Anti-ebook defences crumbling

DMB · 06-07-2011, 12:44 PM

I got the first ebook in our family last August (the newly launched K3). Then my daughter saw it and liked it so she was given one for Christmas. Recently, my son and daughter-in-law went for one each.

My husband, despite an engineering degree and a computery background is always a late adopter of technology. Basically he waits until there is someone to tell him how to do it. He pooh-poohed the idea of wanting an ereader. But I sneakily installed Kindle for PC on his laptop and have sent him copies of various books from my lot that I thought he'd like. So then he decided he'd like a Kindle for his birthday. But that's not until nearly the end of the year.

He's just finished reading a book I sent to his laptop and although he enjoyed it he admitted it wasn't easy for reading in the loo. So now, finally, I've ordered him his own K3.

I look forward to being able to share books, as we've always done with the dt sort. Now we really can get rid of most of the latter!

anamardoll · 06-07-2011, 12:47 PM

Haha, well done with your sneaky plots! I've got my mother an eReader, and now I'm working on dad......

lestatar · 06-07-2011, 01:30 PM

@OP: well done! But how come I never have anyone as wonderfully sneaky as you prodding me along?

Pomtroll · 06-07-2011, 01:35 PM

Way to go. I'm looking for the reader my husband would like. He reads mostly magazines. He insists he doesn't want one.

pidgeon92 · 06-07-2011, 01:38 PM

I keep trying. I gave my MIL my old Sony-300 in January, loaded with about 20 books I thought she would really enjoy. When we went to see her again at Easter, I asked how she was enjoying the Sony, and she told me she really likes it, but isn't using it as she is still getting her books from the library. I am going to guess that the battery hasn't been charged since I gave it to her.

CWatkinsNash · 06-07-2011, 02:35 PM

Congrats on the subversive conversion!

I got my K3 in December, and converted my roommate sometime around the end of February. It was when BB&B had the Literati on clearance. I bought it with the thought that I'd check it out then give it to him. That's what I did.

He loves it, even though it's been a pain from day one. It only works with one USB cable (not the one it came with) on one USB port, the SD card slot rarely works, and after only a few months the battery doesn't get him through more than a few chapters. He likes it anyway, but I knew it was going to either die or stop interfacing with my computer at some point, so when DailySteals had the Pandigital Novel Personal last Friday, I ordered one. I'll play with it for a few days then hand it over.

I've got him hooked now, so I can't let him end up with a dead ereader. Besides, having him involved makes my obsession with ebooks look a little less like a sickness. We don't generally read the same stuff, but he reads a lot less than I do so maintaining a joint library for both of us is no trouble. I've warned him that the Pandigital is not backlit, but in exchange for reading under a light, he gets a battery that should last more than an hour.

jbcohen · 06-07-2011, 03:09 PM

Some of my friends are like your hubby they are not sure of themselves around technology and like to have other experts around them to be tech support. Myself, I have learned to be mroe sure of myself around technology and have always been the first on my block and/or in my family to adopt a new technology. I just installed internet radio at home and I love it. I think this has more to do with one's confort level with our own ability to master new skills and new technology. I have always been the one to meet new chellenges in my family rather unlike my pop whose home is based on 1970's technology.

What I did not see in your inital post is a disucssion of what you and your family need in terms of an electronic reader. I am not attempting to disparage a kindle, I am primarily a Kinderler myself, but there is no one best reader for all people. I think that the Kobo would have been a better fit since the Kobo is the simplest reader on the market, the Kobo has one button and only one.

Now that you have your kindle make sure that you read the oddball books that Amazon carrys such as a book that recently read, from Amazon, and love it called Cibola by David Wood. I mean lets face it Amazon has everything. If you don't read those oddball books you might as well have bought a Kobo and save some dollars and not gotten the ability to buy abosolutely any electronic book you can immagine. Another thing is explore those customization options that the kindle has that no one else has, you can put your name in your kindle, not something my blackberry electronic readers will allow.

crich70 · 06-07-2011, 03:15 PM

I showed my Kindle 3 to a friend of mine who's a deacon of the church we both attend. He was thinking he'd have to see about getting one for himself after I showed it to him. Seems the Kindle practically sells itself. lol.

DMB · 06-07-2011, 04:44 PM

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Originally Posted by jbcohen

Some of my friends are like your hubby they are not sure of themselves around technology and like to have other experts around them to be tech support. Myself, I have learned to be mroe sure of myself around technology and have always been the first on my block and/or in my family to adopt a new technology. I just installed internet radio at home and I love it. I think this has more to do with one's confort level with our own ability to master new skills and new technology. I have always been the one to meet new chellenges in my family rather unlike my pop whose home is based on 1970's technology.

What I did not see in your inital post is a disucssion of what you and your family need in terms of an electronic reader. I am not attempting to disparage a kindle, I am primarily a Kinderler myself, but there is no one best reader for all people. I think that the Kobo would have been a better fit since the Kobo is the simplest reader on the market, the Kobo has one button and only one.

Now that you have your kindle make sure that you read the oddball books that Amazon carrys such as a book that recently read, from Amazon, and love it called Cibola by David Wood. I mean lets face it Amazon has everything. If you don't read those oddball books you might as well have bought a Kobo and save some dollars and not gotten the ability to buy abosolutely any electronic book you can immagine. Another thing is explore those customization options that the kindle has that no one else has, you can put your name in your kindle, not something my blackberry electronic readers will allow.

Interesting points. I did discuss how I got where I am in this thread.

I am basically not a techy person. although I'm not scared of technology. But I am far from being a geek. I am lazy in that I don't want to go to a lot of trouble over something that is basically a tool. At the time I started looking for a reader in the UK kobo was not available. I read a lot about Sonys and Kindles and didn't finally decide until the launch of the K3, which seemed so cheap that if it proved bad it wouldn't be a disaster.

At my age I am very much aware of the limited time ahead of me in which to read and I have become less rather than more adventurous in my reading. There is such a wealth of stuff I already love or know I want to read that I don't actively seek out all that many new books. One of my motives in getting an ereader was to be able to dispose of most of my considerable library (built up over about 55 years) of dt books. I want to simplify my life and I long ago ran out of space. I love books, but it is possible to love things too much.

SensualPoet · 06-07-2011, 05:36 PM

I am so thrilled with my Kindle 3 and Kobo Wifi, I have screwed up my courage so that this weekend I'm going to buy a VCR as well.

JSWolf · 06-07-2011, 05:38 PM

So hubby will have a K4 while the rest of the family will have a K3.

06-07-2011, 12:44 PM	#1
DMB Old Git Posts: 958 Karma: 1840790 Join Date: Aug 2010 Location: Switzerland (mostly) Device: Two kindle PWs wifi, kindle fire, iPad3 wifi	Anti-ebook defences crumbling I got the first ebook in our family last August (the newly launched K3). Then my daughter saw it and liked it so she was given one for Christmas. Recently, my son and daughter-in-law went for one each. My husband, despite an engineering degree and a computery background is always a late adopter of technology. Basically he waits until there is someone to tell him how to do it. He pooh-poohed the idea of wanting an ereader. But I sneakily installed Kindle for PC on his laptop and have sent him copies of various books from my lot that I thought he'd like. So then he decided he'd like a Kindle for his birthday. But that's not until nearly the end of the year. He's just finished reading a book I sent to his laptop and although he enjoyed it he admitted it wasn't easy for reading in the loo. So now, finally, I've ordered him his own K3. I look forward to being able to share books, as we've always done with the dt sort. Now we really can get rid of most of the latter!

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anamardoll Chasing Butterflies Posts: 3,132 Karma: 5074169 Join Date: Mar 2011 Location: American Southwest Device: Uses batteries.	Haha, well done with your sneaky plots! I've got my mother an eReader, and now I'm working on dad......

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06-07-2011, 01:35 PM	#4
Pomtroll Guru Posts: 822 Karma: 1341819 Join Date: Jun 2010 Location: Minnesota USA Device: Sony 350, Sony T1, Kindle Touch, Kindle PW1	Way to go. I'm looking for the reader my husband would like. He reads mostly magazines. He insists he doesn't want one.

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pidgeon92 Wizard Posts: 3,144 Karma: 8426142 Join Date: Jun 2008 Location: Chicago, IL Device: Kindle PW2, Kindle Voyage, Kindle DXG, Boox M90, Kobo Aura HD	I keep trying. I gave my MIL my old Sony-300 in January, loaded with about 20 books I thought she would really enjoy. When we went to see her again at Easter, I asked how she was enjoying the Sony, and she told me she really likes it, but isn't using it as she is still getting her books from the library. I am going to guess that the battery hasn't been charged since I gave it to her.

06-07-2011, 02:35 PM	#6
CWatkinsNash IOC Chief Archivist Posts: 3,950 Karma: 53868218 Join Date: Dec 2010 Location: Fruitland Park, FL, USA Device: Meebook M7, Paperwhite 2021, Fire HD 8+, Fire HD 10+, Lenovo Tab P12	Congrats on the subversive conversion! I got my K3 in December, and converted my roommate sometime around the end of February. It was when BB&B had the Literati on clearance. I bought it with the thought that I'd check it out then give it to him. That's what I did. He loves it, even though it's been a pain from day one. It only works with one USB cable (not the one it came with) on one USB port, the SD card slot rarely works, and after only a few months the battery doesn't get him through more than a few chapters. He likes it anyway, but I knew it was going to either die or stop interfacing with my computer at some point, so when DailySteals had the Pandigital Novel Personal last Friday, I ordered one. I'll play with it for a few days then hand it over. I've got him hooked now, so I can't let him end up with a dead ereader. Besides, having him involved makes my obsession with ebooks look a little less like a sickness. We don't generally read the same stuff, but he reads a lot less than I do so maintaining a joint library for both of us is no trouble. I've warned him that the Pandigital is not backlit, but in exchange for reading under a light, he gets a battery that should last more than an hour.

06-07-2011, 03:09 PM	#7
jbcohen Wizard Posts: 3,025 Karma: 11196738 Join Date: Oct 2010 Location: Piper College Device: Samsung A21	Some of my friends are like your hubby they are not sure of themselves around technology and like to have other experts around them to be tech support. Myself, I have learned to be mroe sure of myself around technology and have always been the first on my block and/or in my family to adopt a new technology. I just installed internet radio at home and I love it. I think this has more to do with one's confort level with our own ability to master new skills and new technology. I have always been the one to meet new chellenges in my family rather unlike my pop whose home is based on 1970's technology. What I did not see in your inital post is a disucssion of what you and your family need in terms of an electronic reader. I am not attempting to disparage a kindle, I am primarily a Kinderler myself, but there is no one best reader for all people. I think that the Kobo would have been a better fit since the Kobo is the simplest reader on the market, the Kobo has one button and only one. Now that you have your kindle make sure that you read the oddball books that Amazon carrys such as a book that recently read, from Amazon, and love it called Cibola by David Wood. I mean lets face it Amazon has everything. If you don't read those oddball books you might as well have bought a Kobo and save some dollars and not gotten the ability to buy abosolutely any electronic book you can immagine. Another thing is explore those customization options that the kindle has that no one else has, you can put your name in your kindle, not something my blackberry electronic readers will allow.

06-07-2011, 03:15 PM	#8
crich70 Grand Sorcerer Posts: 11,305 Karma: 43993832 Join Date: Feb 2010 Location: Monroe Wisconsin Device: K3, Kindle Paperwhite, Calibre, and Mobipocket for Pc (netbook)	I showed my Kindle 3 to a friend of mine who's a deacon of the church we both attend. He was thinking he'd have to see about getting one for himself after I showed it to him. Seems the Kindle practically sells itself. lol.

06-07-2011, 05:36 PM	#10
SensualPoet Wizard Posts: 2,302 Karma: 2607151 Join Date: Nov 2009 Location: Toronto Device: Kobo Aura HD, Kindle Paperwhite, Asus ZenPad 3, Kobo Glo	I am so thrilled with my Kindle 3 and Kobo Wifi, I have screwed up my courage so that this weekend I'm going to buy a VCR as well.

06-07-2011, 05:38 PM	#11
JSWolf Resident Curmudgeon Posts: 74,015 Karma: 129333114 Join Date: Nov 2006 Location: Roslindale, Massachusetts Device: Kobo Libra 2, Kobo Aura H2O, PRS-650, PRS-T1, nook STR, PW3	So hubby will have a K4 while the rest of the family will have a K3.

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