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[alayne at twobikes.ottawa.on.ca]

I'd like the jacket copy as well.

On Mon, 10 Mar 2008, Francis Turner wrote:
> In my opinion the Browse Inside widget combines all the worst featires
> of PDFs, mobipocket, MS Reader and other dedicated eReaders into a
> single "only runs in the browser" instance. 

I tried reading the online version of American Gods as well, and quickly 
decided my hardcover was much more accessible.

> It is better than MS
> Reader or mobipocket in that you can read it on a Linux PC but that
> isn't something I consider to be a worthwhile trade off...

Well, for me Linux usability is *essential*, but I don't see why that 
can't be combined with functionality in other areas. The free PDFs that 
TOR is releasing of some of its backlist are much more usable IMHO.

I must say, though, that I still prefer paper books for ease of reading, 
particularly in my preferred half-prone reading position.

-- 
Alayne McGregor
alayne at twobikes.ottawa.on.ca

"I've noticed that whenever people say you have to be realistic, what they're really saying is:
you have to think the way they think. If Columbus or Magellan, or whoever it was, had been
realistic and accepted things the way they are, they'd have gone on thinking the world was flat,
and you and I wouldn't be sitting here right now in the middle of America arguing."
-- Lavinia Russ, _And Peakie lived happily ever after_