01-22-2009, 02:53 PM | #61 |
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"Little Sydney" is about to turn 11, and thinks she knows more than I about everything (including driving). The kid has a computer, a flip video, an ipod, a kindle, a portable dvd player, a gameboy, a ds . . . She better not say a word (but of course she will, because it is soooo unfair).
I did finally get on NYPL, and found 1600 romance books in mobi, and 800 available for check out. So as soon as I finish the 20 pages of books on my kindle, I'm there! |
01-23-2009, 05:02 AM | #62 | |
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I have a bunch of older legacy readers (REB, GEB, EBW, etc) that I could theoretically fall back on if my unit broke, but after 3 years of eink, I think I'd probably just show up at the local sony store within the hour and buy a replacement. |
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01-24-2009, 04:12 AM | #63 |
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Quite frankly I would actually like to physically see an eBook reader on sale in a shop in the UK at a price I can sensibly afford.
In fact I would actually like to see an eBook reader in a shop! (you know, those places you used to go and buy things in before the recession) I cannot believe that anyone in their right mind is going to pay £200 plus in order to read a book that can be borrowed from the public library for nothing. |
01-24-2009, 04:47 AM | #64 |
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I've only ever seen one (Sony) on display in store (Waterstones) and it wasn't even switched on !!!!
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01-24-2009, 04:50 AM | #65 | |
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01-24-2009, 06:44 AM | #66 | |
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a. You can get to the public library (distance, disability, or operating hours can hinder this) b. The public library has the book you want to read (sometimes they don't have it at all, or the only copy has been lost, or the waiting list is months long) c. The public library has the book in a format that you can read (only has it in regular print if you need large print or audio, or only has it as an audiobook if you are deaf or hard of hearing) I think it's amazing that I now have access to thousands of large print books without having to worry about weather or transportation. |
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01-24-2009, 07:15 AM | #67 |
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It's a PUG!
(Can you start a thread with pug pictures please? Pretty please?) |
01-24-2009, 10:49 AM | #68 |
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Hardly ever.
Definitely not more than 15 times a week ;-) I own the very first generation of e-ink readers - Sony PRS500. At the moment I am fancying something with at least a second generation of e-ink. The problem is my reader functions very, very well for what I need - reading fiction. A friend of nine was prepared to bring PRS700 for me from USA, but when it finally came out and when I found out that the display would not be a significant upgrade over my PRS500 I canceled the whole logistically very demanding operation. At the moment I am in love with about 10 existing or perspective readers. The hottest candidate for my second reader at the moment is <STRONG> <DROOL> Wizpac txtr reader </drool> </strong> ;-) |
01-24-2009, 10:53 AM | #69 | |
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01-24-2009, 10:55 AM | #70 |
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hey kacir, i think the w3c deprecated the "drool" tag, for accessibility reasons. it was shorting out too many keyboards and people couldn't access the web at all then.
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01-24-2009, 10:57 AM | #71 | |
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01-24-2009, 10:58 AM | #72 |
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01-24-2009, 10:58 AM | #73 | |
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But he's right. With your reasoning, people wouldn't even go to the bookstore, they would just go to the library. |
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01-24-2009, 03:26 PM | #74 |
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Confession time...
BTW, PilotBob -- I am crazy and do freely and willfully admit it but the other poster who wonders why we would buy a device when libraries are free... why is s/he hanging out on a forum dedicated to eReader owners... unless it is s/he is trying to perform some sort of intervention...
Now time for my confession... I just ordered up the Sony red reader. I have a cybook from last year but never "bonded" with it because the firmware was crap so it didn't keep track of bookmarks so you always had to flip through manually to find where you were in a book... I still have the cybook for cheaper mobipocket formats etc. Last fall I bought the PRS-505 and fell in love. so I bought a second one. But then recently I felt guilty about owning 2 sonys and a dear friend saw mine, fell in love and I gave it to her as a wedding present figuring I didn't need 2 and she couldn't afford 1. But alas, I have felt a void in my soul and, as I said, just recently ordered up the Sangria Red sony reader. I guess it comes from the idea that I always have to have one with me and I don't want to run the risk of one having a dead battery on one and having to wait while it charges up before I can read. Funny -- I don't have the same compulsion about my cell phone and frankly, there is more of a "safety" issue there where if my car breaks down and my cell phone is dead, I'm screwed... But on the plus side, at least I would have something to read until someone found me! Hello, my name is Nancy and I'm a reader-aholic. (sometimes I think the ghost of my father is driving me to this since he never met a gadget that he didn't like and usually had to have multiples... so really, I think it is a genetic condition and you can't fight nature!) |
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