Official "I still love it" thread - Page 2

ZenEngineer · 09-22-2008, 03:13 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by zelda_pinwheel

around here we call it a liseuse.

Reading Lamp?

seajewel · 09-22-2008, 03:36 PM

505 owner. Still love it. But I cried a little when I saw the red 505 in store. Beautiful color, cover and device.

DrMoze · 09-22-2008, 04:04 PM

Still loving my 505, after about 10 months. (Had a 500 before that, which my SO is still loving!) I have purchased about 30 ebooks from Sony (incl. a few bundles) and have found tons of other free books (thanks largely to this site!).

Cool gadgetry and a bit of hacking aside, what I really love about my Reader is I have been reading for fun so much more now than in quite a long time. Through grade school until college, I always had a paperback with me, every day, and went through several books per week. Things changed over time, with college, other activities, and then the (regrettable?) onset of websurfing and a subsequent lowering of my reading attention span.

But now I'm back to getting immersed in lots of good old novels and stories. The convenience is great, and somehow the Reader just got me reading again! (I also do have a small pile of p-books on the reading list!)

Availability of ebooks from the local library is also a big plus, if I ever get through my current reading list!

DojoPat · 09-22-2008, 04:17 PM

I had a PRS-500 last year but rarely used it - the contrast was poor, and the buttons were difficult to use.

But once I upgraded to the 505 I became a true convert :-)

I use it every day on the NY subway and love it. So much so, that I have started to give away all my old hardbacks/paperbacks to free up space
in my small apartment.

The 505 has also cured me of my old bibliomania problem. Finally I can walk
past a used-book store without feeling compelled to go inside and waste
an hour hunting for books that would clutter up my home. Yippee!!

astra · 09-22-2008, 04:30 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by DojoPat

Finally I can walk
past a used-book store without feeling compelled to go inside and waste
an hour hunting for books that would clutter up my home. Yippee!!

Doh! How could I forgot about it? So true!

zelda_pinwheel · 09-22-2008, 06:18 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by ZenEngineer

Reading Lamp?

heh... either you speak a bit of french, or you know how to use a bilingual dictionary...

actually "liseuse" has many definitions already (so what's one more, right ?) and has already been launched in french by some bloggers as a generic name, and in a thread where we were brainstorming about what a good generic name would be it was adopted by a few people as a "borrowed into english" word (it's nicer than "device" or the french equivalent of "device"). we already have converts on all continents (including australia).

liseuse : first mr, then the world !!!

NatCh · 09-22-2008, 06:26 PM

Antarctica?

zelda_pinwheel · 09-22-2008, 06:39 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by NatCh

Antarctica?

you haven't met the ebook-reading penguin who hangs out around here ?

NatCh · 09-22-2008, 06:40 PM

Um -- he don' hang 'round here no more, remember?

zelda_pinwheel · 09-22-2008, 06:44 PM

not that one. a nice one. who uses the word "liseuse" correctly.

NatCh · 09-22-2008, 06:46 PM

Oh that one!

Okay, fine, I'll give you Antarctica, then.

zelda_pinwheel · 09-22-2008, 06:48 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by NatCh

Oh that one!

Okay, fine, I'll give you Antarctica, then.

thank you, kind sir. very big of you.

NatCh · 09-22-2008, 06:51 PM

Hey, I didn't gain that much weight in France!

zelda_pinwheel · 09-22-2008, 06:52 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by NatCh

Hey, I didn't gain that much weight in France!

...says the guy distributing armadillo droppings to us !!!! we had more to worry about than you...

NatCh · 09-22-2008, 06:54 PM

I think I've still got a few of those around here somewhere.

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09-22-2008, 03:36 PM	#17
seajewel Fanatic Posts: 589 Karma: 1451235 Join Date: Jun 2008 Device: Sony PRS-505, Sony PRS-950	505 owner. Still love it. But I cried a little when I saw the red 505 in store. Beautiful color, cover and device.

09-22-2008, 04:04 PM	#18
DrMoze Booknut Posts: 860 Karma: 2852 Join Date: Jul 2007 Location: West Palm Beach, Florida! Device: Sony Reader 500/505/300/350, Nook Glowlight Plus (6")	Still loving my 505, after about 10 months. (Had a 500 before that, which my SO is still loving!) I have purchased about 30 ebooks from Sony (incl. a few bundles) and have found tons of other free books (thanks largely to this site!). Cool gadgetry and a bit of hacking aside, what I really love about my Reader is I have been reading for fun so much more now than in quite a long time. Through grade school until college, I always had a paperback with me, every day, and went through several books per week. Things changed over time, with college, other activities, and then the (regrettable?) onset of websurfing and a subsequent lowering of my reading attention span. But now I'm back to getting immersed in lots of good old novels and stories. The convenience is great, and somehow the Reader just got me reading again! (I also do have a small pile of p-books on the reading list!) Availability of ebooks from the local library is also a big plus, if I ever get through my current reading list!

09-22-2008, 04:17 PM	#19
DojoPat literature lover Posts: 62 Karma: 82 Join Date: Aug 2007 Location: New York Device: Sony Ereader PRS-505 & PRS-300	I had a PRS-500 last year but rarely used it - the contrast was poor, and the buttons were difficult to use. But once I upgraded to the 505 I became a true convert :-) I use it every day on the NY subway and love it. So much so, that I have started to give away all my old hardbacks/paperbacks to free up space in my small apartment. The 505 has also cured me of my old bibliomania problem. Finally I can walk past a used-book store without feeling compelled to go inside and waste an hour hunting for books that would clutter up my home. Yippee!!

09-22-2008, 06:26 PM	#22
NatCh Gizmologist Posts: 11,615 Karma: 929550 Join Date: Jan 2006 Location: Republic of Texas Embassy at Jackson, TN Device: Pocketbook Touch HD3	Antarctica?

09-22-2008, 06:40 PM	#24
NatCh Gizmologist Posts: 11,615 Karma: 929550 Join Date: Jan 2006 Location: Republic of Texas Embassy at Jackson, TN Device: Pocketbook Touch HD3	Um -- he don' hang 'round here no more, remember?

09-22-2008, 06:44 PM	#25
zelda_pinwheel zeldinha zippy zeldissima Posts: 27,827 Karma: 921169 Join Date: Dec 2007 Location: Paris, France Device: eb1150 & is that a nook in her pocket, or she just happy to see you?	not that one. a nice one. who uses the word "liseuse" correctly.

09-22-2008, 06:46 PM	#26
NatCh Gizmologist Posts: 11,615 Karma: 929550 Join Date: Jan 2006 Location: Republic of Texas Embassy at Jackson, TN Device: Pocketbook Touch HD3	Oh that one! Okay, fine, I'll give you Antarctica, then.

09-22-2008, 06:51 PM	#28
NatCh Gizmologist Posts: 11,615 Karma: 929550 Join Date: Jan 2006 Location: Republic of Texas Embassy at Jackson, TN Device: Pocketbook Touch HD3	Hey, I didn't gain that much weight in France!

09-22-2008, 06:54 PM	#30
NatCh Gizmologist Posts: 11,615 Karma: 929550 Join Date: Jan 2006 Location: Republic of Texas Embassy at Jackson, TN Device: Pocketbook Touch HD3	I think I've still got a few of those around here somewhere.