MobileRead Forums
Register Guidelines E-Books Search Today's Posts Mark Forums Read

Go Back   MobileRead Forums > Miscellaneous > Introduce Yourself
Reload this Page Hello from a cold and foggy UK

Notices

Reply
 
Thread Tools Search this Thread
Old 01-09-2009, 03:35 PM   #1
Chris P Bacon
Junior Member
Chris P Bacon will become famous soon enoughChris P Bacon will become famous soon enoughChris P Bacon will become famous soon enoughChris P Bacon will become famous soon enoughChris P Bacon will become famous soon enoughChris P Bacon will become famous soon enough
 
Posts: 8
Karma: 558
Join Date: Jan 2009
Device: Sony Reader
Smile Hello from a cold and foggy UK
Just popped up to say hello.
Have been dithering over whether or not to take the plunge and buy an e-reader for ages.
Received a Sony PRS 505 yesterday as a late present from my wife.
My constant dropping hints must have finally paid off.
I read lots of stuff but mainly British crime fiction.
Am a bit ( a lot actually) of a gadget addict so am looking forward to getting to know the e-reader and Calibre over the coming weeks.
Cheers
Chris
Chris P Bacon is offline   Reply With Quote
Old 01-09-2009, 03:40 PM   #2
ShortNCuddlyAm
WWHALD
ShortNCuddlyAm ought to be getting tired of karma fortunes by now.ShortNCuddlyAm ought to be getting tired of karma fortunes by now.ShortNCuddlyAm ought to be getting tired of karma fortunes by now.ShortNCuddlyAm ought to be getting tired of karma fortunes by now.ShortNCuddlyAm ought to be getting tired of karma fortunes by now.ShortNCuddlyAm ought to be getting tired of karma fortunes by now.ShortNCuddlyAm ought to be getting tired of karma fortunes by now.ShortNCuddlyAm ought to be getting tired of karma fortunes by now.ShortNCuddlyAm ought to be getting tired of karma fortunes by now.ShortNCuddlyAm ought to be getting tired of karma fortunes by now.ShortNCuddlyAm ought to be getting tired of karma fortunes by now.
 
ShortNCuddlyAm's Avatar
 
Posts: 7,879
Karma: 337114
Join Date: Sep 2008
Location: Mitcham, Surrey, UK
Device: iPad. Selling my silver 505 here
Welcome to the forums - I'm sure you'll love the 505
ShortNCuddlyAm is offline   Reply With Quote
Old 01-09-2009, 06:22 PM   #3
Elsi
Wizard
Elsi is a glorious beacon of lightElsi is a glorious beacon of lightElsi is a glorious beacon of lightElsi is a glorious beacon of lightElsi is a glorious beacon of lightElsi is a glorious beacon of lightElsi is a glorious beacon of lightElsi is a glorious beacon of lightElsi is a glorious beacon of lightElsi is a glorious beacon of lightElsi is a glorious beacon of light
 
Elsi's Avatar
 
Posts: 2,366
Karma: 12000
Join Date: Jan 2008
Location: Texas, USA
Device: Kindle; Sony PRS 505; Blackberry 8700C
Welcome to MobileRead. If you're like most of us, you'll find too many books to read on your Sony reader. I mean, we have over one thousand titles for Sony reader which can be downloaded for free. Just check out the Sony books forum. And some of these are mysteries written by British authors -- John Buchan is definitely one of those.
Elsi is offline   Reply With Quote
Old 01-10-2009, 12:18 AM   #4
Ervserver
Wizard
Ervserver ought to be getting tired of karma fortunes by now.Ervserver ought to be getting tired of karma fortunes by now.Ervserver ought to be getting tired of karma fortunes by now.Ervserver ought to be getting tired of karma fortunes by now.Ervserver ought to be getting tired of karma fortunes by now.Ervserver ought to be getting tired of karma fortunes by now.Ervserver ought to be getting tired of karma fortunes by now.Ervserver ought to be getting tired of karma fortunes by now.Ervserver ought to be getting tired of karma fortunes by now.Ervserver ought to be getting tired of karma fortunes by now.Ervserver ought to be getting tired of karma fortunes by now.
 
Ervserver's Avatar
 
Posts: 2,624
Karma: 1008294
Join Date: Dec 2007
Location: Iowa, USA
Device: Nook Simple Touch
Hello Chris
Ervserver is offline   Reply With Quote
Old 01-10-2009, 03:00 AM   #5
montsnmags
Grand Sorcerer
montsnmags ought to be getting tired of karma fortunes by now.montsnmags ought to be getting tired of karma fortunes by now.montsnmags ought to be getting tired of karma fortunes by now.montsnmags ought to be getting tired of karma fortunes by now.montsnmags ought to be getting tired of karma fortunes by now.montsnmags ought to be getting tired of karma fortunes by now.montsnmags ought to be getting tired of karma fortunes by now.montsnmags ought to be getting tired of karma fortunes by now.montsnmags ought to be getting tired of karma fortunes by now.montsnmags ought to be getting tired of karma fortunes by now.montsnmags ought to be getting tired of karma fortunes by now.
 
Posts: 10,155
Karma: 4632658
Join Date: Nov 2007
Device: none
"Chris P Bacon".... Too funny.

Welcome aboard, Chris. Congrats on the pressie. I expect you're loving it already.

Cheers,
Marc
montsnmags is offline   Reply With Quote
Old 01-10-2009, 07:43 AM   #6
MickeyC
Grand Sorcerer
MickeyC ought to be getting tired of karma fortunes by now.MickeyC ought to be getting tired of karma fortunes by now.MickeyC ought to be getting tired of karma fortunes by now.MickeyC ought to be getting tired of karma fortunes by now.MickeyC ought to be getting tired of karma fortunes by now.MickeyC ought to be getting tired of karma fortunes by now.MickeyC ought to be getting tired of karma fortunes by now.MickeyC ought to be getting tired of karma fortunes by now.MickeyC ought to be getting tired of karma fortunes by now.MickeyC ought to be getting tired of karma fortunes by now.MickeyC ought to be getting tired of karma fortunes by now.
 
MickeyC's Avatar
 
Posts: 16,731
Karma: 12185114
Join Date: Nov 2007
Location: Florida
Device: iPhone 6 plus, Sony T1, iPad 3
Hi Chris and welcome to the Forum. 'Cold and foggy UK'. Sounds like things haven't changed

Anyway, enjoy your new toy. I got a 505 a year ago and am addicted to it.
MickeyC is offline   Reply With Quote
Old 01-10-2009, 01:30 PM   #7
jillam
Junior Member
jillam began at the beginning.
 
Posts: 1
Karma: 10
Join Date: Jan 2009
Location: lincoln england
Device: sony
Hello - also in v cold and foggy uk; received my ereader for Christmas and seem to be spending more time reading than ever. Could be the attraction of new gadget or the weather (sitting with cat in front of fire). Got a waterstones voucher with mine and am reading Stephen Booth (8th book in crime series), recommend them if you enjoy that genre. Found this forum when looking for Little Dorrit which I read over Christmas week whilst everyone else ill and therefore not expecting usual meal service (which activity usually occupies most of my time).
jillam is offline   Reply With Quote
Old 01-10-2009, 02:44 PM   #8
Chris P Bacon
Junior Member
Chris P Bacon will become famous soon enoughChris P Bacon will become famous soon enoughChris P Bacon will become famous soon enoughChris P Bacon will become famous soon enoughChris P Bacon will become famous soon enoughChris P Bacon will become famous soon enough
 
Posts: 8
Karma: 558
Join Date: Jan 2009
Device: Sony Reader
Hi,
Thank you all for the warm welcome.
John Buchan is a favourite of mine. I also have a Stephen Booth in paper format on my to be read pile. (I think it is Black Dog).
I have already found one of the drawbacks of e reading.
I have just spent £6 on downloading a book which I realised about 3 pages in I have aleady read.Ho hum.
Anyway I have a couple of paper books I got for Christmas that I need to get through before I can apply myself fully to my new toy.
I have to add my agreement that it seems a bit harsh (as my 12 year old son would say) that we are expected to pay the same for an e book as for a paper copy. I am thinking that is you buy the paper copy perhaps you could get some sort of a code to download the e version.
But then again they seem to love selling us things we already own. Just look how many of us buy CDs of albums we owned on vinyl. I always think that if you bought a vinyl copy you should at least get a discount on the CD as you have already bouhht the copyright once.
Right well rant over and I will get back to my reading.
Cheers all
Chris
Chris P Bacon is offline   Reply With Quote
Old 01-10-2009, 08:38 PM   #9
MickeyC
Grand Sorcerer
MickeyC ought to be getting tired of karma fortunes by now.MickeyC ought to be getting tired of karma fortunes by now.MickeyC ought to be getting tired of karma fortunes by now.MickeyC ought to be getting tired of karma fortunes by now.MickeyC ought to be getting tired of karma fortunes by now.MickeyC ought to be getting tired of karma fortunes by now.MickeyC ought to be getting tired of karma fortunes by now.MickeyC ought to be getting tired of karma fortunes by now.MickeyC ought to be getting tired of karma fortunes by now.MickeyC ought to be getting tired of karma fortunes by now.MickeyC ought to be getting tired of karma fortunes by now.
 
MickeyC's Avatar
 
Posts: 16,731
Karma: 12185114
Join Date: Nov 2007
Location: Florida
Device: iPhone 6 plus, Sony T1, iPad 3
Quote:
Originally Posted by Chris P Bacon View Post
Hi,

I have just spent £6 on downloading a book which I realised about 3 pages in I have aleady read.Ho hum.

Chris
To avoid exactly this sort of mistake, I designed a database to track what I've read and also to show my Wish List. And I posted a copy of it here https://www.mobileread.com/forums/sho...360#post324360

Take a look and see if it'll be useful to you
MickeyC is offline   Reply With Quote
Old 01-10-2009, 08:43 PM   #10
ShortNCuddlyAm
WWHALD
ShortNCuddlyAm ought to be getting tired of karma fortunes by now.ShortNCuddlyAm ought to be getting tired of karma fortunes by now.ShortNCuddlyAm ought to be getting tired of karma fortunes by now.ShortNCuddlyAm ought to be getting tired of karma fortunes by now.ShortNCuddlyAm ought to be getting tired of karma fortunes by now.ShortNCuddlyAm ought to be getting tired of karma fortunes by now.ShortNCuddlyAm ought to be getting tired of karma fortunes by now.ShortNCuddlyAm ought to be getting tired of karma fortunes by now.ShortNCuddlyAm ought to be getting tired of karma fortunes by now.ShortNCuddlyAm ought to be getting tired of karma fortunes by now.ShortNCuddlyAm ought to be getting tired of karma fortunes by now.
 
ShortNCuddlyAm's Avatar
 
Posts: 7,879
Karma: 337114
Join Date: Sep 2008
Location: Mitcham, Surrey, UK
Device: iPad. Selling my silver 505 here
If it's a book I've read in paper I don't mind if I then get it as an ebook
ShortNCuddlyAm is offline   Reply With Quote
Old 01-11-2009, 02:02 PM   #11
Chris P Bacon
Junior Member
Chris P Bacon will become famous soon enoughChris P Bacon will become famous soon enoughChris P Bacon will become famous soon enoughChris P Bacon will become famous soon enoughChris P Bacon will become famous soon enoughChris P Bacon will become famous soon enough
 
Posts: 8
Karma: 558
Join Date: Jan 2009
Device: Sony Reader
Thanks Cassidym. I'll check it out.
Chris P Bacon is offline   Reply With Quote
Reply

« Previous Thread | Next Thread »
Thread Tools Search this Thread
Search this Thread:

Advanced Search

Forum Jump

Similar Threads
Thread Thread Starter Forum Replies Last Post
Hello from the cold north Snufkin Introduce Yourself 15 10-25-2010 05:00 PM
Reader okay after being in cold? ficbot Sony Reader 3 12-31-2009 07:59 AM
How cold is it where you are roughly? AprilHare Lounge 25 07-07-2009 02:46 AM
Cold Fusion Dr. Drib Lounge 1 10-15-2008 02:09 PM
Greetings from the Cold Lady L Introduce Yourself 5 03-01-2008 04:07 PM


All times are GMT -4. The time now is 02:42 AM.

Contact Us - FAQ - Guidelines - Privacy - Top

MobileRead.com is a privately owned, operated and funded community.