locked ebooks
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miriam_eMost people seem to assume that locked ebooks are just a fact of life; that they are needed. But I've never seen anybody mention anywhere the simple fact that every locked ebook you ever own will lock you out eventually.
It is inescapeable.
Any time you upgrade your hardware or software you will lose all your old locked ebooks. If you can find those books for sale, and if you have the spare cash you can always buy them again, I guess. If you can't and they were fiction books and you never re-read fiction then it might not bother you too much, but if they are reference books, well bad luck.
Doesn't this seem just a bit perverse???
Locked ebooks are a really bad idea. There has to be another way.
I think that other way is open ebooks. We need to start treating readers as friends instead of enemies.
It is inescapeable.
Any time you upgrade your hardware or software you will lose all your old locked ebooks. If you can find those books for sale, and if you have the spare cash you can always buy them again, I guess. If you can't and they were fiction books and you never re-read fiction then it might not bother you too much, but if they are reference books, well bad luck.
Doesn't this seem just a bit perverse???
Locked ebooks are a really bad idea. There has to be another way.
I think that other way is open ebooks. We need to start treating readers as friends instead of enemies.
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Re: This is going to be a long one...
Date: 2006-09-07 12:20 am (UTC)But Plucker is no good for the Zaurus I think, though there should be plenty of other readers for the Zaurus. Is your Zaurus one of those running a version of Linux?
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sharp_Zaurus
There is a heap of software available for the Zaurus it seems, as you would expect of something that can benefit from the Linux world.
http://www.killefiz.de/zaurus/
Choosing 'Applications' from the menu on the left:
http://www.killefiz.de/zaurus/showapps.php?cat=1
- DarkStar is an HTML editor
- DocReader reads Palm docs
- FBReader is another ebook reader.
and 'Utilities' http://www.killefiz.de/zaurus/showapps.php?cat=10
has heaps more stuff too. Lots of text and HTML editors.
Of course all this probably depends upon the model you have.
If the machine freezes when you add a memory card... have you looked carefully at whether the kind of memory card makes a difference? For instance, SD cards and MM cards look the same but are slightly different internally. Also have you tried inserting the card while the Zaurus is switched off and then turning it on?
Have you asked the people at Sharp for support?
http://www.myzaurus.com/
There is a Zaurus User Group
http://www.zaurususergroup.org/
They probably have a forum for Q&A
You've probably tried all these things. :)
Forgive my blathering on. I'll go away and try to do some productive work. :)