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Are you thinking of getting a Kindle e-reader?

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Amazon has them on special now. Just $79.

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1....i am old school and prefer to read a book in paper form...

2...the link fails to engage warp drive:unsure:
 
Opps. Link works now.

I've fought it also. I still prefer a real book but am coming around to e-readers. I have the kindle app on my iphone and laptop and find it comes in quite handy. Both are automatically synchronized so no matter where I'm reading it takes me to right where I left off. I still think the e-books are over priced and am waiting for more of the e-books to be available for less than the copy of a paperback.
 
Can someone explain how this works. After I finish reading a book I purchased, how do I give it to my neighbor, wife, friend to read? Do each of them have to have their own Kindle, or do I have to lend them mine in order for them to read the book?

Also, once I purchase the book, does it stay on my Kindle until I erase it, or am I allowed to read it only once?

As you can see, I have no idea how these things work, and can't see the advantage of electronic books over hard copy books.

Bob
 
Can't say about the kindle. The wife has the color nook and gets ton of free books for it. You save them in pdf. format and transfer them back and forth however you want. You can share with anyone who wants to read it on a pc or nook.
 
1) I don't think you can give it to anyone.
2) It may not stay in your e-Reader, it stays in your account and you can get it back to reread anytime.
3) Pricing - There is the rub. Publishing costs are way down. By selling them for more $$ profits to others are way up. Never thought about the loaning to others, just my opinion. It seems to drive the profits up several fold doesn't it?
 
The library here are looking to the state for grant funds to offer such things to loan.

Doubt if I'd ever use them.. I prefer a BOOK, with pages to turn and hold in my hands.
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DELPHOS — Keeping current with technology and social trends, the Delphos Public Library may offer eBooks in the near future. Kindles, Nooks and other electronic reading devices are growing in popularity, so the library is inquiring with the state for grant funds and discussed the matter during Wednesday’s meeting.
“If we are going to offer eBooks, it has to be run through SEO, which we aren’t currently a member of,” Assistant Librarian Margaret Suever said. “Now, it’s pretty expensive to join but the state is giving out grants for those who want to join, so we wouldn’t be paying much of the cost. Right now, we have somewhere around 58,000 items in our library but if we joined SEO, we would have access to 6.7 million items. That includes more than just eBooks.”

http://www.delphosherald.com/index....ts-ebooks-on-hold-&catid=31:general&Itemid=44
 
I still spend a lot of time away from home and my Kindle holds hundreds of books and magazines, and takes up almost no space. The Nook's color screen is really nice but with an average battery life of 7-8 hours it isn't practical for me; my Kindle is good for about 3 weeks between charges and I use it 2-3 hours a day! :smile:

I still treasure bound books but for travel away from the house my Kindle is a better choice. (My bailout bag just can't hold all that stuff!)
 
Doc said:
Opps. Link works now.

I've fought it also. I still prefer a real book but am coming around to e-readers. I have the kindle app on my iphone and laptop and find it comes in quite handy. Both are automatically synchronized so no matter where I'm reading it takes me to right where I left off. I still think the e-books are over priced and am waiting for more of the e-books to be available for less than the copy of a paperback.
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Yes, they are relatively cheap to buy, but as you say the books are horrendously over-priced; especially over here in the UK where everything is far more expensive.

Like you I prefer the real book. The other thing about the Kindle is that it is very limited in titles at the moment. I expect that will improve in time, and the price of the books will eventually come down.
 
I downloaded the Kindle APP for my I-PAD. It works great, easy to read, easy to use. It just does not have the same rich tactile experience as a real hard cover book. I guess for me reading is like a good meal, presentation matters.
 
Zorro said:
I downloaded the Kindle APP for my I-PAD. It works great, easy to read, easy to use. It just does not have the same rich tactile experience as a real hard cover book. I guess for me reading is like a good meal, presentation matters.
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I bought my wife an Ipad for our anniversary this year and will be downloading the Kindle App to but I am afraid that she too will rather have the book in hand.
 
thcri said:
I bought my wife an Ipad for our anniversary this year and will be downloading the Kindle App to but I am afraid that she too will rather have the book in hand.
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At the rate things are going, real books will soon be like vinyl records. Expensive, hard to find collector items. My kids are probably already laughing at my personal library. Their loss.
 
My wife has one and loves it. I've read more than one book on it as well and it is very nice. What I like is the fact I live over 40 miles away from a decent book store so when I want the next book in the series I am reading it's only one click away.
 
My wife is president of the local library board so it was really hard for her to break down and admit that she'd like a e-reader. Her Nook arrived yesterday. It's charging as I type. I think that I'll check it out and may get one for myself ... or not. I do prefer real books but at times I feel that leaves me in the Stone Age.

PS ... I don't have an I-Pad or a Smart Phone either. :biggrin::biggrin:
 
muleman said:
Can't say about the kindle. The wife has the color nook and gets ton of free books for it. You save them in pdf. format and transfer them back and forth however you want. You can share with anyone who wants to read it on a pc or nook.
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Also, with the Color Nook, I followed simple instructions online, used a 32GB micro SD card, and "rooted" my wife's Color Nook and now it's a fully functional tablet for $200. I don't know what a Galaxy Tab is, but apparently it's $500 and doing what I did free, well, I had the 32GB card (worth $40 - $50?) and she has both a Color Nook and a wifi only (no phone service or contract) version of the Galaxy Tab. The geeks say the Galaxy has a faster processor but the Color Nook has a superior graphics setup, so they even out.

I'd say my wife has read well over 500 books on her original Nook I bought her and never paid a dime for any of them. It has only been recently that Kindle has had the ability to "borrow" books from libraries. Back when I was comparing the original Kindle and Nook, I had to scratch my head and wonder why anyone would buy the Kindle and fork over $25 or so for each new release when you got them free with the Nook. Simple math says that, if I would have bought my wife all those books she has read, (which I obviously would not have - she would have just have had to do without or go to the library and physically check out the book), the buying the Nook over the Kindle has saved me around $12,500! :w00t2: Take that fact along with the free tablet her Color Nook has become, and I'm positively a Nook kind of guy. :thumb::thumb: I'd have to think that is why several other companies are scrambling and Kindle keeps dropping prices.

Either way, we as the consumers win. Although the screen was a bit smallish, we watched "Horrible Bosses" last night on her Color Nook in tablet form. There again, laying in bed with the Nook right in front of you, you really don't need a large screen. Whatever rooting is, it allows the Color Nook to have access to all the apps in the Android system and run the latest "Gingerbread" version of OS. Pretty cool for a $200 device. She's loading up on apps now. Manually setting her brightness, she gets about 10 hours or so of battery time like I get on my iPad 2. LOL, I just figured out a few days ago that the keyboard I don't use on my iMac works perfectly with the iPad and there are covers that both fit into neatly. I'm stoked, I feel like I got a free keyboard for my iPad 2 since I have never used that keyboard with my iMac.
 
thcri said:
I bought my wife an Ipad for our anniversary this year and will be downloading the Kindle App to but I am afraid that she too will rather have the book in hand.
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Thought the same thing, but after about an hour, my wife strongly prefers her Color Nook (hers is configured as a tablet and can get all the apps - so it can be a Kindle if she wants). It was only after about an hour she decided that she definitely liked the far lighter weight, ability to read at night without a lamp on, flipping pages with her finger just like on a real book, and dozens of books in her hand at once. Another feature she likes is that if she falls asleep or has to run etc., it automatically saves her place by default. No need for a book marker again. Have her give it an honest try. As I keep mentioning, my wife is a HEAVY reader and she'd never go back. Besides, she likes "borrowing" books without ever getting out of her seat. :thumb:
 
I have to admit, as much as I prefure real books. When traveling nothing is handier than the I-PAD. No longer needing to take a laptop or books makes the load a lot lighter. Being able to pick it up and toss it in under the seat of my car or just take it with me when I leave the room, gives me far more peace of mind than trying to conceal it in the room. We live in wonderful times, at least as far as toys go!
 
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