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Creating A Web-Based Kindle Experience

Amazon’s Kindle solves two major problems with e-books and at the same time creates a major problem as well.

Kindle’s good :) side:

  • Portability – you get to carry your whole library with you.
  • Experience – almost like having a real book in your hands.

Kindle’s bad :( side:

  • Another gadget to buy and lug around.

Inkcover will solve all three problems:

  1. Reading Experience – after extensive research, we’ve developed a web based interface that recreates the experience of having a physical book in your hand (WITHOUT the eye strain of reading on a computer monitor).

  2. Portability – how does 60,000 free books at your fingertips sound?

  3. Cost – you already carry your laptop with you, why buy another gadget to lug around.

Sep 23 2009
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Comments so far

Cheryl Logan | 23 Sep 09

I love the idea of this concept and because of it I am putting off purchasing a Kindle until I see the results of this effort. There are a number of features of the Kindle that I feel should be considered. For one, Kindle allows a method to save the reader’s annotations to specific aspects of the text. Another feature is the ability to look up or reference words or passages of the text as in reference to a dictionary or encyclopedia. As a reader, I know I would benefit from these features. Lastly, please provide a way to increase or decrease the font size.

Nishank Khanna | 23 Sep 09

Cheryl, those are some excellent ideas! Thanks for all your feedback. We truely appreciate it.

Constance Smith | 23 Sep 09

The only reason I was going to get a Kindle was to use your website. I look forward to see what you are going to do.

 

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