Comments on: New reader from Cool Reader

By: Garson O'Toole

Garson O'Toole — Fri, 15 May 2009 13:52:45 +0000

CrunchGear has coverage of the new e-book reader in an article titled Video: Our Full Walkthrough Of The Color Coated COOL-ER Ebook Reader.

By: Felix Torres

Felix Torres — Fri, 15 May 2009 12:27:07 +0000

Igorsk: Sounds about right. Plus, since it supports ePub, they probably tallied-in the Google ePub library. That’s 500,000 right there.
http://www.teleread.org/2009/03/18/google-and-sony-team-up-to-provide-500000-public-domain-titles-in-epub-for-sony-reader-owners/
With that technique all the Hanlin V3 clones could easily claim 2 million books since they support DejaVu and ePub.
A good reason to keep your distance from the thing right there. At least for a while.

By: igorsk

igorsk — Fri, 15 May 2009 10:30:46 +0000

No, it’s not a 505, only the navigation button looks a bit similar. The hardware is apparently next iteration of Netronix EB-600 (e.g. newer Cybook Gen3 and some other clones), and the body is plastic despite the aluminium look. Also, I really doubt the 750k number. I think they either counted each format or added a huge number of public domain books.

By: Raquel

Raquel — Fri, 15 May 2009 01:53:34 +0000

Wow, I would love to have one of those.

By: Rich Adin

Rich Adin — Thu, 14 May 2009 21:41:28 +0000

This looks like a modified Sony 505, in which case it could be quite attractive. Apparently it will handle ePub — both DRM and DRM-free. And the bookstore looks good, although some book prices are a bit high. I think if I didn’t already own a 505, I would consider this device.