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reading manga on Sony Librie 
06.13.2005, 12:57 PM
posted by ben vershbow
Came across this Flickr photoset of Japanese comics on a Librie - Sony's electric ink ebook reader. Even in a photo, the reflective, print-like quality of the screen is striking. People have generally raved about the Librie's display, but are outraged by its senseless DRM policies: books self-destruct after 60 days. (discussed here and here)
Once E ink enters the mainstream, people might flock to electronic books as rapidly and enthusiastically as they did to digital photography. Screen display technology will undoubtedly advance. The DRM problem is trickier.
(Incidentally, I found this image while browsing recent blog posts under the "ebook" tag on Technorati. Flickr images tagged with "ebook" are placed alongside. An example of how these social tagging systems are becoming interconnected.)
Posted by ben vershbow on June 13, 2005 12:57 PM
tags: Copyright and Copyleft, The Ideal Device?, digital_literature
comments (1):
peter on June 24, 2007 2:36 PM:The new sony reader is more capable of displaying manga
You can see the review here: http://hightech.afmag.net/reading-manga-and-comics-on-the-sony-reader-the-definitive-review.html
I've posted some high-quality pictures on the reader displaying manga, comics and such
