Hello everybody

Fastolfe · 12-14-2010, 04:57 PM

Hi everybody,

I'm new to this forum. I finally took the plunge and purchased a Sony PRS-650 ebook reader a week ago. I love it! I've been waiting for a decent, inexpensive ebook reader with a truly good display, battery life, usability, and the ability to display open file formats for at least 10 years, and I feel this is almost it. Not quite the device I truly dream of, but getting close.

For the ebooks to go with my Sony Reader, I've taken the same route I took with audio files when I first purchased my Rio PMP300 player: I only accept file formats that I'm sure I'll be able to open when I'm old. For the longest time, that meant reading only books from the Gutenberg project, or books I scanned myself (then OCRed myself after OCR became reliable). Either I'd buy the books and scan them, or I'd borrow them, scan them then send money to the authors directly.

At first, it wasn't that I even wanted to scan books, but as an english reader living in a non-english country, it's not always very easy to find the kind of material that interests me. So over the years, I've collected books that interested me, and now I have a device to (re-)read them away from the computer.

I read when I don't do anything else. I always have a book on me, and now I have dozens of books and my favorite newspapers from around the world in my pocket, ready to entertain, inform or educate me wherever. It's fantastic, technology truly has come a long way!

So, this is who I am. I look forward to participating in this interesting forum.

Take care y'all and happy reading!

CazMar · 12-14-2010, 05:08 PM

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Originally Posted by Fastolfe

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I read when I don't do anything else. I always have a book on me, and now I have dozens of books and my favorite newspapers from around the world in my pocket, ready to entertain, inform or educate me wherever. It's fantastic, technology truly has come a long way!

So, this is who I am. I look forward to participating in this interesting forum.

Take care y'all and happy reading!

Welcome Fastolfe - glad to see a dedicated book reader. That is the part I love about ereaders, you always have a book, in fact a choice of books (or magazines or whatever) for any mood you happen to be in whenever you want to read. Happy reading!

MickeyC · 12-14-2010, 08:15 PM

Hi Fastolfe and welcome to MobileRead

ImogenRose · 12-14-2010, 08:26 PM

Hello and welcome to MR!

Imogen

Sandra Edwards · 12-14-2010, 11:23 PM

Welcome to MR! Enjoy the new Sony :-)

Sandy

neilmarr · 12-15-2010, 08:01 AM

Good to have your company, Fastolfe. Happy Sonying and best wishes. Neil

GeoffC · 12-15-2010, 12:34 PM

Welcome to mobileread ....

See the library here on mobileread for many Gutenburg books with an improved format....[link from my signature line]

12-14-2010, 04:57 PM	#1
Fastolfe Bookworm Posts: 98 Karma: 55796 Join Date: Dec 2010 Device: Sony PRS-650	Hello everybody Hi everybody, I'm new to this forum. I finally took the plunge and purchased a Sony PRS-650 ebook reader a week ago. I love it! I've been waiting for a decent, inexpensive ebook reader with a truly good display, battery life, usability, and the ability to display open file formats for at least 10 years, and I feel this is almost it. Not quite the device I truly dream of, but getting close. For the ebooks to go with my Sony Reader, I've taken the same route I took with audio files when I first purchased my Rio PMP300 player: I only accept file formats that I'm sure I'll be able to open when I'm old. For the longest time, that meant reading only books from the Gutenberg project, or books I scanned myself (then OCRed myself after OCR became reliable). Either I'd buy the books and scan them, or I'd borrow them, scan them then send money to the authors directly. At first, it wasn't that I even wanted to scan books, but as an english reader living in a non-english country, it's not always very easy to find the kind of material that interests me. So over the years, I've collected books that interested me, and now I have a device to (re-)read them away from the computer. I read when I don't do anything else. I always have a book on me, and now I have dozens of books and my favorite newspapers from around the world in my pocket, ready to entertain, inform or educate me wherever. It's fantastic, technology truly has come a long way! So, this is who I am. I look forward to participating in this interesting forum. Take care y'all and happy reading!

12-14-2010, 08:15 PM	#3
MickeyC Grand Sorcerer Posts: 16,731 Karma: 12185114 Join Date: Nov 2007 Location: Florida Device: iPhone 6 plus, Sony T1, iPad 3	Hi Fastolfe and welcome to MobileRead

12-14-2010, 08:26 PM	#4
ImogenRose PORTAL Posts: 7,204 Karma: 2884640 Join Date: Apr 2010 Device: Kindle 1, Kindle 3 (3G), iPhone	Hello and welcome to MR! Imogen

12-14-2010, 11:23 PM	#5
Sandra Edwards Queen of Procrastination Posts: 1,884 Karma: 1802 Join Date: Jul 2010 Location: Nevada Device: K2, K3, Fire	Welcome to MR! Enjoy the new Sony :-) Sandy

12-15-2010, 08:01 AM	#6
neilmarr neilmarr Posts: 7,215 Karma: 6000059 Join Date: Apr 2009 Location: Monaco-Menton, France Device: sony	Good to have your company, Fastolfe. Happy Sonying and best wishes. Neil

12-15-2010, 12:34 PM	#7
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	Welcome to mobileread .... See the library here on mobileread for many Gutenburg books with an improved format....[link from my signature line]

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