What was the first e-book you read and on what device? - Page 4

RainingLemur · 05-01-2012, 10:35 AM

Zombie Survival Guide on my PSP.

applesauce · 05-01-2012, 10:49 AM

Shades Of Grey books 1 2 and 3 on my kindle touch. What can I say I am soooooooo sorry my sweet sweet kindle to have ever infected you with such rubbish, and me I want those hours back.

I can only go up from here

applesauce

Pookeysgirl · 05-01-2012, 11:02 AM

The Twilight series on my 1st generation Kobo...and no, I'm not afraid to admit that

Gotadimple · 05-01-2012, 12:39 PM

The Hotel on the Corner of Bitter & Sweet on my Palm Tungsten E

Desertway · 05-01-2012, 12:56 PM

Another Palm IIIX, another Peanut Press selection...but I don't remember which one. Maybe Stephen King, maybe Harlan Ellison. Surely something in the horror or sci-fi genre.

That little Palm Pilot was in my face far more than my Kindle or my iPhone. I LOVED that thing.

pixiestyx · 05-01-2012, 01:14 PM

The Hunger Games on a 1st gen iPod Touch.

I had not paid much attention to ebooks other than to scoff at the price of the original Kindle, but we went on vacation & I finished my paper book early, so downloaded THG for the Kindle app. Thought it was handy for vacation but still didn't really see a personal need for an e-reader. Little did I know my husband knows me better than I know myself. He gave me a Nook Color for Christmas a year later & I haven't looked back since

Aside from packing lighter, it has an added bonus - my family & friends know how much I love it, so where I had been relying heavily on library borrows before, I now almost always have a B&N gift card on hand - woohoo!

kennyc · 05-01-2012, 01:20 PM

It was probably Of Human Bondage on my Sony 505 followed closely by Sons and Lovers and The Heart is a Lonely Hunter as one of the main reasons I got my first ebook reader was the vast amount of free classics (that I has not read) that were available.

supermighty · 05-01-2012, 02:16 PM

It would be The Count of Monte Cristo on a Palm IIIe

QuantumIguana · 05-01-2012, 03:32 PM

Now that I think of it, the first e-book I ever read was one of Shakespeare's plays back in the 1990's. The "reader" was a 386SX PC. This was when there were all these CD bundles when CD-ROM drives were still new. One of the CDs was the complete works of Shakespeare. It wasn't a good experience, and I didn't finish reading it. Reading on a DOS screen wasn't fun. I think experiences like that turned people off to the idea of e-books for quite some time.

Synamon · 05-01-2012, 03:50 PM

Project Gutenberg was my gateway drug. I don't remember all the titles, but I read a bunch of those on my computer for a year or so. I got hooked on the hard stuff when a friend gave me some pirated ebooks. After reading those on my computer I realized that there were plenty of ebooks out there so I got myself a Kindle. The first book I read on my Kindle was Malcolm Gladwell's Tipping Point. The Kindle was magic for highlighting passages and making notes for the bookclub discussion.

kennyc · 05-01-2012, 04:05 PM

Oh and yeah, I had certainly read various short stories in txt and html on computer screens well before having an ebook reader and Interactive CD Books way back in the early 90's

ATDrake · 05-01-2012, 04:06 PM

Stuff from the Baen Free Library*, both on my Mac and my Kindle when I received it.

On the Kindle it would have either been Rick Cook's Wizard's Bane, or Mercedes Lackey & Larry Dixon's Born to Run, IIRC. Maybe Elizabeth Moon's Sheepfarmer's Daughter.

* Which has paid off very well for Baen, as I've since spent over $200 in their webstore, I think.

Alohamora · 05-01-2012, 04:09 PM

I don't actually remember. Probably something from Project Gutenberg on a PC, maybe some Sherlock Holmes. My first e-reading device was Franklin eBookman.

DrNefario · 05-01-2012, 05:45 PM

Further to my earlier post, having had most of the day to think about it, I'd say it was probably Sun Tzu's Art of War, on my PalmPilot Personal.

ApK · 05-01-2012, 08:41 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by DrNefario

Further to my earlier post, having had most of the day to think about it, I'd say it was probably Sun Tzu's Art of War, on my PalmPilot Personal.

Holy mackerel, yes that rings a bell. I did in fact read both Art of War and Musashi's Book of Five Rings on my Palm device! Those were my first. How could I forget?!

05-01-2012, 10:35 AM	#46
RainingLemur Spork Connoisseur Posts: 2,360 Karma: 16780603 Join Date: Mar 2011 Device: Nook Color	Zombie Survival Guide on my PSP. __________________ "Can't judge a book by another man's treasure."

05-01-2012, 11:02 AM	#48
Pookeysgirl Wizard Posts: 1,704 Karma: 12696746 Join Date: May 2010 Location: Ontario Device: Kobo Original, K3 Wi-Fi, Samsung Galaxy S3	The Twilight series on my 1st generation Kobo...and no, I'm not afraid to admit that __________________

05-01-2012, 01:14 PM	#51
pixiestyx Enthusiast Posts: 41 Karma: 483410 Join Date: Dec 2010 Location: New England Device: Nexus 7; Nook Color (gifted to bro after N7 purchase)	The Hunger Games on a 1st gen iPod Touch. I had not paid much attention to ebooks other than to scoff at the price of the original Kindle, but we went on vacation & I finished my paper book early, so downloaded THG for the Kindle app. Thought it was handy for vacation but still didn't really see a personal need for an e-reader. Little did I know my husband knows me better than I know myself. He gave me a Nook Color for Christmas a year later & I haven't looked back since Aside from packing lighter, it has an added bonus - my family & friends know how much I love it, so where I had been relying heavily on library borrows before, I now almost always have a B&N gift card on hand - woohoo! __________________ Always have your stuff when you need it with @Dropbox. 2GB account is free! http://db.tt/UWIctG8

05-01-2012, 01:20 PM	#52
kennyc Priorities! Priorties! Posts: 29,939 Karma: 37216234 Join Date: Sep 2009 Location: Denver, CO Device: Kindle2; Galaxy SIII; Xoom; Kindle Fire	It was probably Of Human Bondage on my Sony 505 followed closely by Sons and Lovers and The Heart is a Lonely Hunter as one of the main reasons I got my first ebook reader was the vast amount of free classics (that I has not read) that were available. __________________ Kenny A. Chaffin Art Gallery - Print Gallery - Writing&Poetry "Strive on with Awareness" - Siddhartha Gautama

05-01-2012, 02:16 PM	#53
supermighty Connoisseur Posts: 95 Karma: 621212 Join Date: Aug 2007 Location: Walled City Device: Nook Touch Rooted, Nexus 7, Galaxy Note 2	It would be The Count of Monte Cristo on a Palm IIIe __________________ Super Mighty blog in the Walled City Last edited by supermighty; 05-01-2012 at 04:32 PM.

05-01-2012, 10:49 AM	#47
applesauce Addict Posts: 233 Karma: 1266916 Join Date: Apr 2012 Location: Perth Western Australia Device: kindle paperwhite	Shades Of Grey books 1 2 and 3 on my kindle touch. What can I say I am soooooooo sorry my sweet sweet kindle to have ever infected you with such rubbish, and me I want those hours back. I can only go up from here applesauce

05-01-2012, 12:39 PM	#49
Gotadimple Member Posts: 22 Karma: 450010 Join Date: Dec 2011 Device: Nook Simple Touch	The Hotel on the Corner of Bitter & Sweet on my Palm Tungsten E

05-01-2012, 12:56 PM	#50
Desertway Zealot Posts: 131 Karma: 208 Join Date: Mar 2010 Device: Kindle 3 WiFi	Another Palm IIIX, another Peanut Press selection...but I don't remember which one. Maybe Stephen King, maybe Harlan Ellison. Surely something in the horror or sci-fi genre. That little Palm Pilot was in my face far more than my Kindle or my iPhone. I LOVED that thing.

05-01-2012, 03:32 PM	#54
QuantumIguana Wizard Posts: 1,459 Karma: 14424170 Join Date: Jan 2012 Device: Kindle	Now that I think of it, the first e-book I ever read was one of Shakespeare's plays back in the 1990's. The "reader" was a 386SX PC. This was when there were all these CD bundles when CD-ROM drives were still new. One of the CDs was the complete works of Shakespeare. It wasn't a good experience, and I didn't finish reading it. Reading on a DOS screen wasn't fun. I think experiences like that turned people off to the idea of e-books for quite some time.

05-01-2012, 03:50 PM	#55
Synamon Lunatic Posts: 1,314 Karma: 3206320 Join Date: Dec 2011 Location: Land of the Loonie Device: Kindle Keyboard 3G, iPad mini, iPod Touch	Project Gutenberg was my gateway drug. I don't remember all the titles, but I read a bunch of those on my computer for a year or so. I got hooked on the hard stuff when a friend gave me some pirated ebooks. After reading those on my computer I realized that there were plenty of ebooks out there so I got myself a Kindle. The first book I read on my Kindle was Malcolm Gladwell's Tipping Point. The Kindle was magic for highlighting passages and making notes for the bookclub discussion. Last edited by Synamon; 05-01-2012 at 04:04 PM.

05-01-2012, 04:05 PM	#56
kennyc Priorities! Priorties! Posts: 29,939 Karma: 37216234 Join Date: Sep 2009 Location: Denver, CO Device: Kindle2; Galaxy SIII; Xoom; Kindle Fire	Oh and yeah, I had certainly read various short stories in txt and html on computer screens well before having an ebook reader and Interactive CD Books way back in the early 90's __________________ Kenny A. Chaffin Art Gallery - Print Gallery - Writing&Poetry "Strive on with Awareness" - Siddhartha Gautama

05-01-2012, 04:06 PM	#57
ATDrake Wizzard Posts: 5,993 Karma: 14640083 Join Date: Mar 2010 Location: Roundworld Device: Kindle 2 International & Sony PRS-T1	Stuff from the Baen Free Library, both on my Mac and my Kindle when I received it. On the Kindle it would have either been Rick Cook's Wizard's Bane, or Mercedes Lackey & Larry Dixon's Born to Run, IIRC. Maybe Elizabeth Moon's Sheepfarmer's Daughter. Which has paid off very well for Baen, as I've since spent over $200 in their webstore, I think.

05-01-2012, 04:09 PM	#58
Alohamora Enthusiast Posts: 25 Karma: 74206 Join Date: Nov 2011 Device: Kindle & iTouch with Kindle and Nook apps	I don't actually remember. Probably something from Project Gutenberg on a PC, maybe some Sherlock Holmes. My first e-reading device was Franklin eBookman. __________________ Always have your stuff when you need it with Dropbox. (+500MB bonus for you and me if you sign up via this link) - DROPBOX Last edited by Alohamora; 05-02-2012 at 09:55 PM.

05-01-2012, 05:45 PM	#59
DrNefario Guru Posts: 810 Karma: 2563498 Join Date: Jan 2012 Location: UK Device: Kindle, Kobo Touch	Further to my earlier post, having had most of the day to think about it, I'd say it was probably Sun Tzu's Art of War, on my PalmPilot Personal.

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