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ficbot · 09-28-2008, 07:47 PM

I am a long-time ebook reader going back to the Palm days. I got an eBookwise last year, loved it, still enjoy it for reading at home. But I don't like the lack of new releases for it, and most of them are 'secure' with the dumbest DRM scheme ever, where you cannot move them to a new device even if you buy it from them! Plus it is a bit bulky to carry around. So, while I am still using it at home, I have bought an iPod Touch to streamline my life a little and leave me with fewer devices to carry around

I am really enjoying reading on the iPod Touch and am so glad I bought it. I feel okay about buying new books from Fictionwise because you can, even on secure titles, still download an actual file for your computer as a back-up of your purchase.

For me, ebooks make better financial sense because I can't keep every paper book I want due to space issues (anyone who has ever moved will understand this!) So what I was doing when I wanted a new book was buying from the used bookstore, reading it and selling it back. I would recoup maybe a dollar or two per book, but that's it. I looked at it the same way you would pay $8 to see a movie. With ebooks I feel like I can keep them all so that is better value, and the ereader format has been around for long enough that I feel it is not a fly by night. And hey, even if they do all become unreadable in ten years, that is still ten years more use out of them I would get over a paperback!

So anyway, that's me

Hope to get some good recommendations from everyone at this forum about what's good to read!

MickeyC · 09-28-2008, 08:13 PM

Hi ya, ficbot and welcome to the Forum. I'm into eBooks for largely the same reason you are...space issues.

I've got a Sony 505 and like it a lot.

BookishDreamer · 09-28-2008, 08:43 PM

Welcome ficbot!

Dreamer

Seabound · 09-28-2008, 08:52 PM

Hi ficbot! I love the eBookwise also. There are conversion tools which you can find on this site to convert to the imp format, so that increases the selection dramatically.

Ervserver · 09-30-2008, 11:38 PM

Hello ficbot

Seabound · 10-01-2008, 01:07 AM

Halloooo gizmodiva!

09-28-2008, 07:47 PM	#1
ficbot Wizard Posts: 2,409 Karma: 4132096 Join Date: Sep 2008 Device: Kindle Paperwhite/iOS Kindle App	Saying hi I am a long-time ebook reader going back to the Palm days. I got an eBookwise last year, loved it, still enjoy it for reading at home. But I don't like the lack of new releases for it, and most of them are 'secure' with the dumbest DRM scheme ever, where you cannot move them to a new device even if you buy it from them! Plus it is a bit bulky to carry around. So, while I am still using it at home, I have bought an iPod Touch to streamline my life a little and leave me with fewer devices to carry around I am really enjoying reading on the iPod Touch and am so glad I bought it. I feel okay about buying new books from Fictionwise because you can, even on secure titles, still download an actual file for your computer as a back-up of your purchase. For me, ebooks make better financial sense because I can't keep every paper book I want due to space issues (anyone who has ever moved will understand this!) So what I was doing when I wanted a new book was buying from the used bookstore, reading it and selling it back. I would recoup maybe a dollar or two per book, but that's it. I looked at it the same way you would pay $8 to see a movie. With ebooks I feel like I can keep them all so that is better value, and the ereader format has been around for long enough that I feel it is not a fly by night. And hey, even if they do all become unreadable in ten years, that is still ten years more use out of them I would get over a paperback! So anyway, that's me Hope to get some good recommendations from everyone at this forum about what's good to read!

09-28-2008, 08:13 PM	#2
MickeyC Grand Sorcerer Posts: 16,731 Karma: 12185114 Join Date: Nov 2007 Location: Florida Device: iPhone 6 plus, Sony T1, iPad 3	Hi ya, ficbot and welcome to the Forum. I'm into eBooks for largely the same reason you are...space issues. I've got a Sony 505 and like it a lot.

09-28-2008, 08:43 PM	#3
BookishDreamer Cultural Artist Posts: 1,128 Karma: 12829 Join Date: May 2008 Location: Georgia Device: Sony 505, Kindle 2	Welcome ficbot! Dreamer

09-28-2008, 08:52 PM	#4
Seabound Steerage Class Posts: 711 Karma: 505995 Join Date: Mar 2008 Location: Pacific Northwest, USA Device: Won't fit here anymore, see sig for a list of liseuses.	Hi ficbot! I love the eBookwise also. There are conversion tools which you can find on this site to convert to the imp format, so that increases the selection dramatically.

09-30-2008, 11:38 PM	#5
Ervserver Wizard Posts: 2,624 Karma: 1008294 Join Date: Dec 2007 Location: Iowa, USA Device: Nook Simple Touch	Hello ficbot

10-01-2008, 01:07 AM	#6
Seabound Steerage Class Posts: 711 Karma: 505995 Join Date: Mar 2008 Location: Pacific Northwest, USA Device: Won't fit here anymore, see sig for a list of liseuses.	Halloooo gizmodiva!

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