12-29-2010, 04:30 PM | #16 |
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[QUOTE=mango;1299104]I am sure as a reader it will be just fine...but, supporting Amazon rather than my own local public library sort of grates on me. QUOTE]
Mobileread cannot give advice on breaking DRM, but if you look around and use google, there is no reason you shouldn't be able to read library books on your kindle. If and how you do that is a matter of individual conscious. |
12-29-2010, 04:34 PM | #17 |
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Yeah that wouldn't sit right with me - not with library books. Each to their own though.
I love the fact that you can now read library books on an iphone / ipad etc which, at least for me, does away with the need for another e-ink device just to read the few books a month I get from the library. |
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https://www.mobileread.com/forums/sho...light=erictoma The only difference with library books is that you have to delete them when you are done. Well, you don't HAVE to, but it is the right thing to do. As long as you wait your turn to borrow a book and then delete when you are finished, morally, it makes do difference what reader you use to read it. |
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12-29-2010, 06:44 PM | #19 |
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12-29-2010, 07:34 PM | #20 |
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"Diddling" sort of implies some effort. In reality, it's only a matter of clicking on one big, fat, graphically enhanced button in Calibre that says, "Add books".
"Clicking" is a more appropriate description of what has to be done to read library books on a Kindle. You must click on a book. |
12-30-2010, 01:03 AM | #21 |
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when i saw the first sony readers i was fascinated and hopeful. i was aware that e-ink technology existed, and had been waiting and waiting for some company to use it in a consumer product. but when i went to the sony site and explored its bookstore i quickly saw that it was still a non-starter and i'd have to keep waiting. i saw immediately that there were no reference books to speak of, and no mention of any way to take notes or highlight passages. the lack of reference books told me that there was no way to search any of the text on the device. the only difference between the sony experience and the printed book that i could see, was 'big, heavy text in lightweight, small package'. the device was very pretty, and i fell in love with its screen when i saw one at a borders. but it had the main disadvantage of being electronic (DRM) and only one of the advantages - the weight-thing.
pricing, and the huge books i own but wasn't reading were what pushed me to finally get the kindle 2 back in february of 09. despite how big it was, i never really looked back. just got a new kindle 3, and am going to offer my used 2 to my sister. if she's not interested, i'll probably just keep it as a backup/loaner device. Last edited by thorn; 01-08-2011 at 10:48 PM. |
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everytime I use my kindle in public someone will ask me "is that an ipad". i say e-reader and they shut up. but then, if i use my ipad in public people will ask 'is that an ipad' and when i say "yes" they will ask me how i like it and other annoying things like i'm a best buy worker or something. good thing i prefer the kindle because i'm sick of being harassed. |
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