Saturday, June 19, 2010

Ray Kurzweil Vows to Right E-Reader Wrongs - Bits Blog - NYTimes.com

Still aiming high

Mr. Kurzweil argued that the existing e-readers and tablets had limitations in the text formats they support and the way they handle the original images and layouts in printed texts. Blio preserves the original formatting, making it particularly attractive to publishers of things like cookbooks, how-to guides, schoolbooks, travel guides and children’s books.

“The publishers will not give things with complex formats to these e-reader makers,” Mr. Kurzweil said. “They destroy the format.”

Ray Kurzweil Vows to Right E-Reader Wrongs - Bits Blog - NYTimes.com

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