HI! I'm a "newbie"...

jlt-1710 · 01-04-2011, 10:59 PM

both here and to ebooks as well, although I've been using references on my laptop for years.. My wife and I got a pair of Nooks a couple of months ago in an effort to reduce our book "footprint", as we've moved several times in the past 6-7 years, and books take a lot of space. We'll probably never reduce it completely...she has several authors that she collects in hardcover, and it doesn't (as yet) seem practical for my math and computer books, mainly due to graphics and equations, etc.

The Nook didn't have everything I wanted in a reader, but it had a lot of it. I also considered the Kindle, esp.the Kindle 3, but did not want to get "married" to Amazon. It was the epub format that sold me on the Nook.

GraceKrispy · 01-04-2011, 11:42 PM

Congrats on your nooks! I love my sony, personally. It sounds like the nook was a good match, welcome to the forum!

ron.bali · 01-05-2011, 12:01 AM

Welcome jlt-1710 - from another newbie. I have now spent many hours browsing and am impressed with what is a available.

wannabee · 01-05-2011, 07:15 AM

Hi - glad to see you. Welcome to MR.

neilmarr · 01-05-2011, 07:19 AM

Good to have your company, Jlt. Happy Nooking to you and your wife. Very best wishes for the year ahead. Neil

ImogenRose · 01-05-2011, 07:55 AM

Hello and welcome to MR!

Imogen

desertblues · 01-05-2011, 01:48 PM

Hi, welcome to MR from the Netherlands.. Did you already discover all the free, good formatted, classic ebooks on this site?

CaraM · 01-05-2011, 08:24 PM

Hello and welcome. I have a Kindle and love it.

jlt-1710 · 01-05-2011, 09:18 PM

Thanks, everyone for the warm welcome. I considered the Sony as well, Grace, but decided on the Nook, mainly because I'm a long-time BN customer. Ron, there is definitely a lot available. I think you could spend the rest of your life just reading what is available free, if you were so inclined. At leas an old guy like me could. Neil, I've got lousy vision and that's a small picture, but is that a kilt I see? desertblues, I haven't really explored the site yet, but I will. I see you're in the Netherlands. My two children were born there, back in 1989 and 1991.

Thanks again to all for the welcome.

Jim

GeoffC · 01-09-2011, 05:33 AM

jlt

Welcome to mobileread....

you too ... ron

Welcome to mobileread....

01-04-2011, 10:59 PM	#1
jlt-1710 Junior Member Posts: 7 Karma: 10 Join Date: Jan 2011 Location: Arizona Device: Nook	HI! I'm a "newbie"... both here and to ebooks as well, although I've been using references on my laptop for years.. My wife and I got a pair of Nooks a couple of months ago in an effort to reduce our book "footprint", as we've moved several times in the past 6-7 years, and books take a lot of space. We'll probably never reduce it completely...she has several authors that she collects in hardcover, and it doesn't (as yet) seem practical for my math and computer books, mainly due to graphics and equations, etc. The Nook didn't have everything I wanted in a reader, but it had a lot of it. I also considered the Kindle, esp.the Kindle 3, but did not want to get "married" to Amazon. It was the epub format that sold me on the Nook.

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01-04-2011, 11:42 PM	#2
GraceKrispy It's Dr. Penguin now! Posts: 3,909 Karma: 4705733 Join Date: Jan 2009 Location: (USA) Device: iPad mini, Samsung Note 3, Sony PRS-650 (rarely used now)	Congrats on your nooks! I love my sony, personally. It sounds like the nook was a good match, welcome to the forum!

01-05-2011, 12:01 AM	#3
ron.bali Junior Member Posts: 4 Karma: 10 Join Date: Jan 2011 Location: Bali, Indonesia Device: none	Welcome jlt-1710 - from another newbie. I have now spent many hours browsing and am impressed with what is a available.

01-05-2011, 07:15 AM	#4
wannabee Media Bloke Posts: 2,382 Karma: 113956855 Join Date: Sep 2010 Location: NSW - Australia Device: iOS	Hi - glad to see you. Welcome to MR.

01-05-2011, 07:19 AM	#5
neilmarr neilmarr Posts: 7,215 Karma: 6000059 Join Date: Apr 2009 Location: Monaco-Menton, France Device: sony	Good to have your company, Jlt. Happy Nooking to you and your wife. Very best wishes for the year ahead. Neil

01-05-2011, 07:55 AM	#6
ImogenRose PORTAL Posts: 7,204 Karma: 2884640 Join Date: Apr 2010 Device: Kindle 1, Kindle 3 (3G), iPhone	Hello and welcome to MR! Imogen

01-05-2011, 01:48 PM	#7
desertblues Home for the moment Posts: 5,127 Karma: 27718936 Join Date: Jan 2009 Location: travelling Device: various	Hi, welcome to MR from the Netherlands.. Did you already discover all the free, good formatted, classic ebooks on this site?

01-05-2011, 08:24 PM	#8
CaraM Guru Posts: 924 Karma: 1000000 Join Date: Aug 2010 Device: Kindle	Hello and welcome. I have a Kindle and love it.

01-05-2011, 09:18 PM	#9
jlt-1710 Junior Member Posts: 7 Karma: 10 Join Date: Jan 2011 Location: Arizona Device: Nook	Thanks, everyone for the warm welcome. I considered the Sony as well, Grace, but decided on the Nook, mainly because I'm a long-time BN customer. Ron, there is definitely a lot available. I think you could spend the rest of your life just reading what is available free, if you were so inclined. At leas an old guy like me could. Neil, I've got lousy vision and that's a small picture, but is that a kilt I see? desertblues, I haven't really explored the site yet, but I will. I see you're in the Netherlands. My two children were born there, back in 1989 and 1991. Thanks again to all for the welcome. Jim

01-09-2011, 05:33 AM	#10
GeoffC Chocolate Grasshopper ... Posts: 27,599 Karma: 20821184 Join Date: Mar 2008 Location: Scotland Device: Muse HD , Cybook Gen3 , Pocketbook 302 (Black) , Nexus 10: wife has PW	jlt Welcome to mobileread.... you too ... ron Welcome to mobileread....

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