The update also has a new Go To Page feature, a new extra large font size, and some performance enhancements to
open ebooks faster.
Not exact matches
For those of you who don't know, the IDPF ePub format is an
open standard
eBook format that is
fast being adopted by many big name publishers including Penguin UK and O'Reilly as well as projects such as Feedbooks.com.
Fast Page Scan: Aside from the TOC window, another way to navigate an
ebook is to tap on the top of the screen to
open the menu bar, and then tap on the tab at the bottom of the page.
Good screen, good speakers,
fast enough (dual core), can play video, can
open websites with flash, can
open any
ebook, and fits in my coat pocket.
«We've also made additional reading and device performance enhancements including improved page turn speed,
faster access to previously
opened ebooks, enhanced touch - screen navigation and more,» Paul Hochman, manager of Content and Social Media at BarnesandNoble.com, wrote in an April 23 posting on the Nook and BN eReader blog.
«We've also made additional reading and device performance enhancements, including improved page turn speed,
faster access to previously
opened ebooks, enhanced color touch - screen navigation and more,» Paul Hochman, manager of Content and Social Media at BarnesandNoble.com, wrote April 23 on the Nook and BN eReader blog.
The cool little
fast scan navigation window that
opens up with
ebooks isn't available with PDFs unfortunately.
How
fast things will change in the big houses is an
open question (and the answer is different for every house), but it is undeniable that the decision - making structures that worked for print books readily accepted time lags that are a real handicap in the evolving
ebook world.
Other updates NOOK customers will enjoy with v1.3 software include: · Reading experience: To help customers get to their content conveniently and quickly, Barnes & Noble has continued to optimize NOOK's performance with improved page turn speed,
faster access to previously
opened eBooks, enhanced color touch screen navigation and more.
Once the book has been
open for a while the pages turn
faster, but overall PDB
ebooks are inconsistent.