Most common pain points — poor PDF support, poor organization, no easy way to print, no easy way to get notes off of the device, no easy note - taking, no writing features — would be easily fixed if one or more
eReader companies took a more sensible view of what eReaders could be, and how other companies and people could help.
Not exact matches
With a greater - than - ever focus on digital publishing at this year's Frankfurt Book Fair, several
companies took advantage of the attendance and industry focus to launch or offer sneak previews of their
ereaders and tablets.
It does, however, promise to provide a few things we haven't seen before in
eReaders — lots of individual developers and
companies of all sizes offering new features to users, attempts to expand the usefulness of the Kindle without
taking away too much from the focus on reading, use of the wireless for features other than book downloads and basic browsing, the ability to cater to the needs of specific demographics, personalization and customization.
Even though you have heard me rant a bit about the anti-education direction the
company has
taken in the development of the Kindle
ereader (loss of SD card slot, loss of replaceable battery, loss of external Whispernet on - off...
Many, if not most, ebooks have geographical restrictions and I would suppose that
eReader / Fictionwse now has access to a larger staff who can
take the time to vet such things — and, of course, is now owned by a
company who
takes such stuff pretty seriously.