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What is an e-Book?
An e-Book is a book in computer format to be read on an electronic device.  The most commonly found e-Book is an Adobe Portable Document File (PDF). The problem with PDF is the lack of any digital rights management (DRM).  To address this issue, there has been many e-Book readers developed for the PC over the years.  Some of the earlier ones include MSeReader and Adobe e-Book Reader, both ca. 2000. There were also e-Readers developed for smart devices. The biggest issue has always been howDRM is managed.  I've lost access to many books because I can't remember which credit card I purchased the book under, which is how they verified ownership of a book.

e-Book Readers
You don't have to have a special device to read e-Books. There are software available to allow you to read e-Books on your home computer,SmartPhone, iPod Touch.  More on that in a moment.

There have been several attempts at mass marketing portable e-Book readers in the past, including Franklin's e-BookMan (1999-2002). In the past two years, there has been a lot of buzz around Amazon's Kindle and Sony's Readers, and most recently, Sony's nook.  There are several other smaller players.  Just what are these devices and why are they so special?

Features of an e-Book Device
Current generation of e-Book Devices have the following features:

The nominating committee unanimously nominates the following people for the 2010 slate of officers:

Commodore: Byron Jacobs
Vice Commodore: Joseph Curtis
Rear Commodore: Kate Humphreys
Staff Commodore: Petra Gilmore
Secretary: Tod Klingler
Treasurer: Winston Bumpus
Port Captain: Ron Brown
Directors:

Don Inouye
Ted Hannig
Brett Herr

Respectively submitted,

Ann McDonough
Nominating Committee Chair

Nominating Committee Members:

Peter Blackmore
LuAnne Graves
Sheila Jones
Sherry Warburton

Our mega-cruisers are back from the islands with smiling faces, tanned bodies, and lots of stories and fond memories.  How many were tempted to leave the rat race and retire to the islands? Perhaps open a little hotel?

In Don’t Stop the Carnival, Norman Paperman, a New York press agent, and his friend, Lester Atlas, leave the cold, but glamorous city, to look at a little Caribbean island hotel that Norman saw advertised in the New Yorker Magazine. Norman, with Lester’s assistance, buys the hotel and settles in to enjoy the Caribbean while sipping Planters Punch. Very quickly he begins to learn of the pitfalls that await the novice owner.

Join us on Thursday for a discussion about this book, led by Jane Olcott. All mega-cruisers are welcome to join us and regale us with your first hand stories!

Who? Everyone is invited, even if you haven't read the book
What? Don’t Stop the Carnival by Herman Wouk
When? Thursday, July 9 at 1900
Where? SYC Lounge

Snacks will be hosted by the Nauti-Girls.