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Old 07-24-2010, 08:11 PM   #1
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Readers Came Out of the Woodwork

At my handspinner's guild meeting today, I pulled out my new Kindle to show it to a friend. Immediately the person on my right pulled out her Nook, the person three seats down said, "Hey, I have a Nook!," and the person sitting across from me said, "Hey, I have a Kindle!" The friend that I was discussing the Kindle with has two Sony Readers, and I know of at least one other Kindle in the group that didn't surface today. I was a little surprised -- I knew I had a lot in common with this group of people, but I didn't know we had this in common. I need to drag them all over here to MobileRead, huh?

(Actually, my friend with the 2 Sony Readers -- Archergal5219 -- is the one who got me over here in the first place.)
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Old 07-24-2010, 08:32 PM   #2
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Oh no!!! We're going to be invaded by... by... by... HANDSPINNERS!!!!
Are you referring to the making of thread? Spinning wheels?
What an interesting combination of old and new technologies.
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Old 07-24-2010, 09:53 PM   #3
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Oh no!!! We're going to be invaded by... by... by... HANDSPINNERS!!!!
Are you referring to the making of thread? Spinning wheels?
What an interesting combination of old and new technologies.
Yep, spinning wheels, and the making of thread. :-)

I think that's what kind of tickled me about it -- we're all about doing things in the old way there, but hidden in everybody's basket -- an electronic book reader!
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Old 07-25-2010, 12:12 AM   #5
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Old 07-25-2010, 05:31 AM   #6
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Cool story. I haven't seen that many in the wild ... that weren't initiated by me! So far, I talked:
  • Co-worker one into buying an eBookwise and later a Sony
  • Co-worker two who bought an eBookwise and two more for her daughters
  • Co-worker who has my old eBookwise
  • Friend one who has my first Sony
  • Friend two who bought my second Sony
  • Friend three who bought my G3 Cybook

Not that I've ever seen them all together in the same room with their Readers.
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Old 07-25-2010, 10:26 AM   #7
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I got both of my parents into e-readers and my mother was quite surprised to find that when she raised the topic at dinner one day, my stepbrother's mother in law (her contemporary) had a pink Sony!

I also saw someone reading a Kindle on the bus this week---I had my Kindle too. It was the first time I ever saw two of them together. Someone on the same bus had a Sony, someone else had an iPhone with eReader running (I recognized the splash screen) and someone else was reading RSS feeds (I think) on an iPad. All on one bus!
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I still haven't seen another Kindle, or any type of reader. I feel so alone
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I was at a museum (a pioneer mansion) in Flagstaff, AZ last weekend and was chatting with other women waiting for the tour to start. Found out one owned a Kindle and another a Nook. I showed them the Mentor I had in my purse. 'Tis a small world.
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Old 07-26-2010, 02:51 AM   #13
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My theory is that some handcrafts just suit ebook readers to a T. Anything you can do without needing your eyes constantly on your work can be improved by a good book. And I used to hate trying to keep my book open while knitting. The experience is much simpler with a reader I was reading from a Sony while knitting on the train this morning - I'm not sure whether the stares from an elderly male fellow passenger were because I was knitting, or using a weird device, or the fact I was doing both, or just that I have blue hair atm.
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My theory is that some handcrafts just suit ebook readers to a T. Anything you can do without needing your eyes constantly on your work can be improved by a good book. And I used to hate trying to keep my book open while knitting. The experience is much simpler with a reader I was reading from a Sony while knitting on the train this morning - I'm not sure whether the stares from an elderly male fellow passenger were because I was knitting, or using a weird device, or the fact I was doing both, or just that I have blue hair atm.
I knit and read at the same time, too, and e-book readers make that so much easier. I have to admit that I can't knit lace or anything complicated while I read, but simple stuff.... sure.
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