Fox: How to Get Free eBooks

[J. Strnad]

The general public, for the most part, still doesn't understand what an ereader is. Kindle, Nook, iPad, etc., it's all the same for a lot of people.

So a simple message like "You can check out ebooks at the library" is news to many people. The technical details hardly matter. If that basic concept can get out there, it's a service.

I'm much more annoyed by the articles that talk about ereading, when the only device they've ever read on is an iPad.

[Provenzano]

Originally Posted by Joshua.P

I think there would be more people just pirating the books, rather than getting them from the library.

Like the song goes:

I'm an expert getting free stuff /
my friends call me Sir Francis Drake

[wizwor]

Originally Posted by fjtorres

Uh, guys: the point is the Fox article is riddled with sloppy errors and dated information.

I read the article. The point is that someone is informing others that it is possible to get free e-books from the local public library.

Originally Posted by fjtorres

But if you're going to write about library ebooks you should know enough to know that Kindle is no longer the only one that can get them direct from the library. (Sony for one can do it. Any Android tablet or iPxx, too.)

It is neither necessary nor common for a how-to article to cover ever possible scenario. It's entirely OK for someone to post an article describing a (not every) process for using a (not every) gadget.

Originally Posted by fjtorres

a lot of media outlets tend to think regurgitated press releases or faintly veiled advertising can substitute for actual technology reporting.

I read the article. It was none of this.

[SeaKing]

Originally Posted by DiapDealer

Those who consistently rush to a particular news outlet's defense are just as annoying as those who need to be the first to detract. Both of those positions are overfilled—not to mention interchangeable and disposable.

I, on the other hand, despise all corporate news outlets equally.

This particular news item?? Definitely outdated and not all that useful, but not utterly ridiculous. Pretty much par for the course for any of the big boys, I'd say.


Yes, but for a brief moment, the Kindle was the only device able to borrow library books without needing a computer to download/transfer. Not true anymore of course, but I think "direct from the library" was the only point being addressed right there. But I won't pretend to speak for someone else.

I am sure others besides myself are in AWE at the lofty stratospheric despising position you have painstakingly ascended to.
On the other hand,you might want to descend before the winter storms come because I for one no longer do bad weather winter mountain rescues. The cold kills my fingers. Arthritis.

[RolandD]

Originally Posted by wizwor

I read the article. The point is that someone is informing others that it is possible to get free e-books from the local public library.

It is neither necessary nor common for a how-to article to cover ever possible scenario. It's entirely OK for someone to post an article describing a (not every) process for using a (not every) gadget.

I read the article. It was none of this.

You are correct on every point, but it would be nice if the article wasn't written to a third grade reading level and didn't contain obvious grammar and spelling errors that should have been corrected before publication.

[VaporPunk]

Originally Posted by SeaKing

This must be a slow news day.

edited--
Oh, no! It is just the usual noise from Fox detractors.

It might be of interest to some that Fox has 50% more viewers than MSNBC and CNN together.

Justin Beiber sold more records than Lou Reed, Tom Petty, & Bob Dylan combined last year. That don't make him more talented

[DiapDealer]

Originally Posted by SeaKing

I am sure others besides myself are in AWE at the lofty stratospheric despising position you have painstakingly ascended to.
On the other hand,you might want to descend before the winter storms come because I for one no longer do bad weather winter mountain rescues. The cold kills my fingers. Arthritis.

Appreciate the concern. Totally unwarranted though as I of course had the foresight to prepare for the future before making the final painstaking ascent to my lofty, mountain despite respite. I even have fire. Stop in and thaw those frigid digits with a hot cup of cocoa anytime. I only avoid sycophants and hard-core detractors... not regular ol' humans.

[SeaKing]

Originally Posted by VaporPunk

Justin Beiber sold more records than Lou Reed, Tom Petty, & Bob Dylan combined last year. That don't make him more talented

Ah my friend. Remember it is all in the eyes of the beholder. If you stood in the street in front of the entrance to a Beiber concert, clad only in your sheet, wearing your long beard, holding high a placard proclaiming the above, you would soon be stampeded over by throngs of nubile young maids.

Of course that experience could be exciting for an old guy like me.

I prefer Dylan, Cash and Waylon myself, and I have substantial beard, but alas no spare sheet.