tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2041385492321829905.post1069780209779657787..comments2024-02-03T10:27:22.640+00:00Comments on Nordic Voices in Translation: E-books in ScandinaviaDavid McDuffhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01515361544462041148noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2041385492321829905.post-24906536584087048212009-05-05T23:42:00.000+01:002009-05-05T23:42:00.000+01:00On Newsnight, 5th May 2009, reporter Katty Kay loo...On Newsnight, 5th May 2009, reporter Katty Kay looked at e-books and the various devices to access e-books. Interview with Amazon boss Jeff Bezos.<br /><br />It struck me that with all the electronic reader-machines in the world, you still can't access a book if the language shuts you out because you can't read it. All those books in Latin, Ancient Greek, Hebrew, plus a myriad of contemporary Eric Dickenshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11473407452357469485noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2041385492321829905.post-10840550547864971952009-04-03T14:52:00.000+01:002009-04-03T14:52:00.000+01:00>>Printed books require some light and, for ...>>Printed books require some light and, for some of us, a pair of spectacles. No electricity, once the thing is printed. That is still a noble ecological phenomenon<<<BR/><BR/>Yes, although the PDA does save trees...David McDuffhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01515361544462041148noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2041385492321829905.post-90002719075138568802009-04-03T12:38:00.000+01:002009-04-03T12:38:00.000+01:00Project Runeberg seems a very good idea, making ol...Project Runeberg seems a very good idea, making older books available. If, ultimately their efforts could be linked up with one of those print-at-home services, for out-of-copyright books, this would be very good.<BR/><BR/>I like the idea of the PDA as a complement to printed books, but it would be a shame if it totally supplanted that old-fashioned invention. Printed books require some light andEric Dickenshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11473407452357469485noreply@blogger.com