CES 2010: Copia Social E-Reader

From CES 2010, we take a look at the Copia social E-Book reader with the ability to share your book choices with friends on the Copia social collaboration network. Distributed by Tubemogul.

Category:

Science & Technology

Tags:

• company copia
• e book
• E reader
• event CES 10

[juanyagua902011]

m......ollllllllllllllllllllll­lllll

[GraphicalSue]

That's cool and all, but why is it just black and white? Fail.

[stanbarley]

So... Where can I buy this ??? I've been waiting for a while, went to there web site it just has facts about the ereaders no prices no nothing ......

[obscenegrace2003]

@smedegaard1977 Facebook isn't built upon reading and books as the primary mode of sharing and creating relationships. The Copia begins with reading first then integrates in social networking. For Facebook, books are just one thing you could talk about (but probably won't because of Farmville or whatever) With Copia, reading would be the main way you would select and relate to your circle of "friends" which means completely different types of conversations and opportunities for learning.

[jim1621]

will u be able to load pdf textbooks or any other books that you dont buy

[TheAmefist]

@smedegaard1977 Um, last time I checked no one gives a rats ass about books on Facebook because they are too busy posting naughty pictures on their profiles. This social network is solely based on books and filters all the conspiracy of the other social networking sites.

[makaveli19860]

Completely agree, I'm hoping the wifi only device is $50-$100 cheaper than the wifi+3g...

Sitting on the fence right now on a reader, this will totally win me over if its priced accordingly. Does anyone know if it'll support PDF format?

[TheCopiaChannel]

@smedegaard1977 the point of Copia is that you _don't_ have to choose between Copia and your 500 friends on Facebook; using Facebook Connect (or Twitter Connect) you can have Copia Tweet or send an update to your FB newsfeed from your Copia E-Reader, desktop or iPhone etc.

We agree -- some people won't want to create an entirely new social network -- for those users they have the option of leveraging their existing social networks.

[smedegaard1977]

The eReader looks OK, but the whole social-network angle is so misguided. We already have twits and FB where we can share our thoughts in an instant. If we've read a book, then we can easily share our thoughts on it on already existing social platforms. I don't see many, if any, people signing up for yet another social platform - as well as using time to organise friend-links. Just not going to happen. And with that out the way, this eReader looks very similar to all the rest on the market.

[manilaenglish]

Just had a thought. What about the ability to resell an ebook that you don't need anymore or the ability to loan your book out? Those are very importantly abilities.