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NickleDarg · 08-13-2011, 08:51 AM

Been making books for Project Gutenberg since they were scratched into silicon with a pin and magnifying glass in 5-bit Baudot code.

Even done a dozen or so hundred pages on Project Gutenberg Distributed Proofreaders.

Likewise, recorded hours of digital audio-books for the Librivox project.

And all without owning an eReader.

Always used old desktops, Palm Pilots, Pocket PCs and old dumpster laptops.

But now I have a kobo wifi ereader. W00T! $60 at the RIP sale at my local Borders.

I find the eink to be annoyingly slow to update. This makes reading slow and using a reference book almost impossible. The lack of search and touch screen is frustrating too.

Maybe I'll try a color Nook. Any opinions?

08-13-2011, 08:51 AM	#1
NickleDarg Junior Member Posts: 1 Karma: 10 Join Date: Aug 2011 Device: Kobo	A Gutenberger says hi! Been making books for Project Gutenberg since they were scratched into silicon with a pin and magnifying glass in 5-bit Baudot code. Even done a dozen or so hundred pages on Project Gutenberg Distributed Proofreaders. Likewise, recorded hours of digital audio-books for the Librivox project. And all without owning an eReader. Always used old desktops, Palm Pilots, Pocket PCs and old dumpster laptops. But now I have a kobo wifi ereader. W00T! $60 at the RIP sale at my local Borders. I find the eink to be annoyingly slow to update. This makes reading slow and using a reference book almost impossible. The lack of search and touch screen is frustrating too. Maybe I'll try a color Nook. Any opinions?