What was your 1st ebook? - Page 4

yakuzaboss · 02-23-2011, 12:06 PM

The first ebook I read on my Sony was 'Let The Right One In' by John Ajvide Lindqvist.

MarkAdair · 02-23-2011, 09:52 PM

Not to sound too over indulgent but my first ebook was my suspense/thriller. I actually bought the device so I could check it out. By the time I'd played with it for a few days, I'd added another 10 books, starting with Great Expectations followed within minutes by High Fidelity.

The Terminator · 02-23-2011, 10:52 PM

Frankenstein by Mary Shelley was the first E-book I read "A bold Fresh piece of humanity" was the first book I bought

sarah11918 · 02-24-2011, 10:00 AM

Frankenstein is my favourite novel!

The first book I bought was a book I already had at home, but I wouldn't get home before I needed to give a presentation. So I bought "Why Don't Students Like School?" in ebook form.

The first ebook I started to read was "Free Culture" but in all honesty, the first ebook I *finished* was "Math and Sex."

Sweetpea · 02-24-2011, 10:07 AM

I have absolutely no idea, but I do know that the Count of Monte Christo was one of the first. The first I bought, I'd have to look that up.

MarkAdair · 02-24-2011, 12:30 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by sarah11918

Frankenstein is my favourite novel!

The first book I bought was a book I already had at home, but I wouldn't get home before I needed to give a presentation. So I bought "Why Don't Students Like School?" in ebook form.

The first ebook I started to read was "Free Culture" but in all honesty, the first ebook I *finished* was "Math and Sex."

I still remember reading Frankenstein in school. I could feel the mood settling in...great writing.

mountain_lion · 02-24-2011, 12:52 PM

My first eBook was Bel Ami, author Henri Rene Guy De Maupassant. I downloded it a year ago to my computer from the University Library.

astrangerhere · 02-24-2011, 01:07 PM

First Free Book (15 free titles came on my Nook) was Jane Austen's Pride and Prejudice.

First paid book was Alan Bradley's The Sweetness at the Bottom of the Pie.

Purple Lady · 02-24-2011, 08:16 PM

My first ebook was Veracity by Laura Bynum. One of the blurbs about the book was "In the tradition of Margaret Atwood's The Handmaid's Tale" so I just had to have it. I wasn't disapointed.

graycyn · 02-25-2011, 05:10 AM

My first purchased ebook was George R. R. Martin's A Game of Thrones. Couldn't resist, was playing with my Nook to see how shopping worked and there it was, only $4.99. Haven't read it yet in ebook form, but hubby is reading it now. He says there are quite a few OCR errors, sigh.

Ah well, I want to re-read before the TV version comes out and it'll be lots easier to do in ebook form than lugging the hardcover around. Besides, my hardcover is a lucky find first edition, so I wouldn't lug it on the go with me anyway.

First book I actually READ on the Nook was a Google PDF of Jules Verne's Twenty Thousand Leagues Under The Sea, a childhood favorite. Which unfortunately, did not give me a particularly good impression of PDFs or Google's scanned public domain books.

Russell Brooks · 02-25-2011, 07:43 AM

Inside Out, by Barry Eisler.

Kevin2960 · 02-25-2011, 08:06 AM

First PROPER eBook read on a PROPER eReader was by a member of MR,

Catherine Condie, Whirl of the Wheel,

But had previously read several classics on a Nintendo DS on thier 100 Classic Books, the first 2 of those I read were Sherlock Holmes,

Most recently read is by another MR member Maria E Schneider, Executive Sick Days,

eReaders gave back some of the eyesight I'm losing so rapidly, It truly changed my life!

Lo Zeno · 02-25-2011, 09:50 AM

I can't remember which book was the first I read in digital format. I remember that it was a book in HTML form from liberliber.it (a website that collects public domain books in italian, which has always used TXT and HTML as format and only recently adopted ePub), but I really don't remember exactly which one was the first.

DreamWriter · 02-25-2011, 04:35 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Kevin2960

But had previously read several classics on a Nintendo DS on thier 100 Classic Books, the first 2 of those I read were Sherlock Holmes,

Most recently read is by another MR member Maria E Schneider, Executive Sick Days,

eReaders gave back some of the eyesight I'm losing so rapidly, It truly changed my life!

I've had a Nintendo DS for a number of years, and I didn't even know that there was such as thing as "100 Classic Books"! I see that now at Amazon. Now that I have a Kindle I can read all the classics on it, but that's interesting.

It's always so heartwarming to read that eReaders have changed lives, allowing people to read more easily again!

bthrowsnaill · 02-25-2011, 05:33 PM

Zero History by William Gibson. It was pretty good, although I thought I had (for once) figured out where he was going with the story about midway through. I was wrong, of course (although I think I liked my ending better...).

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02-23-2011, 12:06 PM	#46
yakuzaboss Groupie Posts: 171 Karma: 58 Join Date: Aug 2010 Location: Richmond, BC Device: Sony PRS-650	The first ebook I read on my Sony was 'Let The Right One In' by John Ajvide Lindqvist.

02-23-2011, 09:52 PM	#47
MarkAdair Writer The Father's Child Posts: 40 Karma: 50000 Join Date: Feb 2011 Location: Northern California Device: Kindle	Not to sound too over indulgent but my first ebook was my suspense/thriller. I actually bought the device so I could check it out. By the time I'd played with it for a few days, I'd added another 10 books, starting with Great Expectations followed within minutes by High Fidelity.

02-23-2011, 10:52 PM	#48
The Terminator Retired Posts: 2,552 Karma: 37638420 Join Date: Nov 2010 Location: Vancouver Island Canada Device: Kobo Touch, Optimus One (2.3), Nexus 7 (4.2)	Frankenstein by Mary Shelley was the first E-book I read "A bold Fresh piece of humanity" was the first book I bought

02-24-2011, 10:00 AM	#49
sarah11918 Tablet Enthusiast Posts: 335 Karma: 30400 Join Date: Jan 2010 Location: Canada Device: Kobo Aura One (formerly: Asus Eee Note, enTourage eDGe EE, Nokia N810)	Frankenstein is my favourite novel! The first book I bought was a book I already had at home, but I wouldn't get home before I needed to give a presentation. So I bought "Why Don't Students Like School?" in ebook form. The first ebook I started to read was "Free Culture" but in all honesty, the first ebook I finished was "Math and Sex."

02-24-2011, 10:07 AM	#50
Sweetpea Grand Sorcerer Posts: 9,707 Karma: 32763414 Join Date: Dec 2008 Location: Krewerd Device: Pocketbook Inkpad 4 Color; Samsung Galaxy Tab S6	I have absolutely no idea, but I do know that the Count of Monte Christo was one of the first. The first I bought, I'd have to look that up.

02-24-2011, 12:52 PM	#52
mountain_lion Addict Posts: 232 Karma: 543882 Join Date: Jan 2011 Location: Puerto Rico Device: fbreader, Kindle	My first eBook was Bel Ami, author Henri Rene Guy De Maupassant. I downloded it a year ago to my computer from the University Library.

02-24-2011, 01:07 PM	#53
astrangerhere Professor of Law Posts: 3,755 Karma: 68428716 Join Date: Sep 2010 Location: Chapel Hill, NC Device: Kobo Elipsa, Kobo Libra H20, Kobo Aura One, KoboMini	First Free Book (15 free titles came on my Nook) was Jane Austen's Pride and Prejudice. First paid book was Alan Bradley's The Sweetness at the Bottom of the Pie.

02-24-2011, 08:16 PM	#54
Purple Lady Grand Sorcerer Posts: 5,698 Karma: 16542228 Join Date: Feb 2010 Location: Pennsylvania Device: Huawei MediaPad M5, LG V30, Boyue T80S, Nexus 7 LTE, K3 3G, Fire HD8	My first ebook was Veracity by Laura Bynum. One of the blurbs about the book was "In the tradition of Margaret Atwood's The Handmaid's Tale" so I just had to have it. I wasn't disapointed.

02-25-2011, 05:10 AM	#55
graycyn Wizard Posts: 1,591 Karma: 11722446 Join Date: Aug 2010 Location: NE Oregon Device: Kobo Sage, Pocketbook Era, Kobo Forma, Kindle Oasis 2	My first purchased ebook was George R. R. Martin's A Game of Thrones. Couldn't resist, was playing with my Nook to see how shopping worked and there it was, only $4.99. Haven't read it yet in ebook form, but hubby is reading it now. He says there are quite a few OCR errors, sigh. Ah well, I want to re-read before the TV version comes out and it'll be lots easier to do in ebook form than lugging the hardcover around. Besides, my hardcover is a lucky find first edition, so I wouldn't lug it on the go with me anyway. First book I actually READ on the Nook was a Google PDF of Jules Verne's Twenty Thousand Leagues Under The Sea, a childhood favorite. Which unfortunately, did not give me a particularly good impression of PDFs or Google's scanned public domain books.

02-25-2011, 07:43 AM	#56
Russell Brooks Fanatic Posts: 538 Karma: 569642 Join Date: Oct 2009 Location: Montreal, Quebec Device: none	Inside Out, by Barry Eisler.

02-25-2011, 08:06 AM	#57
Kevin2960 YODA's Uglier Twin Posts: 974 Karma: 6295251 Join Date: Feb 2010 Location: Leicester, UK Device: PRS-600 and 2 Kindle 3's - and now a K4 + HTC Desire HD	First PROPER eBook read on a PROPER eReader was by a member of MR, Catherine Condie, Whirl of the Wheel, But had previously read several classics on a Nintendo DS on thier 100 Classic Books, the first 2 of those I read were Sherlock Holmes, Most recently read is by another MR member Maria E Schneider, Executive Sick Days, eReaders gave back some of the eyesight I'm losing so rapidly, It truly changed my life!

02-25-2011, 09:50 AM	#58
Lo Zeno Addict Posts: 202 Karma: 4379 Join Date: May 2009 Location: Italy Device: Hanlin V3 (with lBook firmware & OpenInkPot)	I can't remember which book was the first I read in digital format. I remember that it was a book in HTML form from liberliber.it (a website that collects public domain books in italian, which has always used TXT and HTML as format and only recently adopted ePub), but I really don't remember exactly which one was the first.

02-25-2011, 05:33 PM	#60
bthrowsnaill Dreamer Posts: 112 Karma: 501282 Join Date: Sep 2010 Location: Philadelphia, PA Device: kindle	Zero History by William Gibson. It was pretty good, although I thought I had (for once) figured out where he was going with the story about midway through. I was wrong, of course (although I think I liked my ending better...).