The Reading Edge Podcast

From the OverDrive web site

This is an interview on Friday, January 8, 2010, at the International Consumer Electronics Show (CES) with David Burleigh, director of marketing for OverDrive, which is the leading provider of public library connections to eBook readers such as the Barnes & Noble nook and the Sony Reader.

After the interview, I’ve added my own observations based on using OverDrive to access books for my nook at the Denver Public Library.

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Otis Gates is a Sony Reader product expert for Sony Electronics.  Darlene and I interviewed him on January 9, 2010, at the Consumer Electronics Show (CES) in Las Vegas.  Is His job is to translate the eReader’s specifications and capabilities into usable form for, say, a Best Buy sales rep demonstrating a Daily Edition to a customer.

Otis’s familiarity with the Daily Edition made him a great person to talk to about this promising new entry into the eBook sector.  Walt Mossberg of The Wall Street Journal has just posted an even-handed review of the Daily Edition, calling it “a big boost for Sony” that “enables them to be in the game in a bigger way than they have been,” mainly because it is Sony’s first wireless eReader.

My own Daily Edition will arrive here in Denver next week, and I’m looking forward to putting it through its paces.  I’m not thrilled that it comes with a stylus that I will probably lose, but the touch screen looks intriguing and I’ll be interested to see how much of an advantage the Daily Edition’s seven-inch diagonal measurement gives it over the six-inch diagonal of the Kindle.

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