience through massive advertising/we're-like-Hulu rebranding pushes?

    I always figured that playing up your product's strengths to the people that would be most interested in it would be a good business strategy. Guess that's why I'm not a business man.
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    Image of Hello Mister Walrus Hello Mister Walrus
    11/24/09

    In reply to The Superfriends of Publishing Have a Grand Digital Plan to Save Magazines
    "will format and publish rags that 'work across multiple digital platforms, whether the iPhone, the BlackBerry or countless other digital devices'"

    I don't understand. How is this different from a website, except that it seems like readers will be constrained by their specific software or format?
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    Image of Segador Segador
    11/24/09

    In reply to The Superfriends of Publishing Have a Grand Digital Plan to Save Magazines
    I've always found Zinio's online reader to be excellent; maybe they could use it. Zinio also claims that their iPhone reader app is "in development", but we'll see.
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    Image of MadMacs MadMacs
    11/24/09

    @Segador: I use to get digital magazines and read them with the previous Zinio reader that allowed me to download the magazine and read it with the Zinio reader while offline. When they went to the online version, I canceled all my online subscriptions and went back to the print version.

    I hated having to be online to read the magazine. I prefer to be able to quickly jump from one section of a magazine to another without having to wait for each page to load.

    I don't know about other people, but I refuse to read an online magazine that I can not download onto my computer and read at my convenience. This does not apply to websites like Gizmodo. Gizmodo is formatted like a website, and online magazine is not.
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    Segador promoted this comment Edited by MadMacs at 11/24/09 2:29 PM MadMacs was starred MadMacs was unstarred
    Image of Segador Segador
    11/24/09

    @MadMacs: Wow, I didn't know they'd ditched their offline version, that sucks.
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    Edited by Segador at 11/24/09 2:44 PM Segador was starred Segador was unstarred
    Image of Demonbird Demonbird
    11/03/09

    In reply to Barnes & Noble's Nook May Violate Spring Design's Alex Reader Intellectual Property
    Upon reading the title I thought "Oh, I doubt that. Upon seeing the pictures, yeah, I don't know what they thought they were doing. #nookvsalex
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    Image of Fractal the Meek Fractal the Meek
    11/02/09

    In reply to Barnes & Noble's Nook May Violate Spring Design's Alex Reader Intellectual Property
    Yeah, our dear friends at that other blog smelled this one coming when Alex first dropped. Its announcement was flung together, perhaps not unlike its current patent applications, to beat the Nook's reveal. [www.engadget.com] #nookvsalex
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    Image of thepcguy85 thepcguy85
    11/02/09

    In reply to Barnes & Noble's Nook May Violate Spring Design's Alex Reader Intellectual Property
    although it looks bulky, I really like the spring design e-reader. #nookvsalex
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    Image of cardboredbox cardboredbox
    11/02/09

    In reply to Barnes & Noble's Nook May Violate Spring Design's Alex Reader Intellectual Property
    of course B&N would find a way to mess this up #nookvsalex
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    tande04 promoted this comment cardboredbox was starred cardboredbox was unstarred
    Image of tande04 tande04
    11/02/09

    @cardboredbox: That was my initial thought too. As long as there is no injunction before the Nook goes on sale I'm good. #nookvsalex
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    Image of Keni:Would people stop doing this now!!!: Keni:Would people stop doing this now!!!:
    11/02/09

    In reply to Barnes & Noble's Nook May Violate Spring Design's Alex Reader Intellectual Property
    From a outright design perspective, I'd take the nook over alex's ereader #nookvsalex
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    Rosa Golijan promoted this comment Keni:Would people stop doing this now!!!: was starred Keni:Would people stop doing this now!!!: was unstarred
    Image of weatherman weatherman
    10/27/09

    In reply to First Flexible Ebook Reader Developed By Tiremaker Bridgestone
    I don’t think this is the first flexible ebook reader – there have been a few prototypes, most notably the Readius. Maybe it’s the first color one though. Either way, it’s not like it really sounds like the flexibility is a feature – it’s just bendy because it’s so thin. Bend it too far and it sounds like it will break.
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    Image of Shevonne A Polastre Shevonne A Polastre
    10/27/09

    In reply to First Flexible Ebook Reader Developed By Tiremaker Bridgestone
    Why would you want an e-reader that is flexible? #bridgestoneflexibleebookreader
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    FigNinja promoted this comment Shevonne A Polastre was starred Shevonne A Polastre was unstarred
    Image of FigNinja FigNinja
    10/27/09

    @Shevonne A Polastre: Durability. It's not so much that you want to bend it but that if it does flex a bit, it won't crack. #bridgestoneflexibleebookreader
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    Image of Die Fledermaus Die Fledermaus
    10/27/09

    In reply to First Flexible Ebook Reader Developed By Tiremaker Bridgestone
    So do you have to rotate the display every so many thousand GB or just stick a penny in a slot and if you can see the top of Lincoln's head then it is time for a new unit. Can I get this in a white wall ? #bridgestoneflexibleebookreader
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    Image of Undead Ponies Undead Ponies
    10/27/09

    In reply to First Flexible Ebook Reader Developed By Tiremaker Bridgestone
    Will they explode like Firestone tires too? #bridgestoneflexibleebookreader
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    Image of ripfire ripfire
    10/20/09

    In reply to Spring Design Alex Reader Hands On Video
    Ok, now that looks interesting.

    ... But is it $100 interesting? #springdesignalexreader
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    Image of Gary_7vn Gary_7vn
    10/20/09

    In reply to enTourage Edge: Half Ebook Reader, Half Tablet, All Hideous
    It is ugly, but the concept is very good. Dedicated ebooks are not the answer, if I am going to carry around something as big as an ebook, I want it to do more than just display a book. Until we get colour screens as crisp as an ebook, these hybridized transitional forms are the next best thing. #entourageedge
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