Some miscellaneous thoughts about reading more

May 2011, I again travel, think of 10 back to send those six large box of books, I have a headache, this time to have a long memory, left and right to buy a Kindle DX, big screen e-ink, read cool, carry also easy, especially at that time, there are many scanned version of the PDF. At the time, the Kindle built-in system sucks, especially the speed of the page is very slow, it is a bit unbearable. Later on the online search, know how to look, can be installed on the Kindle, tried, it is very good, not only the speed of the page to improve a lot, but also with a lot of convenient reading settings, such as fonts and so on. In particular, you can customize the window size according to the different PDF, which is simply a surprise artifact.

At that time, I felt very much admired by the team. This team is not only technically strong (because the system can be seamlessly implanted into the Kindle, but they should not be able to get the Kindle's development data; to make a better performance reading experience on the hardware of limited resources, to handle good pictures, refresh, PDF display), and in the reading experience, Typesetting up and down a lot of work, it can be said that the team of designers, more than most people know books, read.

Unfortunately, this year's move, the Kindle screen has been crushed. I spent half a year in the time of reading paper books.

Preference for paper books, in addition to the eyes can be more comfortable, there is a very important reason is because the traditional publishing house after all, it is necessary to understand the typesetting of books, large electronic reader, the simple typesetting can not be tolerated, and the technical aspects of the book this is worse, mobile phones, simply can't see.

But after all, because of frequent business trips, I had to continue to find some decent e-readers. Recently think of more, the APP store on a search, down, try, this team really does not bear my heart. There are very few applications that will give me the impulse to record something, and it's really one of them.

It is really hard work to see more. All platforms are available, and the reading experience of each platform is well-tuned. Reading is pleasing to the eye. Bubble-type annotations are also handy for reading. directories, bookmarks, WiFi transfer books, cloud storage. Note and export features are the industry's conscience, very convenient to use.

In fact, I have always thought that e-reading is still far away from me. But the good looks changed my view. In just three days I spent more than 100 on buying books. More to see also triggered some of my thinking.

E-Reading does have some innate advantages.

• The first is the production process, I think most of the authors are now writing the original manuscript has been electronic version, so the new book into an electronic publication will no longer have the problem of entry, typesetting is a paper and e-book all the process, but I guess the paper book to be more complex, confirm the effect is more difficult, change is more difficult.
• E-books have a natural cost advantage, because the industry chain is short, involving fewer processes, and the marginal cost is almost zero. (yes, that's just a few m of binary data, can be unlimited copy)
• Note-taking is especially handy. (Of course, this is the same as the reading experience, book layout, need the design team to work hard)
• Easy to share and discuss, easier to find like-minded readers, easier to share their insights and ideas, and discuss with the book friends.
• Easy to carry
• It's getting easier to pay.
• Easy Search
• With lower costs and lower prices, you can reach a much larger volume than ever before, ultimately boosting your total revenue.

In these areas, it is very good to see, at least a lot of leading other e-readers. And there are a lot of good technical books in the bookstore, this is very rare. Maybe it's because you look at the technical qualities of the team itself.

However, there are still some areas that need to be improved (as my users complain).

• Web platforms do not use the cloud (perhaps for fear of copyright issues), some of their own PDFs, but also want to use a PC on a more read note system, it is difficult.
• The quality of the community is inferior to watercress, especially the book review. This may also be difficult to catch up on, but I think it will be a matter of time before we can keep the experience and book richness in the lead and attract more high-quality users.
• There is hardly any foreign language book (perhaps the version is not good to talk about?) ）
• Also, can the book be cheaper?
• Whether the community can be launched into the old book without copyright issues (or through a good way to solve the issue of copyright and income distribution), contributors, authors, reading, platform benefits.
• In fact...... I do not like millet, the individual would prefer to see more like a watercress is independent ... Of course, this is not a disadvantage.

In short, thanks to the application like looking at this, changed and touched me, the team with their own efforts to truly improve the lives of people, salute.

Some miscellaneous thoughts about reading more