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The SoftBook, designed by IDEO and Lunar Design, [2] featured a brown leather cover which flipped back to give the device a more book-like feel, and was notable for its large 6 × 8 inch (15.2 × 20.3 cm) touchscreen display which allowed you to navigate the HTML-based pages as well as highlight and draw simple notes on the pages.
It was financed through a crowdfunding campaign, which raised US$9.53M, overtaking The One Ring Roleplaying Game 's second edition and the Dungeons & Dragons book Strongholds & Followers as the highest funded campaigns for tabletop games on Kickstarter. [a] A free quickstart e-book with basic rules was released in
The BeBook e-book reader, a rebranded Hanlin eReader device, displaying the "About" screen. The Hanlin is an e-Reader, an electronic book reading device.The Hanlin v3 features a 6" (15 cm), 4-level grayscale electrophoretic display (E Ink material) with a resolution of 600×800 pixels (167 ppi), while the v3+ features a 16-level grayscale display. [1]
An e-reader, also known as an e-book reader, is a portable electronic device that is designed primarily for the purpose of reading e-books and periodicals.E-readers have a similar form factor to a tablet; usually use electronic paper resulting in better screen readability, especially in bright sunlight; and have longer battery life when compared to a tablet.
Aldiko is an e-book reader application for the Android and iOS operating systems. It supports the EPUB format for digital publications and incorporates facilities for browsing online catalogs on thousands of books (including thousands of free public domain work) and downloading them directly into the user's personal library.
In 1879 she had joined the Quakers and she had become a strong supporter of their views. In 1890 she published Quaker Strongholds which set forth her point of view and was well received as a "Quaker classic" even 100 years after publication. [3] This is despite her brother's description of the book as "another little work of hers". [3]
Mouse Guard: Swords & Strongholds was successfully Kickstarted in August 2014, with a total funding total of US$55,001 from 1,216 backers. [16] It is a realization of a two-player light strategy game played on a wooden grid board with eight mouse pawns, and a deck of three types of cards.
Many e-readers can use the internet through Wi-Fi and the built-in software can provide a link to a digital Open Publication Distribution System (OPDS) library or an e-book retailer, allowing the user to buy, borrow, and receive digital e-books. [9] An e-reader may also download e-books from a computer or read them from a memory card. [10]