BTW, just have read that:

"...Stephen King's new electronic-only novella "Riding the Bullet" passed 400,000 copies on Tuesday, the first day of the eBook's release."
(versions for Rocket eBook and SoftBook )

Nick

>Hi John,
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>Sure I can.
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>My Rocket eBook is slightly bigger then the size of paperback with the screen slightly smaller that one paperback page. It has BW touchscreen with a backlight (brightness is configurable) You can download any font from your Windows to it. (You can download 2 font sizes and switch between the if you want. The fonts I am using support Russian as well). It support low resolution graphics and sound too. With the backlight on it runs for 20 hours wihout recharging and it turns itself off after about 10 min of inactivity. My version has 4 MB of RAM, OS takes 600 Kb and fonts about 150 Kb
>There are versions with more memory (up to 48 MB for now, I think) So you can have about 10 novels of average size on it and download any from your PC in under a minute) You can underline text, make notes, set bookmarks on it.
>The price for basic version is $199 US at the moment (no, I do not sell them :)
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>For now it does not support frames and tables, but probably just because the screen is rather small to fit them anyway.
>I didn't see the SoftBook (another reader) alive - that one is more business-oriented, it has BW screen 8.5x11" and weighs about 3 pounds which makes it not that convenient to carry with you. Mine is a little more over a pound and I can put it in the jacket pocket.
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>Actually both readers were bought recently by one big multimedia company which (as I have heard) is going to launch a massive advertising campaign soon.
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>You can get a lot of info about eBooks from http://www.ebooknet.com/
>and you can download fully functional Rocket eBook simulation for your PC from http://www.rocket-ebook.com/eRocket/ to see it for yourself right on your screen in it's natural size without buying it :)
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>I often download the different kind of white papers from MS and send them to eBook instead of printing it. MS participates in setting of standards for the eBook file formats. If the standard changes I will just upgrade the OS version on mine.
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>I "invented" such a reader being probably in Grade 7 :) and 30 years after I am happy to have it!
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>Nick
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>>If you are talking about software, you can get the GlassBook reader for free:
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>>www.glassbook.com
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>>As far as hardware goes, hopefully Nick N. will jump in since he purchased a hardware-based reader....
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>>Nick, could you give us some comments???? Thanks in advance..
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>>>Electronic books certainly seem like a trend of the future.
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>>>Last time I looked into getting an e-book reader the standards were not in place. It is my understanding that MicroSoft will be getting into this market soon (was it June 2000?).
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>>>If I were to buy an e-book reader, what would you recommend or should I wait a few more months?