Comments on: Amazon to debut e-book reader http://www.icaruscomics.com/wp_web/?p=968 Keeping the "manga is porn" stereotype alive Wed, 08 Sep 2010 19:39:48 +0000 hourly 1 By: Randall Fitzgerald http://www.icaruscomics.com/wp_web/?p=968&cpage=1#comment-18770 Randall Fitzgerald Thu, 22 Nov 2007 00:53:58 +0000 http://www.icaruscomics.com/wp_web/?p=968#comment-18770 Well, more I want zipped and rarred imagesets to work. And yeah, it's not so much a standard, BUT STILL! I have more zipped stuff anyway. Well, more I want zipped and rarred imagesets to work. And yeah, it’s not so much a standard, BUT STILL! I have more zipped stuff anyway.

]]> By: Simon http://www.icaruscomics.com/wp_web/?p=968&cpage=1#comment-18723 Simon Wed, 21 Nov 2007 04:23:59 +0000 http://www.icaruscomics.com/wp_web/?p=968#comment-18723 I wouldn't really call CBZ/CBR a "standard"... but the Kindle supports jpg and gif. I wouldn’t really call CBZ/CBR a “standard”… but the Kindle supports jpg and gif.

]]> By: Randall Fitzgerald http://www.icaruscomics.com/wp_web/?p=968&cpage=1#comment-18662 Randall Fitzgerald Tue, 20 Nov 2007 07:54:57 +0000 http://www.icaruscomics.com/wp_web/?p=968#comment-18662 Also, Marvel's online reader makes comics on a pc screen bearable. Also, Marvel’s online reader makes comics on a pc screen bearable.

]]> By: Randall Fitzgerald http://www.icaruscomics.com/wp_web/?p=968&cpage=1#comment-18661 Randall Fitzgerald Tue, 20 Nov 2007 07:54:36 +0000 http://www.icaruscomics.com/wp_web/?p=968#comment-18661 Hopefully Amazon does shit proper. I mean, with all the manga and comics I read, an e-reader would bridge the wide-open gap for all the shit I want to read. Although, I'd expect it to support all the sexy open standards like CBR and normal stuff like zipped and rared images. AND COLOR!!! Hopefully Amazon does shit proper. I mean, with all the manga and comics I read, an e-reader would bridge the wide-open gap for all the shit I want to read. Although, I’d expect it to support all the sexy open standards like CBR and normal stuff like zipped and rared images.

AND COLOR!!!

]]> By: Digital Strips: The Webcomics Podcast http://www.icaruscomics.com/wp_web/?p=968&cpage=1#comment-18633 Digital Strips: The Webcomics Podcast Mon, 19 Nov 2007 13:02:18 +0000 http://www.icaruscomics.com/wp_web/?p=968#comment-18633 [...] Item: CNet says that Amazon will be debuting its e-reader today. According to the advance hype, it has a WiFi connection so you can get books on the road, and Amazon seems to have a deal with Sprint as well, in case there are no nearby hotspots. List price is $399. Simon Jones (NSFW!) is not impressed with the prototypes he has seen so far. [...] [...] Item: CNet says that Amazon will be debuting its e-reader today. According to the advance hype, it has a WiFi connection so you can get books on the road, and Amazon seems to have a deal with Sprint as well, in case there are no nearby hotspots. List price is $399. Simon Jones (NSFW!) is not impressed with the prototypes he has seen so far. [...]

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