Comments on: A New Discovery… http://www.slaw.ca/2009/11/24/a-new-discovery/ Canada's online legal magazine Thu, 09 Feb 2012 01:49:40 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: Barclay Johnson http://www.slaw.ca/2009/11/24/a-new-discovery/comment-page-1/#comment-708691 Barclay Johnson Tue, 24 Nov 2009 22:02:16 +0000 http://www.slaw.ca/?p=14431#comment-708691 Thanks for the comments. The Sony Reader is not perfect by any means, but it is a step in the right direction. Edward makes a good point about using a tablet PC because there are no conversion issues. Still, the Reader is worth a look if for no other reasons than its size and portability. I decided to have a look on-line to see if there were any free e-book services to convert my MS Word and .pdf files. Sure enough, I found one at this site http://www.lib2go.com. I uploaded the BC Legal Aid Tariff Guide and it came back in an e-book format for my Sony Reader. Lib2Go is a free online converter developed by the International Digital Publishing Forum and LRF (Sony’s proprietary BBeB format). You can upload 5 files at a time to a maximum of 25Mb. This should make life a bit easier for those bold enough to try the Reader! Thanks for the comments. The Sony Reader is not perfect by any means, but it is a step in the right direction. Edward makes a good point about using a tablet PC because there are no conversion issues. Still, the Reader is worth a look if for no other reasons than its size and portability.
I decided to have a look on-line to see if there were any free e-book services to convert my MS Word and .pdf files. Sure enough, I found one at this site http://www.lib2go.com. I uploaded the BC Legal Aid Tariff Guide and it came back in an e-book format for my Sony Reader. Lib2Go is a free online converter developed by the International Digital Publishing Forum and LRF (Sony’s proprietary BBeB format). You can upload 5 files at a time to a maximum of 25Mb.
This should make life a bit easier for those bold enough to try the Reader!

]]> By: David Bilinsky http://www.slaw.ca/2009/11/24/a-new-discovery/comment-page-1/#comment-708690 David Bilinsky Tue, 24 Nov 2009 21:41:59 +0000 http://www.slaw.ca/?p=14431#comment-708690 Edward: I would be waiting to use the *(long)* awaited and anticipated Mac Tablet - I am sure that it would be a leg up on everything else out there...but for now (since the Mac Tablet is as of yet, just a dream....) the Sony Reader sounds like a real innovation. Cheers, Dave Edward:

I would be waiting to use the *(long)* awaited and anticipated Mac Tablet – I am sure that it would be a leg up on everything else out there…but for now (since the Mac Tablet is as of yet, just a dream….) the Sony Reader sounds like a real innovation.

Cheers,

Dave

]]> By: Edward Prutschi http://www.slaw.ca/2009/11/24/a-new-discovery/comment-page-1/#comment-708687 Edward Prutschi Tue, 24 Nov 2009 20:20:47 +0000 http://www.slaw.ca/?p=14431#comment-708687 Wow! Sounds like a love affair with the Sony Reader has only just begun. :) I agree with Barclay's sentiments about the use of laptops for cross-examination...I <em>do</em> indeed use mine but have often felt it hamstrings me a bit in terms of the flow and drama of cross. I wonder though whether the same euphoric feeling of examination freedom can be accomplished by switching to a tablet PC with Lotus One Note operating. I haven't tried this myself but I'd be hesitant to spend $500 (give or take) on an e-reader that I have to lug around in addition to my laptop when a robust tablet for approx. $2000 could probably replace both. Wow! Sounds like a love affair with the Sony Reader has only just begun. :)

I agree with Barclay's sentiments about the use of laptops for cross-examination…I do indeed use mine but have often felt it hamstrings me a bit in terms of the flow and drama of cross.

I wonder though whether the same euphoric feeling of examination freedom can be accomplished by switching to a tablet PC with Lotus One Note operating. I haven't tried this myself but I'd be hesitant to spend $500 (give or take) on an e-reader that I have to lug around in addition to my laptop when a robust tablet for approx. $2000 could probably replace both.

]]> By: Connie Crosby http://www.slaw.ca/2009/11/24/a-new-discovery/comment-page-1/#comment-708684 Connie Crosby Tue, 24 Nov 2009 19:58:54 +0000 http://www.slaw.ca/?p=14431#comment-708684 Fascinating stuff! Thank you to Barclay Johnson for sharing with us. I wonder if others will follow suit? Fascinating stuff! Thank you to Barclay Johnson for sharing with us. I wonder if others will follow suit?

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