Saturday, January 28, 2012

Bookish: E-book Cookbook Review

A while back Brett bought a e-book cookbook on his nook. He thought it would be a nice way to consolidate space in the kitchen – e-books take up much less shelf space in our cabinets. Well, turns out it wasn’t as conducive as he anticipated. We have the first generation nooks, so ours aren’t in color and that is his biggest complaint. The beautiful photos of the dishes…that generally make your mouth water and cause an immediate drive to the grocery store…well in non-color e-book they are black and white and not pretty at all. After giving the e-book version a few attempts he gave up – buying a print copy that now stands with our other numerous cookbooks.

He did say if we had a color e-reader it would be worth trying again. I think this is just his desperate attempt to get me onboard with upgrading to the iPad. Keep dreaming babe.

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Posted by Jennie at 8:00 AM
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2 comments:

  1. The day I got my Nook (a first generation one) I tried the ebook cook book as well. I agree on all accounts - it just didn't work.

    Although? I have only used my ipad as a cook book once. I am too nervous of getting it wet or the case dirty.

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  2. Hi Jenny. I am totally understand the problem. About a year ago I started working on a new platform for digital cookbooks. To get to the convenience level of a print book, though, I think you need to be using a tablet rather than an eReader. About two weeks ago I put up a short demo-video of our work in progress:
    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IOZJvk40Z2w

    In March we will be launching our new platform. If you have access to an iPad and want to test it out, I would love to get your feedback.

    Cheers,

    John

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