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Posted by Gillian Murray on May 31, 2009, 3:40 pm
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>> "lucille" wrote
>>> Does anyone use a Kindle or a Sony E Book Reader? My friend was
>>> asking about one and I have never given it much thought before.
>> I think if I were going that route, I would get an iPhone and dowload
>> a bookreading app. I am enough of a traditionalist that when I am at
>> home, I want to be holding a real book and turning the pages (not to
>> mention my propensity for reading in the bath--I would drown a
>> Kindle). When I walk the dog, I do e-Books on an MP3 player. So I
>> would use a reader when I am travelling, sitting in waiting rooms, in
>> line-ups etc. Except for the travelling this would be more or less
>> spur of the moment, and an iPhone would give the possiblity of reading
>> anytime anywhere, whereas a dedicated reader you need to deliberately
>> carry along.
>> Dawne
> I'll share the info about the iPhone and just downloading a book at a
> time for reading. I recently bought a mini netbook and that would
> probably hold a book if I wanted to do that.
>
> I'm with you, I love the feel of a book and the smell of a book. Plus,
> there's always the possibility of dropping it into something wet in the
> john, which is one of my favorite reading areas..
>
> Just for fun, I weighed a paperback with around 650 pages on an old
> postal scale I have and it came up 10 oz., which is what the Kindle 2
> weighs, so why bother.
>
Just for fun I also had weighed Jim's Kindle 2 on my postal scale. It
weighs 10 ounces, measures 8 x 5 1/2" and is 1/4" inch deep. It holds
literally hundreds of books.
I mostly read in bed at night, and DO like a real book! I have
accidentally "bought" a couple of books when playing with the machine!
Gill
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Posted by lucille on May 31, 2009, 3:56 pm
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> lucille wrote:
>>> "lucille" wrote
>>>> Does anyone use a Kindle or a Sony E Book Reader? My friend was
>>>> asking about one and I have never given it much thought before.
>>> I think if I were going that route, I would get an iPhone and dowload a
>>> bookreading app. I am enough of a traditionalist that when I am at
>>> home, I want to be holding a real book and turning the pages (not to
>>> mention my propensity for reading in the bath--I would drown a Kindle).
>>> When I walk the dog, I do e-Books on an MP3 player. So I would use a
>>> reader when I am travelling, sitting in waiting rooms, in line-ups etc.
>>> Except for the travelling this would be more or less spur of the moment,
>>> and an iPhone would give the possiblity of reading anytime anywhere,
>>> whereas a dedicated reader you need to deliberately carry along.
>>> Dawne
>> I'll share the info about the iPhone and just downloading a book at a
>> time for reading. I recently bought a mini netbook and that would
>> probably hold a book if I wanted to do that.
>> I'm with you, I love the feel of a book and the smell of a book. Plus,
>> there's always the possibility of dropping it into something wet in the
>> john, which is one of my favorite reading areas..
>> Just for fun, I weighed a paperback with around 650 pages on an old
>> postal scale I have and it came up 10 oz., which is what the Kindle 2
>> weighs, so why bother.
> Just for fun I also had weighed Jim's Kindle 2 on my postal scale. It
> weighs 10 ounces, measures 8 x 5 1/2" and is 1/4" inch deep. It holds
> literally hundreds of books.
> I mostly read in bed at night, and DO like a real book! I have
> accidentally "bought" a couple of books when playing with the machine!
> Gill
I think I could really see wanting it if you need to have a lot of technical
info at your fingertips, but for novels, not so important. I rarely read
anything now that I would feel was important enough to keep forever. Most
of my reading is fiction and I suppose a reading snob would call it "trash."
I have to look into whether or not my little netbook would hold a whole
book. That's light enough to schlep with me for traveling or waiting rooms.
Lucille
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Posted by lucille on May 31, 2009, 2:58 pm
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> "lucille" wrote
>> Does anyone use a Kindle or a Sony E Book Reader? My friend was asking
>> about one and I have never given it much thought before.
> I think if I were going that route, I would get an iPhone and dowload a
> bookreading app. I am enough of a traditionalist that when I am at home,
> I want to be holding a real book and turning the pages (not to mention my
> propensity for reading in the bath--I would drown a Kindle). When I walk
> the dog, I do e-Books on an MP3 player. So I would use a reader when I am
> travelling, sitting in waiting rooms, in line-ups etc. Except for the
> travelling this would be more or less spur of the moment, and an iPhone
> would give the possiblity of reading anytime anywhere, whereas a dedicated
> reader you need to deliberately carry along.
> Dawne
I'll share the info about the iPhone and just downloading a book at a time
for reading. I recently bought a mini netbook and that would probably hold
a book if I wanted to do that.
I'm with you, I love the feel of a book and the smell of a book. Plus,
there's always the possibility of dropping it into something wet in the
john, which is one of my favorite reading areas..
Just for fun, I weighed a paperback with around 650 pages on an old postal
scale I have and it came up 10 oz., which is what the Kindle 2 weighs, so
why bother.
I also can't wait to tell her that I already got a couple of very useful
answers on my favorite newsgroup. Where else can one go for so many brains
to pick.
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Posted by on June 1, 2009, 10:33 pm
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> "lucille" wrote> Does anyone use a Kindle or a Sony E Book Reader? =A0 My=
friend was asking
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> > about one and I have never given it much thought before.
> I think if I were going that route, I would get an iPhone and dowload a
> bookreading app. =A0I am enough of a traditionalist that when I am at hom=
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> propensity for reading in the bath--I would drown a Kindle). =A0When I wa=
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> reader you need to deliberately carry along.
My friend who has an iPhone with the book reading ap says she'd really
like a Kindle, too. Apparently, you have to preload the iPhone with
books but you can purchase books on the Kindle even when there's no
computer around. Just a thought - certainly a little foresight makes
this not an issue.
Elizabeth
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Posted by Gillian Murray on May 31, 2009, 2:53 pm
lucille wrote:
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> Does anyone use a Kindle or a Sony E Book Reader? My friend was asking
> about one and I have never given it much thought before.
>
> Lucille
Lucille,
I bought Jim the Kindle2 for his birthday as a surprise. He had to wait
a couple of days until it was released; yup he was REALLY surprised when
the new gift arrived.
He absolutely LOVES it!! You can download so much stuff, virtually
instantaneously, for little or no cost.
He subscribes to a couple of magazines, and the Orlando Sentinel; he
comes downstairs for "cocktail" hour before dinner, and sits and browses
his newspaper. It has lots of advantages; you can adjust the size print,
it is lightweight; he has some technical manuals in it, so he doesn't
have to carry the books along when he travels. It is very lightweight,
and he always takes it with him for doctor's appointments etc, and sits
and reads it in the waiting room.
He has downloaded the new Cooks Illustrated book that has just come out,
so passes it over to me to read.
He also downloaded an embroidery book from the late 1800s, with pictures.
For, me, I like the feel of a regular paper book for novels, but I can
see why the thing is so handy.
It would have been a godsend when I was young and taking exams. In many
of the Chemistry exams, you were allowed to take the textbook in....you
just had to know what you were looking for!
Gill
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>> "lucille" wrote
>>> Does anyone use a Kindle or a Sony E Book Reader? My friend was
>>> asking about one and I have never given it much thought before.
>> I think if I were going that route, I would get an iPhone and dowload
>> a bookreading app. I am enough of a traditionalist that when I am at
>> home, I want to be holding a real book and turning the pages (not to
>> mention my propensity for reading in the bath--I would drown a
>> Kindle). When I walk the dog, I do e-Books on an MP3 player. So I
>> would use a reader when I am travelling, sitting in waiting rooms, in
>> line-ups etc. Except for the travelling this would be more or less
>> spur of the moment, and an iPhone would give the possiblity of reading
>> anytime anywhere, whereas a dedicated reader you need to deliberately
>> carry along.
>> Dawne
> I'll share the info about the iPhone and just downloading a book at a
> time for reading. I recently bought a mini netbook and that would
> probably hold a book if I wanted to do that.
>
> I'm with you, I love the feel of a book and the smell of a book. Plus,
> there's always the possibility of dropping it into something wet in the
> john, which is one of my favorite reading areas..
>
> Just for fun, I weighed a paperback with around 650 pages on an old
> postal scale I have and it came up 10 oz., which is what the Kindle 2
> weighs, so why bother.
>