[nmglug] e-book reader

Andres Paglayan andres at paglayan.com
Thu Jan 13 13:04:17 PST 2011


On Thu, 2011-01-13 at 12:20 -0700, J. Marsden DeLapp wrote:

> On Thursday 13 January 2011 10:58:13 am Andres Paglayan wrote:
> > I am looking for just that, a book reader,
> > I already work with two screens and, most of times, with a book at my
> > side,
> > kindle DRM is a little scary if they can delete your books,
> > but if they don't touch your pdfs or anything you don't license from
> > their site, then it can be ok,
> 
> I strongly disagree.  Digital Restrictions Management (DRM) is evil. 
> http://www.defectivebydesign.org/what_is_drm
> 
> And you can read more about the Kindle swindle here:
> http://www.defectivebydesign.org/amazon-kindle-swindle
> 
> Are there any book readers out there that don't infringe on your freedom?
> 

I found a chinesse one,
the maker is henlin, and rebranded as Bebook, seems as open as it can be

> Mars
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