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Pandigital Novel shows up again as the Pocketbook IQ

I was just working on a post about Pocketbook (they announced the prices for their new ereaders). I was looking at old posts on other blogs to see if I’d missed a detail, and I noticed something. I can’t beleive I missed this the first time around.

Engadget were using this image for their post on the Pocketbook announcement. When you look at it full size, it’s quite obvious that the Pocketbook IQ is a close relative of the white Pandigital Novel (and the Cruz Reader). The only difference between the Pocketbook IQ and the Cruz Reader that I can see is that the IQ has 3 buttons under the screen (home, menu, back).

I’m a little surprised. I had thought Pocketbook would use an exclusive design.

BTW, the price for the IQ will be 159€ (in Europe, at least), and it will be available in Germany in November.

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Borders to go double down on Kobo? I doubt it

Mike Cane just reported that Borders will no longer carry Sony’s ereaders.  He visited his local Borders today and noticed that the sign announcing the new Sony devices had been taken down. He asked and he was told that Borders would not be carrying the new Sony models.

I’m not sure he’s right, though. All 3 Sony Readers are still listed on Borders.com, specs and all. They even have expected arrival dates (you can pre-order them). Surely the first step in dropping a device would be to remove it from the website?

It would appear to make a lot of sense, though. If Borders went with only Kobo devices, Mike thinks they could drop the tech support for the other devices. And even without Sony, Borders will still have the 2 Kobo ereaders as well as 4 tablets (2 from Velocity Micro and 2 from Next USA).

On the other hand, just because they don’t carry the ereaders doesn’t mean they won’t have to support them. They’ve been selling Sony for what, 2 years now? That’s a sizable number of customers they have to support. And all the stock answers to the usual problems are well established, so it’s not like they will have to write them all over again.

PDFs now make up only half of ebook downloads at O’Reilly

Andrew Savikas posted this neat graphic yesterday. It shows a week by week track of downloads, sorted by format. It doesn’t show the total number of downloads, only the percentage of the whole.

Most of the downloads were in PDF, Epub, and Kindle (the dark blue is PDF, green is Epub, and the yellow-orange is Kindle). But there is also a small amount of Android APK downloads. Very recently they added Daisy as an option; it’s the tiny bit of purple in the upper right corner.

It’s an interesting chart. I wonder what caused the big jump in Epub and Kindle downloads in early 2009? The only event I recall from that time was the launch of the K2, and I don’t think that would have had such a big effect on Epub downloads.

One other thing. Look at the really big PDF spike. As you move forward from that point, is it just me or does the percentage of Epub downloads seem to be shrinking while the Kindle share grows?

How to make XPS files for Blio

Someone asked Paul Biba over at Teleread if anyone knew how to convert to XPS from a PDF file. I figured out how to do it, and it’s actually pretty simple. (I might despise the format, app, and DRM, but if someone wants to use it I will try to find the information they need.)

If you have a PC running Vista, Win7, or WinXP with SP2, then you should already be able to make an XPS file. There should already be a printer driver on your computer that will let you "print" a document into the XPS format.

I did it from Open Office, and the same printer driver should work with everything. You’ll need to open the Print menu, and scroll down until you see something like "Microsoft XPS". Select that as your printer.

BTW, I’m pretty sure that this printer driver is installed at the same time as Blio. If you don’t see that option, then you’ll need to download it here. The usual warnings apply.

P.S. If you want to do this on OSX, sorry but I don’t have a Mac to test it on. But I can direct you to this page. It might work for you and it’s at least a step in the right direction.

How to beat Amazon

Richard Curtis reposted an old column over on e-reads. When he posted it last time, he was arguing that a publisher should buy Borders because  that would raise the publisher to the same footing as Amazon. In the repost he replaces Borders with B&N because he thinks the argument is still valid.

The problem with his idea is that it shows he doesn’t understand why Amazon is a powerhouse.

Amazon started as a retailer but has become a publisher too. It started with its Encore program aimed at identifying overlooked books and authors. That was followed by the creation of a service called CreateSpace aimed at self-published authors. And now Amazon has begun publishing mainstream authors.

Amazon didn’t start as a retailer; they started as a tech company. At heart, that’s what they are. That website you buy things from is just one of the businesses started by Amazon Technologies Inc.They also do cloud storage. They also developed the Kindle in house at Lab126. I don’t have a list at hand of all the things Amazon do, but if you gathered that list you’d be surprised at its length.

BTW, the company’s actual name really is Amazon Technologies Inc. I suspect that they refer to the company as Amazon.com to distract you from the reality that they have more in common with Google than with Walmart. (If you’re surprised by anything I’ve written, then it worked.)

TBH, I think it’s the mindset of Amazon that makes them strong. They have the drive to come up with new and better solutions to problems, and that’s why Amazon is a retail giant.

If a publisher bought either Borders or B&N, they would be buying a dysfunctional mindset. I’m not yet convinced that the big box store is dead (Books a Million turned a profit last year), but I do think there is something wrong in how they are being run. Both major chains have been losing money for some time now; obviously they must be doing something wrong.

Also, if a publisher bought one of the chains, that publisher would face a lot of resistance. "That’s not how we do things here" would be heard a lot. Absent a radical restructuring, my bet is that resistance would doom the effort.

If you really want to compete with Amazon, you need to stop thinking like publisher and retailer and start thinking like a tech company.

Review: Ectaco Jetbook Mini (video)

EDIT: This post combines several posits about the Jetbook Mini.

I got the Jetbook Mini just over a week ago, and I have to say it was a lot of fun.  I was ready to write the review after only a few days (it’s basic ereader), but I held it because Ectaco promised a firmware update (it came with a pre-release firmware). I’m not sure I should have waited; it’s still missing key features.

The video is at the end of the post.

Upside

  • long battery life
  • smart battery design (runs on 2 AAA)
  • lots of user selected formatting options

Downside

  • limited ebook format support (only FB2)
  • does not support any DRMed ebook format
  • no image, links, CSS support

Ectaco are a company that should be known to anyone who follows ereader news. They launched the Jetbook, their first ereader, in early 2008. The Jetbook Lite (same ereader but running on AA batteries) was released in 2009. And now the Jetbook Mini will be coming out in October 2010.

The Jetbook Mini is actually the first ereader designed just for Ectaco. The previous 2 models were originally developed for the Chinese markets by JCNIP. You can buy them in China under the brand name Dr.Yi (with a different firmware, of course).

Hardware

The Mini is a very basic ereader. It lost almost all the buttons that were on its predecessor as well as the internal storage and MP3 player. It shares just one hardware detail with its predecessors: the screen. The 5″ LCD screen is a low power, grayscale entry into the epaper market that was originally developed by Toshiba. The Mini has an SD card slot on the upper edge, a USB port on the lower edge, and 5 buttons to one side of the screen. The buttons from top to bottom are: Menu, up, Enter, down, and Exit/Power.

The battery compartment is behind the buttons. It holds 4 AAA, and the Mini only needs 2 AAA to run. This will let you swap out a pair without losing your settings. I like that. I also like the way the batteries are placed so you can grip the thickest part of the ereader.

The Mini is pleasant and light, but it’s clearly been designed for hands smaller that mine.

Games

The Mini shipped with Sudoku and a tetris clone. They’re not easy to play, unfortunately;  it’s really not obvious what each button did. But you won’t buy this for the games, so it doesn’t matter.

Reading Experience

It was a lot like reading on my Jetbook, and that’s not a good thing. It took a long time for a book to load. Page turns were slow; I compared it to my K3 and the K3 was faster. Images and links were missing, as was most of the CSS formatting.

On the up side you do have a lot of formatting options to pick from. You can set the justification, line spacing, font size, text encoding, and paragraph break behavior. All 4 screen rotations are supported, so this ereader should please a lefty.

Opinion

As I reach the end of the review, I have to ask myself this: Would I recommend an ereader that makes its users go through extra work (conversion) for a poorer experience (no images, TOC, or links)? The answer should be obvious.

I really think Ectaco should either improve FB2 support or replace it with Epub. I wouldn’t get the Mini until that happens. I also want them to improve the page turn speed.

Pricing Footnote

Right now, the Mini is listed for $99. You can get the Aluratek Libre for that price. If you have limited funds I would recommend the Libre.

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Ectaco shipped the Jetbook Mini with 2 questionable ebooks

I had a poll yesterday about which ereader I should write about next. I had just gotten 2 ereaders, a Jetbook Mini and a Skytex Primer. I’ve decided to write about the Mini first, but not just because it had the most request.

It came with a copy of Dan Brown’s The Lost Symbol, and a copy of America Alone by Mark Steyn. Neither can be bought in a format that the Mini can read. (One thing you should know about the Mini is that the limited format support does not include any DRMed format: only FB2, txt, and html.)

And I didn’t get a Mini that belonged to someone at Ectaco. Mine came in a retail box. The included files weren’t someone’s personal library; they were samples that would have shipped with the Mini.

Update: Ectaco are reporting that the files were loaded by the last person who had the review unit before me. Given that these were the only 2 FB2 files on the Mini is plausible. It doesn’t make them look that much better, though. This is something you check when a device comes back in.

While I have the pictures handy, look at the formatting. It’s dreadful. I’ve converted a couple of ebooks from my library to FB2, and they are just as bad. But I’ll cover the conversion issue in another post.

Ectaco Jetbook Mini demo video

Ectaco is continuing their campaign of torturing me with driblets of information. This demo video was shot at the Moscow Book Fair this week. It’s in Russian, but you can still learn a lot about the Jetbook Mini.

I also learned from here (scroll down) that the retail in Russia will be 4,990 rubles (~$162 USD).

Adobe InDesign can now make Kindle ebooks

Just a second while I check to see if hell froze over.

Kidding aside, this is actually good news. Amazon just announced on one of the Kindle blogs that they have released a plug in for in Design. Once you download and install it, you can generate a Kindle ebook from an .indd file.

Having personally used the InDesign plugin for Kindle, I can honestly say it’s one of the easiest ways to create a Kindle-ready file.  It’s literally just a few clicks from an .indd document to a Kindle book.   You select “Export to Kindle”, pick a TOC option and a cover image, and save the file.  Simple as that. The plugin is best suited for books that are comprised of text (it’s perfect for novels) and other linear content.  (if there are occasional graphics, that’s ok too).  And while most formatting is easily preserved with character and paragraph stylesheets in the InDesign file, things like custom fonts aren’t yet supported.  The best way to optimize your book files for Kindle is to convert a document with the plugin and then view it with the free Kindle Previewer, which provides a one-to-one experience with what your readers will see.

You can get the plug in here.

Do you know what just occurred to me? A few days ago Mike Cane wrote a post called "Amazon declares war on All Fronts". This plug in was another volley of fire at the Epub crowd.

Margaret Atwood on ebooks (video)

The Big Think shot this short video of Margaret Atwood. They only ask her 3 questions, but I think it’s worth a listen. She is really interesting person to listen to and read. You should go find her on Twitter.

There’s a transcript over on The Big Think if you can’t see the video.

Also, the video doesn’t appear to work in the RSS feed but it is working on the website.


via Teleread

Notescraper exports your Kindle notes into Evernote

One ereader feature that’s always been important to me is note taking, and more importantly getting the notes off the ereader. I found a new way to do that with the Kindle.

I just came across an app called Notescraper. It only works on a Mac, unfortunately, so I haven’t tried it. But the good news is that it’s up to version v0.4. Here’s how Notescraper’s developer describes it:

Its purpose is to export the notes and highlights you save while reading a Kindle ebook to your local computer so you can organize the information in some other form. Note: It doesn’t take the notes and highlights from the Kindle device directly, but rather from kindle.amazon.com. Further note: You need a Mac for this.

You’re probably wondering why we don’t just use the clippings.txt file. Well, last I checked that file didn’t differentiate between ebooks. Also, I’m betting that Notescraper extracts each note or highlight separately instead of into one file.

P.S. Is that the only to get notes off the Kindle? I 'd really like to hear about any others.

via Assistive Techno

First Real hands on of the Sharper Image Literati (NYTimes)

The very first in depth of the Literati was posted yesterday in the New York Times. If you’re wondering why I didn’t get it first, well, as great as I am I’m not the NYTimes. The reviewer had some fairly good insights into the design of the Literati:

To turn the page, you use left and right buttons positioned on either side of the screen, but I found the placement odd (some competitors have the same configuration). To go back, you push the top button on either the right or the left; I expected the page forward button to be on the right, and the page backward button on the left. Instead, there is one of each on both sides. But that prevents the reader from holding the device at equal height with both hands.

The rest of the review is worth a read.

New York Times

Feedbooks responds to yesterday’s Blio launch

Calvin Reid over at Publisher’s Weekly posted a follow up article this morning where he contact KNFB (developer of Blio) and asked them to explain some of the details of yesterday’s debacle. One comment made by Peter Chapman, the KNFB spokesman, caught my eye. He said that Feedbooks knew it was being included in Blio months before the launch.

I checked with Hadrien Gardeur, founder and CEO of Feedbooks. According to Hadrien, they were not asked, they were _told_ by Mike Angelo that Feedbooks would be included. When Hadrien protested, he was ignored. I like the reasons he gave for objecting, so I copied his email to the end of this post.

This is actually worse, if you ask me. It’s one thing if you forget to ask, but asking and ignoring the "no", well, in terms of business ethics I think it falls just short of piracy.

Okay, that was melodramatic, but what they did was still pretty bad. What do you think?

The email:

More precisely:
  • I’ve known for a while that KNFB were using our OPDS feeds for dedicated systems designed for print-disabled people (http://www.knfbreader.com/products-kreader-mobile.php). Which I’m glad they’re doing.
  • Two months ago, Mike Angelo sent me an e-mail asking if we could add Blio to our premium partners on our ecosystem page http://web.archive.org/web/20120816012316/http://www.feedbooks.com:80/help/ecosystem) because Feedbooks would be part of Blio. I replied that I wasn’t aware that Blio planned on including Feedbooks and that I was against it for several reasons (see below). He never replied.
At Feedbooks we allow reading systems to preload our catalog if it provides the following features:
  1. supports EPUB (not the case with Blio, they need to do a conversion)
  2. fully supports OPDS (once again, not the case with Blio, they don’t offer our full catalog, they only aggregate a few of our feeds and use our search feature)
  3. enable users to add OPDS catalogs (not the case with Blio)
  4. if the reading system also includes commercial content, we require that the reading system should also support payment in OPDS and ACS4 support in order to sell content
If a reading system doesn’t support all four (or the first three if it’s oriented towards free books like FBReader for example), they can still provide OPDS support and let users add manually our catalog.

B&N PubIt! now live?

I just read a post over at MobileRead that B&N are sending out new emails asking people to sign up for PubIt!, B&N’s in house ebook publishing program.Here’s what Steve Jordan had to say:

I just received an email announcing that PubIt! is ready for registration and selling your books.

I went to the PubIt! main page, which still has the "coming soon" label, and a non-working Terms and Conditions pagesite, giving you no clue that you can actually get started with it. In fact, apparently only people who preregistered with PubIt! will get this email invite.

The link included in the email takes you to a signup page that prompts you to create an account, using your B&N customer login or a PubIt! users' login. You sign in with your B&N account, or create a new account, and you are taken to…

The PubIt! signup page that you just came from, whereupon the only thing you can do… again… is sign up for an invite to PubIt!

So, to recap: The email link puts you in a signup circle, the Terms and Conditions don’t work/aren’t available, and you can’t actually go in there and publish anything.

Very confidence-inspiring, non?

I’d say that it will be live some time this week or next. Go check it out.

Update: I read the page wrong. The only people being allowed in are those who requested invites months ago.

Kobo Wifi now up for pre order

Kobo just put out the press release for the new Kobo Wifi. You can pre order it for $139 at http://koboereader.com. It has a faster CPU, comes in 3 new colors, and is boasting improved battery life. Kobo are also promising automatic delivery of newspapers and that you can shop in the Kobo ebookstore from the Kobo Wifi.

Update: I just found the Borders US press release. You can also pre-order the Kobo Wifi at .

From the press release:

Kobo, a global eReading service, today announced the new Kobo Wireless eReader, the newest addition to the Kobo family. The new Kobo Wireless eReader adds WiFi connectivity, upgraded hardware with faster performance, longer battery life, and a sharper eInk screen.

With the new Kobo Wireless eReader, consumers can now shop on the go, anytime, anyplace, directly from their Kobo eReader with one touch of the “Shop” button. Adding over 200,000 books in six months, the Kobo store now boasts over 2.2 million books including today’s new releases and bestsellers, timeless classics and thousands of free books. Consumers can read on any device – iPad, iPhone, Blackberry, Android, PC, MAC, Linux, and their library will always be up to date on their eReader. The addition of WiFi means consumers can now receive wireless deliveries of popular newspapers and magazines directly to their eReader.

With this release, Kobo demonstrates its continued commitment to providing customer with a choice when reading, rather than locking them in to a single provider. Support for open standards like EPUB and PDF means that customers can easily borrow and read the latest eBooks from their local library – for FREE – and also upload documents with an SD card, drag n’ drop or Adobe Digital editions. The eReader comes pre-loaded with 100 free literary masterpieces including a selection of fiction, memoirs, politics, philosophy and more.

“We introduced the Kobo eReader to make eReading more affordable and accessible for consumers. It worked, making the Kobo eReader a bestseller, and the industry followed,” said Michael Serbinis, CEO of Kobo. “Today, we are excited to introduce our latest generation, the Kobo Wireless eReader, enabling customers to shop and update their library on the go with superior performance for only $139 USD. The launch of the new Kobo Wireless eReader caps a very busy month for Kobo, in which we announced a new application that will come preloaded on the Samsung Galaxy, introduced the new Kobo Desktop and updates to our iPhone and Android apps, and unveiled the first social reading application for Blackberry. The market for eReading continues to grow at an unparalleled pace, and Kobo is advancing even faster.”

The Kobo Wireless eReader will be available for $139.99 USD at Kobobooks.com, and will be available for purchase at Borders US, Indigo Books & Music and Walmart in Canada. Online pre-orders begin today with the Kobo eReader being shipped to customers in October. The Kobo Wireless eReader is now available in three stylish colors: Onyx, Porcelain with Metallic Silver back, and Porcelain with a Pearlized Lilac back.

To celebrate the launch of the new Kobo Wireless eReader, Kobo has partnered with Random House of Canada and is pleased to offer two FREE eBooks to customers who pre-order the new eReader exclusively through Kobobooks.com or at Indigo Books & Music in Canada. The titles include International bestselling author Linwood Barclay’s critically acclaimed novel FEAR THE WORST which delivers readers a fast-paced suspense story, while WHEN MY WORLD WAS VERY SMALL by Ruth Rakoff provides an intimate, one-of-a-kind memoir of family, food, cancer and recovery. Together these titles provide customers with an additional value of $34.00.

More Information about the Kobo Wireless eReader:

New Built in Wireless: New Wireless connectivity with WiFi 802.11 b/g allows customers to shop or update their library on the go, and receive wireless deliveries of newspapers. Kobo includes wireless support for home networks, free networks and commercial hotspots, like those in public places or coffee shops.

New Faster Page Turning: A new faster processor makes turning pages over 2.5X times faster.

New, Sharper eInk Screen, Read in Bright Sunlight: The new Kobo Wireless eReader uses a new sharper 16-greyscale, 6” eInk screen which looks and reads like paper, with no glare, even in bright sunlight.

Longer Battery Life: With upgraded hardware, the Kobo Wireless eReader lasts up to 10,000 page turns on a single charge, with the wireless setting turned off.

Books in Less Than 60 Seconds: Downloading books to your Kobo has never been faster.

100 Free eBooks Included: The eReader comes pre-loaded with 100 free literary masterpieces so that customers can start reading right out of the box.

The Biggest Selection Worldwide: Customers can access the Kobo store featuring 2.2 million eBooks, as well as get the latest eBooks from public libraries for FREE, and can also access other popular stores that support the ePub standard.

The Largest Catalog of Free Books: Over 1.8 million titles like PRIDE AND PREJUDICE and WAR AND PEACE are available for FREE on Kobo.

Easy to Use: Kobo’s elegant design makes eReading easy with minimal buttons and no distractions to get in the way of diving into a great read.

Lightweight: At seven ounces, the Kobo eReader is about the weight of a small paperback making eReading comfortable with Kobo.

Unique Quilted Back: The device’s signature quilted back adds superior comfort and style to the design and overall reading experience.

Holds up to 5000 eBooks: The device features 1 GB of built in memory allowing for 1000 eBooks to be stored at any time, with capacity of up to 5000 eBooks with the addition of an SD card.

Customize Your Read: Choose from five font sizes and two font styles.

Manage Your Library: Hide preloaded books, or remove books from your Kobo eReader at any time.

Dictionary: New built in dictionary makes looking up definitions easy!

Read Anytime, Anyplace: Kobo’s FREE apps for iPhone, iPad, Blackberry, Android, Mac, PC, Linux, as well as our support of other popular eReaders and open APIs enable you to read your books on more devices than any other eBook offering.

Your Books Forever: If you lose or break your Kobo eReader, you will always be able to access your library online or by connecting a new device to your account. Additionally, you can download your eBooks to your desktop for backup.

Read Your Documents on Kobo: Drag and drop PDF files to your Kobo to read long reports, catch up on work or homework.

Poker Game! Kobo includes a video poker game for playing in between reading.

New Accessories: A wide range of new accessories including reading lights and covers are available from Koboereader.com or our retail partners.

For more information, visit www.koboereader.com.

Blio Reader launched today – Fail, Fail, and more Fail

The Blio reading app was finally available for download today, and I got it as soon as I could.  I was really looking forward to this; the demos were impressive. The faux 3D mode looked interesting, the TTS sounded good, and there were hints that even better features would be coming.

Given how wonderfulness of the demo, I’m a little surprised at how awful my reading experience was.

The TTS was horrifyingly bad.  I was slapping at my keyboard (trying to turn off the sound), it was so bad. Think bad 19080’s SF movie, and you begin to appreciate the sound. What’s even worse is that TTS on the Kindle was so much better! That should not have been possible; my laptop has significantly better hardware specs than the Kindle.

The faux 3D mode was also pretty bad, and I really don’t understand why.  The edges of the faux page were jagged. (Check out the screen shot.)  This shouldn’t have been hard; writing software for this kind of perspective is a homework assignment for college juniors, now.

There are a number of other viewing modes (single  & double column, double paged, etc) but they’re really nothing more than you can find elsewhere. I’ll skip them here.

Actually, I want to point out the double page mode. This mode rises to the point of FAIL. You see, I was reading a book I downloaded from Feedbooks. It started out as Epub, and in converting it to Blio format it became some horrifying mutant PDF format.

When I zoomed in in the double page mode, text disappeared off the bottom and top of the screen. I would expect this with a PDF, but I stared with an Epub. It really should have reflowed the text, not made it disappear.

Speaking of Feedbooks, it was one of the 2 sources of free ebooks (along with Google). Thing is, they forgot to tell Feedbooks:

Hey Blio, next time that you add our OPDS catalog to a commercial product, send us an e-mail first

Hadrien also had this to say about Blio:

Oh and I don’t care about 3D view of a book if the font looks like s**t

And one last point before I go. One of the features we were promised was Epub support. I remember this quite clearly. Unfortunately, Blio won’t open an Epub file, so I can’t read any of my current library. Do they really expect me to buy my existing library a second time? Given that there are only about 6k titles in the Blio ebookstore, I really have to wonder what they were thinking.

P.S. And if you think I’m pissed, you should check out what Mike Cane wrote.

Your Kindle has been eaten by a Grue

by Chris Walters

If you’re tired of Minesweeper, don’t like the free word games Shuffled Row and Every Word, and don’t want to pay $5 for the new Scrabble game, then how about old-school text adventures?

On Friday, Kindle fan E. Yagi announced on Amazon’s customer discussion pages a new website, kindlequest.com, that presents 19 different text adventures–including a few Zork titles–for your amusement. Of course, to play you’ll have to have online access.

A list of games available at KindleQuest.com:

I tested in on a latest generation Wi-Fi Kindle and the site loaded fine, although a couple of times the page would hang after I entered a command and I would have to reload the page to get everything to show up properly. If you want to give the interface a trial run before hitting it up on your Kindle, it plays fine on a regular PC browser.

Remember to type “help” without quotation marks for some introductory commands. Also, here are a few Zork-specific commands if you need a cheat sheet, thanks to another Amazon customer named Abraxas:

> n, s, e, w
Short for “go north”, “go south”, etc.

> nw, ne, sw, se
Short for “go northwest”, “go southwest”, etc.

> u and d
Short for “go up” and “go down”

> i
Reveals a player’s inventory

> verbose
Gives full descriptions after each command (rather than omitting details already given to the player)

> score
Displays the player’s current score, number of moves, and ranking

And you can shorten “look” to “l”. I also found the game wants prepositions. You cannot omit them. Just use “look at ” instead of just “look “.

Originally posted at Booksprung.com