Do you have an e-reader family? - Page 3

ficbot · 10-15-2012, 08:33 PM

Me: Kindle Touch and iPad/iPod Touch
Partner: Kobo Touch he bought on our first date
Household: New Nexus Tablet which is meant for everyone but he has not yet used

Mom: Kobo 1st gen I got as a gift and gave her
Dad: Kobo 1st gen whole family bought him as a father's day gift
Stepmom: iPad she bought herself (she uses Overdrive app)
Sister: Kindle something she bought herself

Uncle: Kindle Keyboard I passed on to aunt, which he then stole
Aunt: Kindle 2 I passed onto her to replace the Kindle Keyboard
Other Uncle: I know he reads on his iPad

melmac · 10-15-2012, 10:33 PM

I started it in my family with a Sony PRS650 since then I've converted them all

Brother has the T1, my mother also the T1 and my dad the T2

covfam · 10-16-2012, 07:36 AM

Me = kindle for android on my cellphone,
wife = kindle for android on cellphone
Father in law = kindle fire
Mother in law kindle fire,
Nephew kindle for ipad on ipad2
Brother n law 1 kindle on phone
brother in law 2 kindle on phone, sister in law kindle on phone.

Joy736 · 10-16-2012, 12:12 PM

I started the ebook-family myself. I bought my sister a prs-t1 for her birthday and my brother and sister in law bought themselves readers (I don't know which readers). Those are all the readers that I'm aware of.

taosaur · 10-16-2012, 01:39 PM

I have a Nook Color and my mom has a Kindle Fire, one sister has some cheap unlit LCD reader and the other reads on phones for as long as she can hang onto one at a time (typically not long).

Tarana · 10-16-2012, 06:57 PM

Not completely, but we're getting there.

Me - I have both a Kindle Keyboard and a Nook
Bro - has Kindle keyboard. Difficulties have moved him to audiobooks only
Sis - Alternates between paperbacks and Kindle Touch
Mom - She is in process of completely switching over to Kindle PW that I bought her. Arthritis issues are making it difficult to read paperbacks.
Sis - She plans to switch to an ereader once she gets a job. Arthritis issues are making it difficult to read paperbacks.

Most other family and extended family don't read. My Dad, who passed away a bit over a year ago, would have loved a Touch screen, be it Nook or Kindle. He found the Kindle keyboard too bulky to handle. Instead, he'd read stuff using Kindle PC.

Kevin2960 · 10-17-2012, 12:05 AM

Me - Kindle 3, Sony PRS-600 (Hoping Santa brings a KFHD 7"),

Wife - Kindle 3 (Dead - She Rolled on it in bed !), Kindle Keyboard (Kindle 3 - Replacing the one she killed !), HTC Android Phone,

Son (22) Kindle 4,

I wanted more kids just so we could try out OTHER eReaders ! The wife just PUNCHED me ???????

Tattncat · 10-17-2012, 01:01 AM

Me - Apple Touch 2nd gen, Sony 505, Sony 700 (second favorite ereader), Nook Classic (spare), NT, (main ereader)
Husband - Apple Touch 1st gen and NT (his main reader)
Daughter #1 and her husband - NT (one until Christmas)
Grandson and his wife - I-Pad and NT
Daughter #2 and her husband and 3 children - 3 I-Phones, 1 I-pad, 1 Nook Color, 1 Nook
other Grandparents:
One has a Sony wi-fi
One has a Kindle
Another set of the GP's has a Nook Color
Another pair will have an I-Pad come Christmas

I think that covers the close family.

Yapyap · 10-17-2012, 01:31 AM

I'm looking forward to the day when there will actually be ebooks that my mother could or would want to read. The Estonian ebook market is still in its infancy and although there are now several hundred ebooks, they're either classics (which she has read if she ever had any interest in them at all) or fantasy/scifi (which she has no interest in).

I'm pretty sure she'd like to have one, as she's been eyeing my Kindles, the font size change ability in particular, quite keenly - but with no content there to put on it for her, she's still stuck with struggling with paper books and glasses in bed before sleep.

auntiem · 10-17-2012, 06:23 AM

I have 2 sisters, 2 nieces, and 1 nephew who also use a reader. I don't know what they read on.

Laridae · 10-17-2012, 09:01 AM

I use the Nexus 7, which I really like.

My wife uses the PlayBook, but mostly for email since she still prefers reading printed books.

Son 1 also has a PlayBook.

and Son 2 just inherited our old Kobo Vox (which is unbearably slow and nobody likes)

estelle58 · 10-17-2012, 10:18 AM

3 of my 4 sisters have ereaders, I'm trying to turn my daugther to ereading but I don't have a lot of succes so far

morriss003 · 10-17-2012, 07:14 PM

My SO is still confused about why Chrome or FF is better than IE and is still not quite used to the zoom feature in maps.

RickyB · 10-18-2012, 11:53 PM

Four x Kobo Touches (two adults, two teenage boys) and we love them. We have an iPad and this never gets used for anything other than casual reading (web pages and the like).

cromag · 10-19-2012, 12:19 AM

I have a JetBook Lite and use it a lot.

My wife has an Ipad and has done some reading on it, but mostly she watches videos on it.

My kids love hard copy books, but haven't caught the ereader bug, yet.

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10-15-2012, 08:33 PM	#31
ficbot Wizard Posts: 2,409 Karma: 4132096 Join Date: Sep 2008 Device: Kindle Paperwhite/iOS Kindle App	Me: Kindle Touch and iPad/iPod Touch Partner: Kobo Touch he bought on our first date Household: New Nexus Tablet which is meant for everyone but he has not yet used Mom: Kobo 1st gen I got as a gift and gave her Dad: Kobo 1st gen whole family bought him as a father's day gift Stepmom: iPad she bought herself (she uses Overdrive app) Sister: Kindle something she bought herself Uncle: Kindle Keyboard I passed on to aunt, which he then stole Aunt: Kindle 2 I passed onto her to replace the Kindle Keyboard Other Uncle: I know he reads on his iPad

10-15-2012, 10:33 PM	#32
melmac Wizard Posts: 1,399 Karma: 5573651 Join Date: Oct 2010 Location: Perth AU Device: Sony PRS650, Sony T3	I started it in my family with a Sony PRS650 since then I've converted them all Brother has the T1, my mother also the T1 and my dad the T2

10-16-2012, 07:36 AM	#33
covfam Addict Posts: 304 Karma: 1139862 Join Date: Dec 2010 Device: Ipod Touch,Ipad3,Kindle fire, Samsung Galaxy tab, Samsung Galaxy S3	Me = kindle for android on my cellphone, wife = kindle for android on cellphone Father in law = kindle fire Mother in law kindle fire, Nephew kindle for ipad on ipad2 Brother n law 1 kindle on phone brother in law 2 kindle on phone, sister in law kindle on phone.

10-16-2012, 12:12 PM	#34
Joy736 Addict Posts: 311 Karma: 1078442 Join Date: Oct 2011 Location: Netherlands Device: Kindle Paperwhite	I started the ebook-family myself. I bought my sister a prs-t1 for her birthday and my brother and sister in law bought themselves readers (I don't know which readers). Those are all the readers that I'm aware of.

10-16-2012, 01:39 PM	#35
taosaur intelligent posterior Posts: 1,562 Karma: 21295618 Join Date: Mar 2009 Location: Ohiopolis Device: Kindle Paperwhite 2, Samsung S8, Lenovo Tab 3 Pro	I have a Nook Color and my mom has a Kindle Fire, one sister has some cheap unlit LCD reader and the other reads on phones for as long as she can hang onto one at a time (typically not long).

10-16-2012, 06:57 PM	#36
Tarana Wizard Posts: 3,977 Karma: 38840460 Join Date: Sep 2012 Location: Minneapolis Device: PWSE, Voyage, K3, HDX, KBasic 7 & 8, Nook Glo3, Echos, Nanos	Not completely, but we're getting there. Me - I have both a Kindle Keyboard and a Nook Bro - has Kindle keyboard. Difficulties have moved him to audiobooks only Sis - Alternates between paperbacks and Kindle Touch Mom - She is in process of completely switching over to Kindle PW that I bought her. Arthritis issues are making it difficult to read paperbacks. Sis - She plans to switch to an ereader once she gets a job. Arthritis issues are making it difficult to read paperbacks. Most other family and extended family don't read. My Dad, who passed away a bit over a year ago, would have loved a Touch screen, be it Nook or Kindle. He found the Kindle keyboard too bulky to handle. Instead, he'd read stuff using Kindle PC.

10-17-2012, 12:05 AM	#37
Kevin2960 YODA's Uglier Twin Posts: 974 Karma: 6295251 Join Date: Feb 2010 Location: Leicester, UK Device: PRS-600 and 2 Kindle 3's - and now a K4 + HTC Desire HD	Me - Kindle 3, Sony PRS-600 (Hoping Santa brings a KFHD 7"), Wife - Kindle 3 (Dead - She Rolled on it in bed !), Kindle Keyboard (Kindle 3 - Replacing the one she killed !), HTC Android Phone, Son (22) Kindle 4, I wanted more kids just so we could try out OTHER eReaders ! The wife just PUNCHED me ???????

10-17-2012, 01:01 AM	#38
Tattncat Bookworm Posts: 673 Karma: 1029391 Join Date: Jun 2008 Location: Salt Lake City, Utah, USA Device: Nook Tablet, Samsung Galaxy Tab3, Sony PRS700, Sony PRS505	Me - Apple Touch 2nd gen, Sony 505, Sony 700 (second favorite ereader), Nook Classic (spare), NT, (main ereader) Husband - Apple Touch 1st gen and NT (his main reader) Daughter #1 and her husband - NT (one until Christmas) Grandson and his wife - I-Pad and NT Daughter #2 and her husband and 3 children - 3 I-Phones, 1 I-pad, 1 Nook Color, 1 Nook other Grandparents: One has a Sony wi-fi One has a Kindle Another set of the GP's has a Nook Color Another pair will have an I-Pad come Christmas I think that covers the close family.

10-17-2012, 01:31 AM	#39
Yapyap Guru Posts: 861 Karma: 3543721 Join Date: Nov 2011 Location: Estonia Device: Kindle Paperwhite, iPad 3, Samsung Galaxy S7 Edge	I'm looking forward to the day when there will actually be ebooks that my mother could or would want to read. The Estonian ebook market is still in its infancy and although there are now several hundred ebooks, they're either classics (which she has read if she ever had any interest in them at all) or fantasy/scifi (which she has no interest in). I'm pretty sure she'd like to have one, as she's been eyeing my Kindles, the font size change ability in particular, quite keenly - but with no content there to put on it for her, she's still stuck with struggling with paper books and glasses in bed before sleep.

10-17-2012, 06:23 AM	#40
auntiem Enthusiast Posts: 28 Karma: 522 Join Date: Oct 2012 Location: By the water in Nova scotia Device: nexus 7	I have 2 sisters, 2 nieces, and 1 nephew who also use a reader. I don't know what they read on.

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10-17-2012, 09:01 AM	#41
Laridae Addict Posts: 208 Karma: 1203096 Join Date: Dec 2011 Location: Ontario, Canada Device: Nexus 7, Blackberry PlayBook, Nexus 4, ChromeBook	I use the Nexus 7, which I really like. My wife uses the PlayBook, but mostly for email since she still prefers reading printed books. Son 1 also has a PlayBook. and Son 2 just inherited our old Kobo Vox (which is unbearably slow and nobody likes)

10-17-2012, 10:18 AM	#42
estelle58 Cat lover Posts: 487 Karma: 1149782 Join Date: Apr 2011 Location: Montreal, Canada Device: iPhone, Kobo Vox, Kobo Glo, iPad mini, Kindle Paperwhite, Kobo Aura	3 of my 4 sisters have ereaders, I'm trying to turn my daugther to ereading but I don't have a lot of succes so far

10-17-2012, 07:14 PM	#43
morriss003 Evangelist Posts: 438 Karma: 3409790 Join Date: Feb 2009 Location: Maui Device: kindle	My SO is still confused about why Chrome or FF is better than IE and is still not quite used to the zoom feature in maps.

10-18-2012, 11:53 PM	#44
RickyB Enthusiast Posts: 35 Karma: 296 Join Date: Apr 2012 Location: Adelaide, Australia Device: Kobo Touch	Four x Kobo Touches (two adults, two teenage boys) and we love them. We have an iPad and this never gets used for anything other than casual reading (web pages and the like).

10-19-2012, 12:19 AM	#45
cromag Surfin the alpha waves ~~ Posts: 24,272 Karma: 459220161 Join Date: Dec 2010 Location: New Jersey Device: Jetbook Lite & Mini, Nook STR, Kobo, Hanvon N516, Kindle 2, Androids	I have a JetBook Lite and use it a lot. My wife has an Ipad and has done some reading on it, but mostly she watches videos on it. My kids love hard copy books, but haven't caught the ereader bug, yet.