I was an inventor in a former life.

[Ilovebigcats]

I am always coming up with ideas but I never do anything with them but tell you guys.

How about a digital book??? Much like the new digital picture frames. It could open like a book and have 2 screens on each side. Books would have to be scanned or reformatted into small drives by the publishers.... like a DS games or small flash drive. It would be easier on the writers and editors doing everything by computer. It would be much nicer and easier to store and travel with. Of course... that would make night reading so much better... the screens would be lit like a typical computer screen. You can flip the pages by touch. Save bookmark spots, save special quotes into a small hard drive built in, dog ear certain pages, customize bookmarks, save special reading check lists.... the possibilities are endless.

And for you old folks that will scream... WHAT ABOUT MY DUSTY LIBRARY COLLECTION!? That would just increase the value of your collection. They will become more special with time and the loss of regular books.

How much easier you this also be for school kids to have all their school books in one of these?? Ohhhhhh! And the GREEN people would love this, less paper!! SOOOOOOOOOOOO much less paper! WOW!

It could even have a special section of interviews and behind the scenes with the author like DVD's do.

What do you think?

[Shellie]

I think you are too late.

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[Ilovebigcats]

*gasp*

Someone come in my room while I was sleeping and uploaded my idea from my brain!!!


LOL!
My thoughts are a little different. No screen laying around to scratch. It would open like a laptop and have a screen on both sides. Thin and light weight. It would have a touch screen instead of a keyboard.

I am sure it wont be long for this to come out especially since that other one is in high demand! COOL BEANS.

[Susie Hamilton]

Already seen this online. Sorry. Read a few books like that.

[EagerBeaver]

The device you are referencing is called an iPhone, more or less.

[RamboPreacher]

electronic book devices have been around for a long time. the challenge is that they are still kinda pricey, and buying a laptop could be less expensive. the sony reader is much older than the kindle. and there are a few others, including a couple that have touch screens. I made a post about this a while back, but I don't think it got any replies.

I have a tablet that I use as my "Bible". and I have about 30 books downloaded on mobipocket on my blackberry, not including the 8 Bible versions in the olive tree Bible reader program.

I recall when I was in 6th grade, and I had an idea and had designed out a prototype for a "digital" tuner for a radio. Back then, when you tuned your radio, it was actually a variable capacitor. My idea was going to revolutionize the size needed for radio's (again). unfortunately, before I could get my folks to help me with a legalities of a patent and the filing costs, Heathkit came out with a kit that was the exact thing I had designed. bah.

[Jennifer Smith]

What's that one Amazon has, the kindle? I want one of those.

I thought of a digital scrapbook when you were mentioning this.