Dear Pali friends,

I made a mobi version of [DN 2], so you can see why I'm excited about
touch screens and dhamma reference material converted into useful ebook
formats that are easily navigable.

https://sites.google.com/site/frankkpublic/dn02

-Frank

On 12/18/2011 4:46 AM, Bryan Levman wrote:
>
> Dear Frank,
>
> Thanks for your description of the Kindle Touch; it sounds well worth
> the price!
>
> Metta, Bryan
>
> ________________________________
> From: frank <fcckuan@... <mailto:fcckuan%40gmail.com>>
> To: Pali@yahoogroups.com <mailto:Pali%40yahoogroups.com>
> Sent: Thursday, December 15, 2011 11:12:06 AM
> Subject: Re: [Pali] Re: Jātaka, and low eyestrain e-ink readers
>
>
>
> Dear Bryan and all,
> I looked at those links, there are digital versions there you can
> download, including Epub and mobi! Very cool. That means you can read it
> with low eyestrain on a kindle, nook, etc. You can also get free ebook
> readers for your pc that will read those two formats.
> I got a "kindle touch" this month for 99$. Works very well.
> Visudhimagga (.mobi version) works GREAT on there. The swipe up and
> swipe down on the touch screen advances up and down through chapters,
> and the hyperlinks in the table of contents work. Also, I didn't
> register my kindle touch with amazon, and I leave the wireless features
> turned off, so I don't get bombarded with annoying advertisements.
> I highly recommend everyone take a serious look at the e-readers
> (using e-ink) out there now that they're below 100$, especially kindle
> touch and nook touch. The e-ink works just like a printed book. You can
> read it in full sunlight, low eye-strain, unlike computer screens that
> have flourescent back lights, which makes your vision go fuzzy and get
> slight headaches after a few hours of staring at it. I'm pretty sure
> there's people on this list who do a lot of reading, and if hours of it
> are spent reading on a computer screen, you're going to be much happier
> if you can read it on an ebook reader using e-ink instead. Note that the
> color ebook readers such as the "kindle fire" are not e-ink readers,
> they are flourescent or LED backlight just like other tablet computers
> or pc screens, and thus would not have the advantage of low eyestrain
> e-ink such as the monochrome grayscale "kindle touch", "nook touch",
> etc. I also don't recommend the entry level "kindle" for 79$ which does
> NOT have a touch screen. The button and 4 way cursor is incredibly
> tedious to use. Newer ebooks published, and especially dhamma material
> in ebook format will take full advantage of hyperlinks and you want to
> be able to just touch the hyperlink on screen and go there, not navigate
> with a four way button cursor. The 20$ savings between "kindle touch"
> and entry level kindle is not worth it.
>
> -Frank
>
> On 12/15/2011 3:40 AM, Bryan Levman wrote:
> >
> > Dear Piya,
> >
> > You mean the English version by Burlingame, I assume? (I believe the
> > Pali is all on the Digital Pali Reader).
> >
> > I use this link for volume 2:
> >
> >
> http://books2.scholarsportal.info/viewdoc.html?id=/ebooks/oca1/15/buddhistlegends02burluoft
> >
> > at the University of Toronto; I don't believe you can download it, but
> > you can read it on line
> >
> > The link for volume 3 is:
> >
> >
> http://books1.scholarsportal.info/viewdoc.html?id=/ebooks/oca1/15/buddhistlegends03burluoft
> >
> > Hopefully that works for you. If anyone has a PDF version of
> > Burlingame, please let the group know,
> >
> > Metta,
> >
> > Bryan
> >
> > ________________________________
> > From: Piya Tan <dharmafarer@...
> <mailto:dharmafarer%40gmail.com> <mailto:dharmafarer%40gmail.com>>
> > To: Pali@yahoogroups.com <mailto:Pali%40yahoogroups.com>
> <mailto:Pali%40yahoogroups.com>
> > Sent: Wednesday, December 14, 2011 11:11:00 PM
> > Subject: Re: [Pali] Re: Jātaka
> >
> >
> >
> > Dharma Friends,
> >
> > I have Dhammapadatthakatha (Dh Commentary in Pali) vol 1. Does
> anyone have
> > the rest or know where i can download them?
> >
> > With metta,
> >
> > Piya
> >
> > On Tue, Dec 6, 2011 at 7:13 PM, Bryan Levman <bryan.levman@...
> <mailto:bryan.levman%40yahoo.com>
> > <mailto:bryan.levman%40yahoo.com>> wrote:
> >
> > > **
> > >
> > >
> > > Dear Friends,
> > >
> > > Does anyone know if the seven Fausboll Jātaka volumes are available on
> > > line with the prose and commentary? Most of the canons that I have
> > > consulted seems to only have the Jātaka verses. Thanks for your help,
> > >
> > > Metta, Bryan
> > >
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