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Piper_ · 09-08-2010, 01:34 AM

I found out a year ago that I have a bit of a timebomb upstairs threatening to blind me, and my first thought was that I can handle most anything, except losing my ability to read.

So, while I'm one of those silly people who have a sentimental attachment to pbooks,

I came home and started looking at TTS options. (I don't like audiobooks - the narrator is too... there.)

I was told the Kindle has a TTS feature, and when I looked, I saw that 90% of the titles I've been buying all these years are PD - free. Doh. lol

I actually enjoy reading on my laptop, so started downloading everything I thought I might ever want to read. When the K3 came out, I ordered it.

I won't stop buying pbooks of my favorite titles, but having an ereader and a library at my fingertips is divine.

09-08-2010, 01:34 AM	#78
Piper_ ~~~~~ Posts: 761 Karma: 1278391 Join Date: Aug 2010 Location: USA Device: Kindle 3, Sony 350	I found out a year ago that I have a bit of a timebomb upstairs threatening to blind me, and my first thought was that I can handle most anything, except losing my ability to read. So, while I'm one of those silly people who have a sentimental attachment to pbooks, I came home and started looking at TTS options. (I don't like audiobooks - the narrator is too... there.) I was told the Kindle has a TTS feature, and when I looked, I saw that 90% of the titles I've been buying all these years are PD - free. Doh. lol I actually enjoy reading on my laptop, so started downloading everything I thought I might ever want to read. When the K3 came out, I ordered it. I won't stop buying pbooks of my favorite titles, but having an ereader and a library at my fingertips is divine.