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Probably not a terribly good idea to post screen shots of "dodgy" books.... .
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I'm sorry to say it's one of my own making. I read these books at least once a year sometimes more and as I own them in hardback they're a bit awkward to carry with me everywhere so I spent about two weeks a couple of years ago taking pictures with my digital camera and then converting them.
Taking the photos didn't take that long but the converting, editing and proofreading took forever!! I used to look every few months to see if they'd been released yet as I'm quite happy to pay for them when they are, but I have to admit I haven't looked for a while. |
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06-20-2009, 02:27 PM | #80 |
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*sigh* That's too bad. Been looking for some of my fave titles on booksonboard, fictionwise, etc, but there's still quite a bit of them that's not available. Oh well, at least the Legend of Drizzt books were released in ebook format this month (it coincided nicely with the booksonboard gift certificate reward promo ) so I've got quite a bit of reading material to go through.
As for the legality of the screenshot, it was just one page. I believe that's still considered fair use. Now if he starts distributing a digitized copy of the whole book, then he's in trouble. |
06-20-2009, 02:30 PM | #81 |
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Heh, the only person (to my knowledge) who has a copy is my Stepfather who also owns the books. It was actually him who got me reading David Eddings in the first place. He's too much of a beginner with computers and e-books in general I believe to have given them to anybody else so I think I'm pretty safe
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I've got paperback copies of the 12 books (Belgariad, Malloreon, Belgarath, Polgara). Haven't read the Rivan Codex yet, but I've been meaning to. I think the Pawn of Prophecy was the second fantasy book I've read. The first one was The Crystal Shard from the Icewind Dale Trilogy (Forgotten Realms) by R.A. Salvatore. I stayed in a dormitory in high school and we weren't allowed to watch TV so reading was one of our favorite pasttimes (not that I wasn't already an avid reader before). We were just swapping books and that's what got me started on the fantasy genre.
Nowadays, though, I prefer reading on the iPhone than the actual books. I often read in the dark so the backlit screen is really useful, hence, the reason I'm trying to get copies of my books in ebook format. Heck, I'll probably put the paperbooks in storage or donate them to the library if I can get digital copies. I'm quite low on space... |
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I have to admit I read mostly sci-fi until I was given POP and after that I was hooked, I rarely read anything other than fantasy now (with the odd exception I still re-read Harry Harrisons Stainless Steel Rat and Deathworld series every so often). I used to own thousands of books and never had the space to keep them all I've started replacing them all within the last two years or so with e-book versions (I will admit to using darknet versions before then but I realised I get so much enjoyment out of these pieces of literature that I wanted legal versions). I ended up selling all the books I've been able to replace to a local second hand book store for 10p a book figuring somebody else might be able to get some enjoyment out of them at a fraction of the cost of buying them new. Pretty much the only thing missing from the e-book experience in my view is the sheer enjoyment I used to be able to get from spending a few hours a week browsing through second hand books stores. You could pretty much guarantee that the person running the store would be only too willing to discuss the books you were looking at in great detail... |
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I just did a search again and you're right, they're available. I guess the reason I didn't see them before is I filter all my searches to include only those available in Microsoft Reader format (and more recently, Adobe ePUB). Looks like the Belgariad is only available in Mobipocket. |
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Very late to this thread, but I wanted to share. I have a HanLin V3, which I got in April. Very pleased with it, no major complaints and very few minor ones. A few weeks ago, I got an iPod touch primarily as a portable web browser for a short vacation I was going on. After a bit of hemming and hawing, I decided to leave my V3 at home while I traveled with my Touch. I was surprised to find how well I adapted to reading on it. With Stanza permanently set to display white text on black and dimmed down as low as environmental conditions would allow, I found I could read as much as a couple of hours at a time (as much as I would read on my Hanlin) and not get eyestrain. And I am someone who works with my laptop on the dimmest setting at all times and still gets a headache after a couple of hours. Now, I actually have to force myself to use my poor, neglected HanLin.
A month ago, I was eagerly awaiting the V5 as a more portable option. Not only has that changed, but I can see myself disposing of my V3 in the very near future. If Apple comes out with a new Touch with better power management, I'll definitely be getting that. However, the battery life on the Touch is quite acceptable for my use as it is. If just reading, I could get it to last three days without recharging, a day or two with using a bit of wifi and some games. BTW, I'm someone who hardly ever uses my cellphone -- I keep it for emergencies. I do not find the iPhone enticing at all. |
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Have to agree with ilovejedd, the iphone sucks as a phone but when combined with everything else it does it more than makes up for its shortfalls in my opinion.
I must admit though I prefer to read on my itouch than on my iphone (I bought the touch a long time before the iphone came out in case anybody wonders why I have both), the iphone just isn't fast enough in the page turning category because of all the extra stuff it's doing while stanza is running. The itouch is much much nippier, page turns are instant rather than taking a noticable and distracting amount of time on the iphone. If you don't want a phone or as ilovejedd mentioned you have easy access to wi-fi hotspots (or you simply load up with loads of books before you leave the house!!) then I would definitely recommend an ipod touch either G1 or G2 whichever you can get cheaper so I'd say you definitely made the right choice |
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