http://www.theiphoneblog.com/2009/03/06/shortcovers-kindleebook-competitor-canadians/ For people who dare to Phone Different. Mon, 23 Nov 2009 04:15:59 -0500 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.4 hourly 1 http://www.theiphoneblog.com/2009/03/06/shortcovers-kindleebook-competitor-canadians/comment-page-1/#comment-34547 oilseeker Mon, 09 Mar 2009 13:07:33 +0000 http://www.theiphoneblog.com/?p=7388#comment-34547 <p>I tried Shortcovers this morning. I'm not thrilled by the combination of scrolling down, then having the click to the next page, but it is workable for me, at least until they develop a reading interface that is more like eReader. They have a number of Canadian authors (Miriam Toews, Nino Ricci) and books (The Flying Troutmans, The Origin of Species) that I haven't been able to buy through other ebook vendors, so I'm quite excited by this new development. The ebooks are almost as expensive as buying the paper copy, but the increased convenience of having them with me everywhere on my iPod Touch will help soothe that irritation, so I can foresee myself buying quite a few books from Shortcovers.</p> I tried Shortcovers this morning. I’m not thrilled by the combination of scrolling down, then having the click to the next page, but it is workable for me, at least until they develop a reading interface that is more like eReader. They have a number of Canadian authors (Miriam Toews, Nino Ricci) and books (The Flying Troutmans, The Origin of Species) that I haven’t been able to buy through other ebook vendors, so I’m quite excited by this new development. The ebooks are almost as expensive as buying the paper copy, but the increased convenience of having them with me everywhere on my iPod Touch will help soothe that irritation, so I can foresee myself buying quite a few books from Shortcovers.

]]> http://www.theiphoneblog.com/2009/03/06/shortcovers-kindleebook-competitor-canadians/comment-page-1/#comment-34414 Frazam Sat, 07 Mar 2009 08:35:19 +0000 http://www.theiphoneblog.com/?p=7388#comment-34414 <p>why waste my time if not a single review is positive. Who reads books anyway?</p> why waste my time if not a single review is positive. Who reads books anyway?

]]> http://www.theiphoneblog.com/2009/03/06/shortcovers-kindleebook-competitor-canadians/comment-page-1/#comment-34382 mhp Fri, 06 Mar 2009 20:52:39 +0000 http://www.theiphoneblog.com/?p=7388#comment-34382 <p>@Frazam: it's a free download, wouldn't first hand judgement of the app be better than the thoughts of a few reviews from <0.1% of users</p> @Frazam: it’s a free download, wouldn’t first hand judgement of the app be better than the thoughts of a few reviews from <0.1% of users

]]> http://www.theiphoneblog.com/2009/03/06/shortcovers-kindleebook-competitor-canadians/comment-page-1/#comment-34363 Frazam Fri, 06 Mar 2009 17:42:04 +0000 http://www.theiphoneblog.com/?p=7388#comment-34363 <p>The reviews for Shortcovers in the app store are consistently horrible - so now, I won't be checking it out!</p> The reviews for Shortcovers in the app store are consistently horrible – so now, I won’t be checking it out!

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