tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-760267887496560043.post7463279205205195967..comments2012-10-25T09:05:55.346-07:00Comments on Adventures In eBook Reader Land: Mentor Lite Version 2Robert Bhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09663416766258574480noreply@blogger.comBlogger8125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-760267887496560043.post-27221720623477342682010-02-09T15:43:38.697-08:002010-02-09T15:43:38.697-08:00Where can we buy an Astak Mentor lite version 2 ?
...Where can we buy an Astak Mentor lite version 2 ?<br />I can't find them anywhere.RWPhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10816580478459983853noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-760267887496560043.post-88357999275904232782009-10-21T13:47:57.524-07:002009-10-21T13:47:57.524-07:00can you please explain what the mentor lite is? I ...can you please explain what the mentor lite is? I see that Astak sells Mentor 5 inch, Mentor 6 inch, and will come out with Mentor 9 inch on its website... I cannot find the mentor lite anywhere. Thanks!VictoriaSonghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15303333925484190048noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-760267887496560043.post-88567478357787760372009-10-04T13:42:17.655-07:002009-10-04T13:42:17.655-07:00ok where is this version 2. why is it better than ...ok where is this version 2. why is it better than the other ereader at 6 inch?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-760267887496560043.post-66213922443993781512009-09-07T06:38:37.562-07:002009-09-07T06:38:37.562-07:00I do not like DRMed ebooks at all. I do believe in...I do not like DRMed ebooks at all. I do believe in paying for what I get; I also believe that the authors and publishers should get a fair shake. But I am like most of you I dislike all the greed that I see. <br />I read a lot due to serveral reasons, one I love to read, and two it is the nature of my career, and third I am hard of hearing and and I have a hard time enjoying movies and TV.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-760267887496560043.post-66851801756442292572009-09-06T14:37:05.788-07:002009-09-06T14:37:05.788-07:00Any estimated timing on availability?Any estimated timing on availability?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-760267887496560043.post-43302291729310947782009-09-06T13:12:34.535-07:002009-09-06T13:12:34.535-07:00Of course DRM is going away, sooner rather than la...Of course DRM is going away, sooner rather than later, just as it did with music. The only question is whether the publishers and ebook reader makers will alienate consumers with DRM (not only with the added hassle, uncertainty and costs, but also publisher-centric newspeak such as "protected" and "secured" for things that are only *restricted* from the consumer's point of view) until the public have gotten used to pirating books for free, or if they learn from what happened to the music industry and ditch DRM while there is still a chance that the public might get used to paying for books even in e.<br /><br />I'll certainly use my money to support efforts to make people get used to paying for ebooks, and DRM is, IMNSHO, working against that goal. (Another thing working against that goal is the greed and shortsightedness of publishers when they aren't cooperating on 1 open format (or 2 or at most 3), free for anybody to use for any purpose what so ever.)Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-760267887496560043.post-63352251569097727152009-09-06T05:59:23.254-07:002009-09-06T05:59:23.254-07:00DRM is not going away anytime soon and having Adob...DRM is not going away anytime soon and having Adobe DRM enables you to read Library Books, which is a plus in my opinion. Hopefully Astak will implement Ereader DRM in the future also.<br /><br />I think the open format design provides you will options that other readers lack.MusicManhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00689081710092813016noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-760267887496560043.post-49706214904349933682009-09-04T19:16:24.739-07:002009-09-04T19:16:24.739-07:00You know, some of us thinks "has no DRM"...You know, some of us thinks "has no DRM" is a feature. Not only will I never, ever buy any DRM-encumbered content, I'm also very hesitant on giving any money to people that will use that money to support and spread DRM.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com