Shifting back to physical books... - Page 5

rwillmer · 09-14-2013, 06:21 PM

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Originally Posted by Ndaara

Front page came up for me a couple of times, but 504 Gateway Timeout every time I tried a search... Now the front page gives same 504. Sorry we broke your site >< It did work a couple of days ago!!

I love that you're using it! Please try to break it again... it's working for me now.. (had a problem on one of the nodes, I've rebooted it!)

Katsunami · 09-14-2013, 06:28 PM

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Originally Posted by rwillmer

I love that you're using it! Please try to break it again...

You know that there are some people around here that know computers and websites who might just see that as a challenge to be accepted on a rainy Sunday?

rwillmer · 09-14-2013, 06:33 PM

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Originally Posted by Katsunami

You know that there are some people around here that know computers and websites who might just see that as a challenge to be accepted on a rainy Sunday?

Ah. Ok.

No. please don't try to break it - at least not until I've uploaded the new version (next week sometime...)

But do please try to use it, and tell me of any problems ...

Rachel

Fluribus · 09-14-2013, 09:50 PM

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Originally Posted by FanciFreez

After reading on my ebook readers, with the adjustable font size to fit my eyes, and then going to a BookStore and looking at a pbook, I think wow.. the font is so small.. how can I make font larger to fit my eyes on a pbook?

(buy a magnifying glass?) please advise..

Reading glasses are preferable. I've got a set of Visualites that work very well for me. Not heavy. Don't slip.

For extremely small type, such as some dictionaries I use a dome magnifier. It's not only powerful, but it focuses the ambient light onto the page.

If those don't work for you, get a projector. Go tall, not small. Read your books up on the wall.

Tarana · 09-14-2013, 10:39 PM

No shifting for me. I can't read regular books any longer. The only print pages I still have are for crafts or cooking. They use better type fonts than most books enabling me to continue to be able to read most of them, which is good because most of them are unusable in ebook format. My extended family members have increasing health problems making it difficult for them to use regular books, so I don't see any reverting there either.

Heitor · 09-14-2013, 11:23 PM

My preference goes to ebooks, but, if I really want to read a book, I'll read it in any format available (I still make regular visits to two libraries).

With that in mind, I must recall a move I went through a couple of years ago. It meant arranging several heavy boxes full of books. And I moved to a smaller apartment, so it also meant finding a way of storing all those books in a smaller space. In that moment, to me, oh heresy! I saw all my books as a burden. This is another point in ebooks convenience.

laughingdragons · 09-15-2013, 01:05 AM

I haven't read a pbook since I got my reader and don't plan on it. I'm reading more than I ever have since getting it.

It's just too easy to find and get books now. The only books I do prefer in paper are cookbooks.

Prestidigitweeze · 09-15-2013, 02:04 AM

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Originally Posted by rwillmer

But do please try to use it, and tell me of any problems

Always fun to meet the person behind a useful service. Thanks for your efforts. It's working for me currently.

I found this interesting: Ingeborg Bachmann's only appearance in an ebook in English is in the Penguin anthology, Tales of the German Imagination, which appear on Luzme under her name. Perhap extra indexing of contributors on Kobo's part is the reason the search yields any book for Bachmann on their site.

Your service also thought that The Emigrants, by W.G. Sebald, wasn't sold anywhere in the U.S or Canada, but, again, Kobo does sell an epub version of that book.

Prestidigitweeze · 09-15-2013, 02:05 AM

!?!?

. . .

Prestidigitweeze · 09-15-2013, 02:06 AM

Good lord, a triple double post!

Andrew H. · 09-15-2013, 02:20 AM

No switching back for me, although I do tend to buy cookbooks in paper. And then sometimes in ebook form later, in case I need to see ingredients for a particular recipe. But I'm not particularly price sensitive, as the biggest limiting factor for my reading is time.

Having said that, I haven't really run into many cases where a new pbook was cheaper than a book on Amazon. It looks like the Kindle edition of "The Fault in our Stars" is $3.99. In the US, anyway.

Prestidigitweeze · 09-15-2013, 02:32 AM

Does Ninjalawyer know about the apparently unlimited 50% off coupon, Sept50, which is in full effect on Kobo? It's supposed to be good until 9/30/13 and I've already used it for three books.

Katsunami · 09-15-2013, 09:37 AM

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Originally Posted by Prestidigitweeze

Does Ninjalawyer know about the apparently unlimited 50% off coupon, Sept50, which is in full effect on Kobo? It's supposed to be good until 9/30/13 and I've already used it for three books.

If it would work for 12 books, I'd get an entire series with it. Anyone know what the limit is?

Yapyap · 09-15-2013, 09:43 AM

No shifting back for me - although I wouldn't call ebooks "cheap", at least not when got from a sale or with a discount coupon, paper books are still considerably more expensive, and that includes used books on Amazon Marketplace even when they cost £0.01 - postage costs make sure of that.

Also, the main reason why I buy and read ebooks is space, and I simply don't have a lot more space left for paper books. I have shifted back to buying a handful of books either both as ebooks (for actually reading them) and as hardbacks (because they look gorgeous on my shelf), but that's in the very rare cases of must-have books which I know I will want to both re-read and admire, which again means that if I don't like the cover art of the hardback, then I won't buy it.

I've given up on paperbacks completely, unless it's the very rare case of a book that is not officially available as ebook in any region - in that case, I go for a (new if at all possible, not second-hand, to make sure I'm compensating the author & publisher) paperback to keep in my shelf and a darknet ebook so that I can actually read it. I can't read paperbacks at all any more; holding them open is just more effort than I like. At least hardbacks tend to have wider inner margins and stay open more easily, so I don't have to break/fold the spine every 50-60 pages just to be able to read the text close to the inner margins.

But these days my TBR list is so long anyway that I'm far more likely to just not read the book at all if it cannot be bought as an ebook. And the long TBR list also means I can wait for a deal/coupon/for the price to go down, and I got over any sense of unease/guilt over country-hopping (originally due to geo-restrictions, now also for price differences) a long time ago - other than a handful of "must have now" books a year, I have no real need to buy books at full release price.

Laridae · 09-15-2013, 01:33 PM

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Originally Posted by BWinmill

One thing that I would suggest doing is making the library your friend. You are likely paying for them through your property taxes, and they are there for everyone to use. This is true for ebooks and pbooks.

Yes, I agree. I get most of my books from the public libraries. My first choice is always to get the ebook edition. I like the convenience of downloading with no return trip, compact size, and OK, there's still the novelty factor of reading on my tablet and being able to pop out to check emails, play Freecell, etc.

Only reluctantly will I reserve a printed book if there is no ebook available. But if that's all that's available then I'll still do it.

09-15-2013, 02:06 AM	#70
Prestidigitweeze Fledgling Demagogue Posts: 2,384 Karma: 31132263 Join Date: Feb 2011 Location: White Plains Device: Clara HD; Oasis 2; Aura HD; iPad Air; PRS-350; Galaxy S7.	Good lord, a triple double post! Last edited by Prestidigitweeze; 09-15-2013 at 02:09 AM.

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Tarana Wizard Posts: 4,038 Karma: 38840460 Join Date: Sep 2012 Location: Minneapolis Device: PWSE, Voyage, K3, HDX, KBasic 7 & 8, Nook Glo3, Echos, Nanos	No shifting for me. I can't read regular books any longer. The only print pages I still have are for crafts or cooking. They use better type fonts than most books enabling me to continue to be able to read most of them, which is good because most of them are unusable in ebook format. My extended family members have increasing health problems making it difficult for them to use regular books, so I don't see any reverting there either.

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Heitor Enthusiast Posts: 25 Karma: 54574 Join Date: Sep 2013 Location: Brazil Device: iPad Air 2, Nexus 7 (2013), Zenfone 3 5.5, Kobo Aura	My preference goes to ebooks, but, if I really want to read a book, I'll read it in any format available (I still make regular visits to two libraries). With that in mind, I must recall a move I went through a couple of years ago. It meant arranging several heavy boxes full of books. And I moved to a smaller apartment, so it also meant finding a way of storing all those books in a smaller space. In that moment, to me, oh heresy! I saw all my books as a burden. This is another point in ebooks convenience.

09-15-2013, 01:05 AM	#67
laughingdragons Groupie Posts: 189 Karma: 1125536 Join Date: Sep 2009 Location: CA Device: Sony PRS-350 1 Pink 1 Silver Paperwhite Kindle	I haven't read a pbook since I got my reader and don't plan on it. I'm reading more than I ever have since getting it. It's just too easy to find and get books now. The only books I do prefer in paper are cookbooks.

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Prestidigitweeze Fledgling Demagogue Posts: 2,384 Karma: 31132263 Join Date: Feb 2011 Location: White Plains Device: Clara HD; Oasis 2; Aura HD; iPad Air; PRS-350; Galaxy S7.	!?!? . . .

09-15-2013, 02:20 AM	#71
Andrew H. Grand Master of Flowers Posts: 2,201 Karma: 8389072 Join Date: Oct 2010 Location: Naptown Device: Kindle PW, Kindle 3 (aka Keyboard), iPhone, iPad 3 (not for reading)	No switching back for me, although I do tend to buy cookbooks in paper. And then sometimes in ebook form later, in case I need to see ingredients for a particular recipe. But I'm not particularly price sensitive, as the biggest limiting factor for my reading is time. Having said that, I haven't really run into many cases where a new pbook was cheaper than a book on Amazon. It looks like the Kindle edition of "The Fault in our Stars" is $3.99. In the US, anyway.

09-15-2013, 02:32 AM	#72
Prestidigitweeze Fledgling Demagogue Posts: 2,384 Karma: 31132263 Join Date: Feb 2011 Location: White Plains Device: Clara HD; Oasis 2; Aura HD; iPad Air; PRS-350; Galaxy S7.	Does Ninjalawyer know about the apparently unlimited 50% off coupon, Sept50, which is in full effect on Kobo? It's supposed to be good until 9/30/13 and I've already used it for three books.

09-15-2013, 09:43 AM	#74
Yapyap Guru Posts: 861 Karma: 3543721 Join Date: Nov 2011 Location: Estonia Device: Kindle Paperwhite, iPad 3, Samsung Galaxy S7 Edge	No shifting back for me - although I wouldn't call ebooks "cheap", at least not when got from a sale or with a discount coupon, paper books are still considerably more expensive, and that includes used books on Amazon Marketplace even when they cost £0.01 - postage costs make sure of that. Also, the main reason why I buy and read ebooks is space, and I simply don't have a lot more space left for paper books. I have shifted back to buying a handful of books either both as ebooks (for actually reading them) and as hardbacks (because they look gorgeous on my shelf), but that's in the very rare cases of must-have books which I know I will want to both re-read and admire, which again means that if I don't like the cover art of the hardback, then I won't buy it. I've given up on paperbacks completely, unless it's the very rare case of a book that is not officially available as ebook in any region - in that case, I go for a (new if at all possible, not second-hand, to make sure I'm compensating the author & publisher) paperback to keep in my shelf and a darknet ebook so that I can actually read it. I can't read paperbacks at all any more; holding them open is just more effort than I like. At least hardbacks tend to have wider inner margins and stay open more easily, so I don't have to break/fold the spine every 50-60 pages just to be able to read the text close to the inner margins. But these days my TBR list is so long anyway that I'm far more likely to just not read the book at all if it cannot be bought as an ebook. And the long TBR list also means I can wait for a deal/coupon/for the price to go down, and I got over any sense of unease/guilt over country-hopping (originally due to geo-restrictions, now also for price differences) a long time ago - other than a handful of "must have now" books a year, I have no real need to buy books at full release price.

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