Logos proprietary epaper ereader
Perhaps I missed it, but in my handful of google searches on this subject, I haven't seen this suggestion:
I understand the DRM concerns of exporting logos books to free formats, so that suggestion is an unlikely candidate. How about Logos commissioning it's own epaper device. I would likely pay the same price as a kindle for this. I wonder if Sony or some other manufacturer would even build the device that would render logos' proprietary format. Like others have suggested, it doesn't need to be full featured, but just able to allow the user to read and a bit of navigation and bookmarking.
I guess an alternative to this is an android epaper device. Here's one, but it doesn't seem to be available yet, and hasn't a wide adoption. I can't tell if it's sized more like a phone than an ereader.
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Frank,
most eReaders are heavily subsidized by the company selling it, generating this investment value over time through eBook sales. Only recently there are free (or nearly free) devices - in the sense that they are not tied to a company's eBook store. You may look into this thread: http://community.logos.com/forums/t/82931.aspx which focuses somewhat on the recent Boox T68 Lynx, a reader with a 6.8" display.
I don't think Logos would want to become a device manufacturer or seller (Sony just left this business!)
Have joy in the Lord!
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Thanks for that! At first glance, the Boox T68 Lynx looks cool.
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I just purchased a Boox T68 Lynx to use with Logos.
Here are some of my initial observations:
The Logos software installed easily without any special tricks. Logos seems to run just fine, and I had no trouble downloading several resources to the device. Although the touch screen doesn't respond quite the same as a standard tablet, it is functional.
The only real problem that I have right now is that I must swipe to turn pages since the page turn buttons don't seem to work in 3rd party apps. (I'm not sure if this is the fault of the tablet or the Logos app.) Due to the nature of e-ink, the overall experience is a little clunky, however, the device does exactly what i need it to do: It runs Logos well enough on an e-ink screen.
As the open e-reader market explodes in the next few years the devices will get better and better, but a viable solution for Logos exists right now. I will certainly get my money's worth out of this device in the next few years.
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It looks really cool it is just too bad that it only has 4GB since LOGOS only uses main memory from my understanding... but then again as long as you have wifi I suppose that is irrelevant.
-Dan
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