Hello out there!

bridgetostars · 09-14-2010, 03:03 PM

Hi everyone, I've been creepy-lurking for a while now, gleaning useful bits of info here and there, and enjoying that immensely, but I suppose it's time now to actually pop out and say hello!

I guess basics are... I'm a 23 year old lady (... wait, I am no lady) living in Kentucky. Also, I ramble!

Well, I'm very new to eBooks and eBook readers, although ever since the Kindle came out, I eyed it lustily, but alas, I was but a poor college student then, and they were so very expensive. (Now I'm a poor post-college student... much better!

) Anyway, it kinda fell to the wayside, and I don't even know exactly how, but I stumbled across something about the B&N Nook about 2 months ago, and the price had just dropped and a wi-fi only version was released, so I decided to splurge, and I really can't see myself going back.

I do still read a few paper books, but mostly just ones I can't find in ebook form, and then, I'll just check them out of the library. I've never been a very acquisitive person in general, even with books, as much as I love them. I digress... I do find I prefer to read on my nook, which doesn't really surprise me, as I'm a bit of a gadget-geek as well as a reading-geek. I've really enjoyed learning as much as I can about formats and DRM issues and Calibre and free ebooks and alll that good stuff. I read a bit of everything, I was reading only nonfiction for quite a bit about varied things, but right now I'm really on a fantasy binge.

I guess that wraps things up!

happy_terd · 09-14-2010, 04:33 PM

Hello and welcome to MR!!!

rlparker · 09-14-2010, 05:43 PM

Hi bridgetostars, welcome to MR!

Yeah, I don't buy/read p-books anymore if I can help it. Don't get me started about the quality of the materials that p-book publishers use. Did you ever buy a p-book and they were trying to save a penny so they printed right down almost to the binding so you could hardly read it without cracking the spine open? Gosh.

I like your avatar--anything that you're willing to share about it's significance?

TGS · 09-14-2010, 06:10 PM

Hello bridgetostars and welcome to Mobileread

bridgetostars · 09-14-2010, 06:39 PM

Hey everyone! Thanks for the welcome.

Yeah, rlparker, another part of the reason I switched to ebooks was because if I ever had any money to spend on books, which was rare, it was invariably a mass-market paperback. I have no qualms about spine breaking, etc. so invariably they look like crap when I'm done with them, and it really bugs me that the paper quality is so poor compared to more expensive versions (silly, I know, but there it is). I'd never noticed really why it was that I was cracking the spines, but now that I flip through a few, I can blame it on the publishers! Haha. I really like the idea of having a more-permanent, less-mess-up-able copy, as long as I back up my data.

Thanks about my avatar. It's just a pattern I grabbed from a site [http://everydayicons.jp/patterns.html] that I liked the looks up. No deeper meaning, really! I love patterns, and kinda stockpile awesome looking ones when I find them.

durkinrobinson · 09-14-2010, 06:45 PM

Hi and welcome.

MickeyC · 09-14-2010, 08:41 PM

Hi bridgetostars and welcome to mobileRead

ImogenRose · 09-14-2010, 11:25 PM

Hello and welcome to MR!

Imogen

GeoffC · 09-15-2010, 12:56 AM

Welcome to mobileread ....

neilmarr · 09-15-2010, 06:30 AM

Good to have your new company, Bridgetostars. Best wishes. Neil

Javed · 09-15-2010, 08:44 AM

Hello bridgetostars and welcome to MobileRead!

CaraM · 09-15-2010, 01:13 PM

Hello and welcome. I'm new to ereaders too. I got my first Kindle yesterday.

09-14-2010, 03:03 PM	#1
bridgetostars Member Posts: 19 Karma: 2998 Join Date: Aug 2010 Location: Kentucky, USA Device: Nook	Hello out there! Hi everyone, I've been creepy-lurking for a while now, gleaning useful bits of info here and there, and enjoying that immensely, but I suppose it's time now to actually pop out and say hello! I guess basics are... I'm a 23 year old lady (... wait, I am no lady) living in Kentucky. Also, I ramble! Well, I'm very new to eBooks and eBook readers, although ever since the Kindle came out, I eyed it lustily, but alas, I was but a poor college student then, and they were so very expensive. (Now I'm a poor post-college student... much better! ) Anyway, it kinda fell to the wayside, and I don't even know exactly how, but I stumbled across something about the B&N Nook about 2 months ago, and the price had just dropped and a wi-fi only version was released, so I decided to splurge, and I really can't see myself going back. I do still read a few paper books, but mostly just ones I can't find in ebook form, and then, I'll just check them out of the library. I've never been a very acquisitive person in general, even with books, as much as I love them. I digress... I do find I prefer to read on my nook, which doesn't really surprise me, as I'm a bit of a gadget-geek as well as a reading-geek. I've really enjoyed learning as much as I can about formats and DRM issues and Calibre and free ebooks and alll that good stuff. I read a bit of everything, I was reading only nonfiction for quite a bit about varied things, but right now I'm really on a fantasy binge. I guess that wraps things up!

09-14-2010, 04:33 PM	#2
happy_terd Banned Posts: 13,045 Karma: 10105011 Join Date: Jan 2010 Location: Finally made it to Walmart. Device: PRS 420	Hello and welcome to MR!!!

09-14-2010, 05:43 PM	#3
rlparker Ars longa Posts: 1,179 Karma: 17404 Join Date: Sep 2008 Location: north carolina, usa Device: Kindle K1, K3 wifi	Hi bridgetostars, welcome to MR! Yeah, I don't buy/read p-books anymore if I can help it. Don't get me started about the quality of the materials that p-book publishers use. Did you ever buy a p-book and they were trying to save a penny so they printed right down almost to the binding so you could hardly read it without cracking the spine open? Gosh. I like your avatar--anything that you're willing to share about it's significance?

09-14-2010, 06:10 PM	#4
TGS Country Member Posts: 9,058 Karma: 7676767 Join Date: Feb 2010 Location: Denmark Device: Liseuse: Irex DR800. PRS 505 in the house, and the missus has an iPad.	Hello bridgetostars and welcome to Mobileread

09-14-2010, 06:39 PM	#5
bridgetostars Member Posts: 19 Karma: 2998 Join Date: Aug 2010 Location: Kentucky, USA Device: Nook	Hey everyone! Thanks for the welcome. Yeah, rlparker, another part of the reason I switched to ebooks was because if I ever had any money to spend on books, which was rare, it was invariably a mass-market paperback. I have no qualms about spine breaking, etc. so invariably they look like crap when I'm done with them, and it really bugs me that the paper quality is so poor compared to more expensive versions (silly, I know, but there it is). I'd never noticed really why it was that I was cracking the spines, but now that I flip through a few, I can blame it on the publishers! Haha. I really like the idea of having a more-permanent, less-mess-up-able copy, as long as I back up my data. Thanks about my avatar. It's just a pattern I grabbed from a site [http://everydayicons.jp/patterns.html] that I liked the looks up. No deeper meaning, really! I love patterns, and kinda stockpile awesome looking ones when I find them.

09-14-2010, 06:45 PM	#6
durkinrobinson Lovechild Posts: 90 Karma: 100000 Join Date: Sep 2010 Location: Tampa Bay Device: Kindle	Hi and welcome.

09-14-2010, 08:41 PM	#7
MickeyC Grand Sorcerer Posts: 16,731 Karma: 12185114 Join Date: Nov 2007 Location: Florida Device: iPhone 6 plus, Sony T1, iPad 3	Hi bridgetostars and welcome to mobileRead

09-14-2010, 11:25 PM	#8
ImogenRose PORTAL Posts: 7,204 Karma: 2884640 Join Date: Apr 2010 Device: Kindle 1, Kindle 3 (3G), iPhone	Hello and welcome to MR! Imogen

09-15-2010, 12:56 AM	#9
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 ....

09-15-2010, 06:30 AM	#10
neilmarr neilmarr Posts: 7,215 Karma: 6000059 Join Date: Apr 2009 Location: Monaco-Menton, France Device: sony	Good to have your new company, Bridgetostars. Best wishes. Neil

09-15-2010, 08:44 AM	#11
Javed Grand Sorcerer Posts: 10,270 Karma: 1126878541 Join Date: Oct 2009 Device: Astak Pocket PRO, iPod Touch, PRS-650	Hello bridgetostars and welcome to MobileRead!

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09-15-2010, 01:13 PM	#12
CaraM Guru Posts: 924 Karma: 1000000 Join Date: Aug 2010 Device: Kindle	Hello and welcome. I'm new to ereaders too. I got my first Kindle yesterday.