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I know you can have several different books on the go, but almost no one literally reads a page in one book, then half a page in the next, a couple of lines in a third, then back to the first for another page. The thing is, you can only read one book at a time. Along with a multitude of movies, music, comics, audio-books, news-feeds AND internet browsing, etc, etc! Oh, it's also a phone too I think. Good luck carrying 1000+ ebooks around in your pocket, like I do on my S2 (or reading them in the dark at night so you don't keep the other half awake). there's just something relaxing about just handling a nice paperback novel.

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I don't trust leaving anything electronic near the windows of this place in winter.Īnd I dunno. note: I'm not sure how good e-readers stand up to cold, but up here in Canada it can be -50 out at times, and in the old apartment I'm stuck in for the moment, near the windows it's not all that too terrible much far off from that. Leave it anywhere remotely close to a window in the middle of winter? No problem! Leave it in the car in the middle of winter? Sure! Read it at the beach without the slightest care about sand or moisture? Check Hurl it down the hallway towards a pile of things I'm gathering for whatever outing? Check Lob it across the bathroom away from the bathtub when I'm done reading for the time? Check Read in the bathtub without worry of losing more than about $12 and the time Amazon takes to ship? Check

And by delicate, I mean that I wouldn't be able to do NEARLY as much to an e-reader as I can with a paperback. Too rigit, irritatingly slow page flips (although I'm sure this can easily be remedied with a better e-reader), and too delicate. Personally, I've tried using a few friends' e-readers, and can't stand it. Man, I'm still not sure how e-books caught on so hard, and why people keep singing the demise of the printed book. I hope the CSI (Combined Slashdot Intelligence) has some helpful ideas and pointers for me on this!' I do not necessarily need multi-user or networking capabilities at this point.

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Software-wise, I would like to have a nice and modern-looking, easy-to-use software that can interface with the hardware side as described above. (Note: Scanning ISBNs with a hand-held barcode scanner is not an option, as many books are old (pre-ISBN) or special editions). I have also been largely unsuccessful in finding tags or solutions that go beyond the cheap 5 to 20 item 'starter kits', yet still remain affordable and below the industrial scale.Īlso, what would be suitable and affordable readers/writers for the tags in this context?įinally, as many of the books are old folios or fairly precious first editions, everything must be non-destructive and should be removable without damage to the books if need be. Given that many books will probably only be read or checked out once or twice in this period at best, the administrative effort seems very large. Ideally, this should include some cool features like RFID tags or NFC for keeping track of the books, finding and checking them out quickly, if I decide to lend one.' For more on what DeptofDepartments is looking for, read on below.ĭeptofDepartments continues: 'One problem seems to be the short lifetime of RFID tags (only 5-10 years). This is why I am looking for a modern solution to implement some professional-yet-still-home-sized library management. I have always been reluctant to lend them out and the collection has grown so large now that it has become difficult to keep track of all of them. hands) nowadays, this might come as a surprise to some, but besides being a techie, I have also amassed quite a collection of actual books (mostly hardcover and first editions) in my personal library. DeptofDepartments writes 'With Kindles and ebooks on everyone's lips (sc.

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