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Kindle for Christmas....
12/26/2009 12:51:59 AM
This thing is pretty sweet. Reading Patriots now, will probably get One Second After when I finish this.
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12/27/2009 3:06:02 PM
Are you going to keep it in a Faraday cage, when not in use?
My GF wants one bad... told her how much the e-books costs, and the drm issues... she 'still' wants one... but realizes this Santa Claus would never buy her one. {We have thousands of books, magazines, several thousand dvd's, and a few terabytes of mp3's. Extra DVD and Mp3 player are in a faraday cage).
My GF wants one bad... told her how much the e-books costs, and the drm issues... she 'still' wants one... but realizes this Santa Claus would never buy her one. {We have thousands of books, magazines, several thousand dvd's, and a few terabytes of mp3's. Extra DVD and Mp3 player are in a faraday cage).
12/27/2009 8:29:44 PM
It's a tool of convenience that gives me the opportunity to read stuff anytime, anywhere that I wouldn't otherwise. Not worrying about EMP yet, but I'm about to push the button for One Second After.
As a concept, it is admittedly a bit fragile from a SHTF archival reference perspective.
As a concept, it is admittedly a bit fragile from a SHTF archival reference perspective.
12/27/2009 8:36:47 PM
Got the wife one for X-Mas. She downloaded about 10 free books so far. There are a lot of ways to get free/ cheap content, you just have to look around.
12/28/2009 12:50:06 AM
Working through One Second After.
WOW. This book is very well written, or at least that is the biggest thing jumping out at me considering that I just finished Patriots by Rawls. I'm really getting drawn into the story.
WOW. This book is very well written, or at least that is the biggest thing jumping out at me considering that I just finished Patriots by Rawls.
I'm really getting drawn into the story.
12/30/2009 6:37:13 PM
Calibre ( http://calibre-ebook.com/ ) will soon be your friend.
1/7/2010 8:44:30 PM
I got one for Xmas too.I love it.
3/1/2010 11:42:35 AM
Still happy with it?
I am thinking really hard about getting one. I read all the time usually with more than one book going. I also have three pages of books on my wish list at amazon. Most of them are available on kindle.
I don't have a laptop and am not interested in getting one.
I am thinking really hard about getting one. I read all the time usually with more than one book going. I also have three pages of books on my wish list at amazon. Most of them are available on kindle.
I don't have a laptop and am not interested in getting one.
3/1/2010 12:06:55 PM
Yeah. I've been on a zombie book reading spree, and just the other day, I stumbled across a reference to "The Morningstar Saga" books by Z.A. Recht online. I fired up my Kindle, and about 60 seconds later, I was reading the first book in the trilogy. Great book, SO much better than some of the other crap I've been subjected to. Convenience, convenience, convenience. I really doubt I would have ever read this book without my Kindle, because I would not have been able to preview it, and then purchase it on a spur of the moment deal.
Of course, nothing is perfect - I have a Kindle "2", the smaller one, which doesn't do images and diagrams that well as the DX (on account of the size). Certain passages early in the book are formatted like screen captures of emails. They are readable, but it's not as easy as the regular text, it takes a bit of squinting.
The other downside is that when I finished it, I immediately wanted to go on to the sequel. Nope. The sequel has been published, but it is not in ebook format that I can find. That means I'd have to order it in paperback and read it. Hmmm. If it was on Kindle, I'd have bought it and read it by now. Since it's on paperback, I'm actually dragging my feet.
It's attraction is definitely in its convenience. When you want a book you can (generally) have it, and have it now.
Of course, nothing is perfect - I have a Kindle "2", the smaller one, which doesn't do images and diagrams that well as the DX (on account of the size). Certain passages early in the book are formatted like screen captures of emails. They are readable, but it's not as easy as the regular text, it takes a bit of squinting.
The other downside is that when I finished it, I immediately wanted to go on to the sequel. Nope. The sequel has been published, but it is not in ebook format that I can find. That means I'd have to order it in paperback and read it. Hmmm. If it was on Kindle, I'd have bought it and read it by now. Since it's on paperback, I'm actually dragging my feet.
It's attraction is definitely in its convenience. When you want a book you can (generally) have it, and have it now.
3/1/2010 12:55:07 PM
I still think I'd get the smaller one. More portable.
Can files be shared?
Eta: Never mind. I was thinking of it more as a book, that can be loaned and borrowed, not something, like a music file that can be downloaded. I wouldn't want to get in trouble for copyright infringement.
Can files be shared?
Eta: Never mind. I was thinking of it more as a book, that can be loaned and borrowed, not something, like a music file that can be downloaded. I wouldn't want to get in trouble for copyright infringement.
3/1/2010 1:30:31 PM
I got a Nook. It was a pain in the ass originally, would freeze up etc...Took it back to Barnes and got a new one. No issues with it. It supports PDF files so I have alot of military field manuals etc....on mine.
3/1/2010 2:06:40 PM
I just got done reading the 4 kindle threads in GD. Looks like the nook and the kindle are apples to apples. Pricing looks to be the same, for the book and the downloads.
I like the lend feature of the nook, but hate the touch screen. I'm not interested in surfing the web or looking at color photos. I am only looking for a reading device.
All that being said, I'll go look at the nook, but will probably get the kindle.
I like the lend feature of the nook, but hate the touch screen. I'm not interested in surfing the web or looking at color photos. I am only looking for a reading device.
All that being said, I'll go look at the nook, but will probably get the kindle.
3/1/2010 2:19:48 PM
Wanted to bump this comment... I DL'd that. Very nice for the format conversions.
3/1/2010 2:45:24 PM
Originally Posted By Gun_Crank:
I just got done reading the 4 kindle threads in GD. Looks like the nook and the kindle are apples to apples. Pricing looks to be the same, for the book and the downloads.
I like the lend feature of the nook, but hate the touch screen. I'm not interested in surfing the web or looking at color photos. I am only looking for a reading device.
All that being said, I'll go look at the nook, but will probably get the kindle.
I just got done reading the 4 kindle threads in GD. Looks like the nook and the kindle are apples to apples. Pricing looks to be the same, for the book and the downloads.
I like the lend feature of the nook, but hate the touch screen. I'm not interested in surfing the web or looking at color photos. I am only looking for a reading device.
All that being said, I'll go look at the nook, but will probably get the kindle.
Nook does not do color antything in the main reading screen. The touchscreen can display colors, one of the viewing options is to view left-to-right scrollable thumbnails of book covers that are in your library. I like the Nook because I do a LOT of shopping at B&N, and the nook does have the "lend a book" feature. I also like the fact that I can add memory via a micro-SD card, replace the battery myself, and carry 1500 books/Army manuals in PDF format while deployed without having to carry a tuffbox fuil of books with me.
The only issue I had was not being able to download books while on the internet that IO Global gouges us for. Something having to do with B&N not allowing downloads outside the US, and would fail the credit card authorization. However, if I go to the B&N website on the internet we have in the office through the V-Sat, everything works great and I can then download to the laptop in my room.
IIRC, if you use Calibre to reformat the epubs you download, you can then put them onto any e-reader device. Not that I would advocate such a flagrant violation of copyright laws.
3/15/2010 9:30:32 PM
In the 1930-60's the big concern was fascist burning books. Now you all support a media where one minister of thought control can change history and destroy our freedom with a few key strokes.
3/23/2010 11:52:57 AM
In the 1930-60's the big concern was fascist burning books. Now you all support a media where one minister of thought control can change history and destroy our freedom with a few key strokes.
How exactly is that going to be done? If I download a book onto a SD card, that my E Reader uses, it is MINE for as long as I have the ability to power any small electronic device, no different than if it was on my shelf. This is a huge BOON for information availability. An apartment dweller can maintain the entire Library of Congress practically on SD cards. If they turn the power off or it is otherwise turned off to the point that I can't power a freakin' E Reader.....we all got many MORE problems to worry about.
Also, update on my own E Reader situation. My Nook froze up again. The new one. I tried to reboot it etc....it just froze trying to open a book. I dunno if my WIFI is bad or what the deal is but that's the second one that I had freeze. I took it back to BN and got a refund. Fortunately, two days later I found a Sony PRS 505 in a local pawn shop, two SD cards in it (std and a Micro) with a case for $90. Needless to say I now own it and have loaded my books onto it. Still working with it to figure out all the features etc.....So far, very happy with it and a hell of a deal for me. I wouldn't be without an E Reader these days, just too convenient and useful.
3/23/2010 3:00:06 PM
My wife bought me a nook 2 weeks ago and mines locked up a few times too. Seems like holding the power button for a few seconds and restarting it
works so far. Hasn't been too much of an annoyance yet. I went with the nook over kindle because of the ability so save it somewhere other than on the
device itself and also for sharing. The thing I'm running into is that some of the books I want aren't available as ebooks yet for nook.
So far I've read Point of Impact (great), and One Second After (good as well). I managed to find a full copy of Lights Out online and I'm reading that now.
I've been carrying this thing everywhere with me. I still need to find a light for it.
works so far. Hasn't been too much of an annoyance yet. I went with the nook over kindle because of the ability so save it somewhere other than on the
device itself and also for sharing. The thing I'm running into is that some of the books I want aren't available as ebooks yet for nook.
So far I've read Point of Impact (great), and One Second After (good as well). I managed to find a full copy of Lights Out online and I'm reading that now.
I've been carrying this thing everywhere with me. I still need to find a light for it.
3/23/2010 4:59:58 PM
Yea, the EBooks are handy as hell. Once somebody wins the "format" wars- beta/vhs for us old timers, things are going to get alot better in book availability I think. I wouldn't be without one now.
Had lots of problems with my Nook. Replaced one of them and gave up on the replacement unit. I tried to power both of mine off and they would not, eventually they just ran out of power- takes a LONG time though and I was able to get them going again. Real pain in the ass considering I waited 3 months to get mine and spent about $300 on the damn thing. I'd just had enough of messing with it. Have the Sony for about a week now, newer version of it out of course but for the money it's pretty good and it works well so far.
Had lots of problems with my Nook. Replaced one of them and gave up on the replacement unit. I tried to power both of mine off and they would not, eventually they just ran out of power- takes a LONG time though and I was able to get them going again. Real pain in the ass considering I waited 3 months to get mine and spent about $300 on the damn thing. I'd just had enough of messing with it. Have the Sony for about a week now, newer version of it out of course but for the money it's pretty good and it works well so far.
3/23/2010 5:10:03 PM
Originally Posted By NoStockBikes:
This thing is pretty sweet. Reading Patriots now, will probably get One Second After when I finish this.
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This thing is pretty sweet. Reading Patriots now, will probably get One Second After when I finish this.
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Got mine for Christmas too - and read those two already as well.
3/23/2010 5:58:52 PM
My wife bought a Kindle a few months back. Had a problem with battery life on the first one, but Amazon overnighted her a replacement and it's been fine. She uses it all the time, and won't leave home without it.
