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Old 02-05-2011, 03:35 AM   #18
krysjez
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Device: Stanza on iPod Touch, Kindle 3 wifi
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Originally Posted by dmacmart View Post
My first cover for my eInk device was a journal purchased from a dollar store, removing the pages, and used fabric hair bands to hold it in place. It did the job till I found a leather one for a price I was willing to pay. (from eBay I think)
That sounds like a good idea. I have found an old outdated journal that fits perfectly and am going to try turning it into a 'fake book' when I have a free weekend.

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Originally Posted by HarryT View Post
That depends WHERE outside the US you are. It really couldn't be easier if you live in the UK, for example.
Ah, yes, forgot about that...it's difficult enough in Singapore though :S

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Originally Posted by Fbone View Post
I guess it's too late now. But I was going to ask you to look at Singapore's Library and see if they have what interests you. With 16,000+ titles and a thrifty student ...
The library requires some kind of PID thing from MobiPocket Reader to download MobiPocket books (I don't even know if they're the same thing as Mobi books).

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Originally Posted by lunixer View Post
Here are my thoughts. In response to your first list:
Sounds like you are the perfect candidate. Highly recommend.
Thank you for the detailed response!

I have already received my Kindle and am enjoying it so far. After reading about how much like real paper the screen was I guess my expectations were a bit too high and I thought it would have zero glare. There is still a little, but it's a hundred times better than trying to read on, say, an iPhone.

So far I have loaded in some PDFs and free books from PG. I must say that the Kindle is really good for reading art instruction ebooks - it's much easier to be able to reference the material without having scroll up and down a page all the time on a laptop's small screen. It just works, for some reason, though the laptop screen is still larger than the Kindle's.
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