Hello all,
I was wondering what everyone's opinion is of reading books on the computer - does anybody here enjoy it? If not, why not? Is it just a question of getting used to it, or not wanting to curl up with the laptop, or eyestrain, etc?
*disclaimer*
The reason I ask is that I've just made a website to read books for free online (http://book-bot.com) and I'd like to make it as appealing to readers as possible.
Two of the things I came up with that paper books can't do are automatic bookmarking (you can pick up right where you left off - but you have to register for that) and also being able to double-click a word and have it defined for you (though the dictionary I use is lacking in some aspects...)
I also used AJAX to eliminate scrolling - essentially you click to the next page and it loads it behind the scenes, so there's never a ton of text on the screen.
The site only has older books that are no longer under copyright but there's tons of classics - over 14,000 books (courtesy of Project Gutenberg).
If anyone has any suggestions or criticisms I'd be happy to hear them.
-gilltots
