Hi from Seattle

InlawBiker · 03-06-2009, 10:33 PM

Hello all,

My name is Greg, I'm a network engineer living in Seattle WA. I've been coveting an e-book reader for quite a while now, and I think the hoopla over the K2 got me motiviated - to look for a used Kindle 1. I found one (wasn't too hard) and here I am.

In the last 48 hours I've dug straight into the technical aspect of converting book formats etc., which if you knew me would not be surprising. I have yet to read 10 whole pages on the device but I've already learned how it works. In fact many of you have already helped me in this endeavor.

At any rate, I find myself already resenting the "old fashioned" library books I have checked out as quaint and inconvenient and I can't wait to return them so I can use my new Kindle.

I'm looking forward to meeting more of you, this is a great forum.

Thanks,
Greg in Seattle.

dreams · 03-06-2009, 10:43 PM

Whoa, nice start InlawBiker (as opposed to "OutlawBiker"?

)

Welcome to MR and have fun (you obviously have found your way around here already

)

Everyone is real friendly and happy to answer questions or point you in the right direction...

WARNING: This place is addictive--make sure to schedule time to actually READ on your Kindle

desertgrandma · 03-07-2009, 12:05 AM

Welcome to MobileRead, Greg.

MickeyC · 03-07-2009, 07:14 AM

Hi Greg and welcome to the Forum.

Don't listen to dreams. This Forum is not addictive. Why I've spent as much as 20 minutes away from it. Okay, okay that's because we had a power outage but I could spend time on other things. Well, I should.....aw shoot.

Leep · 03-07-2009, 09:21 AM

Welcome Neighbor:
You're lucky because the King County library does have a reasonable selection of ebooks in both mobi and pdf. And thanks to some very clever Mobileread members, we can now use them. The ebooks lovingly formatted and edited here are mobileread are also a great resource, so be sure and take a look.

cheers

03-06-2009, 10:33 PM	#1
InlawBiker Connoisseur Posts: 94 Karma: 544 Join Date: Mar 2009 Location: Seattle WA Device: Kindle 1.0	Hi from Seattle Hello all, My name is Greg, I'm a network engineer living in Seattle WA. I've been coveting an e-book reader for quite a while now, and I think the hoopla over the K2 got me motiviated - to look for a used Kindle 1. I found one (wasn't too hard) and here I am. In the last 48 hours I've dug straight into the technical aspect of converting book formats etc., which if you knew me would not be surprising. I have yet to read 10 whole pages on the device but I've already learned how it works. In fact many of you have already helped me in this endeavor. At any rate, I find myself already resenting the "old fashioned" library books I have checked out as quaint and inconvenient and I can't wait to return them so I can use my new Kindle. I'm looking forward to meeting more of you, this is a great forum. Thanks, Greg in Seattle.

03-06-2009, 10:43 PM	#2
dreams It's about the umbrella Posts: 25,110 Karma: 56250158 Join Date: Jan 2009 Device: Sony 505\| K Fire \| KK 3G+Wi-Fi \| iPhone 3Gs \|Vista 32-bit Hm Prem w/FF	Whoa, nice start InlawBiker (as opposed to "OutlawBiker"?) Welcome to MR and have fun (you obviously have found your way around here already) Everyone is real friendly and happy to answer questions or point you in the right direction... WARNING: This place is addictive--make sure to schedule time to actually READ on your Kindle

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Leep Guru Posts: 739 Karma: 1018859 Join Date: Jun 2008 Location: Near Seattle Device: kindle1, K3, K3G (thanks MR), iTouch, Kindle Touch	Welcome Neighbor: You're lucky because the King County library does have a reasonable selection of ebooks in both mobi and pdf. And thanks to some very clever Mobileread members, we can now use them. The ebooks lovingly formatted and edited here are mobileread are also a great resource, so be sure and take a look. cheers

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