e-books
Does anyone have or use an e-book/ I just got mine and i love it. Sometimes it is hard for me to hold a book and this way I don't have to.
I use my iPhone to download e-books from the same places you get them for the Kindle. And since my phone also has an iPod included, I can listen to the books available from the library as MP3s. If you have a smartphone, check to see if you can use it this way.
And, yes, I can read quite well on the smaller screen. I just turn it sideways and set the font size a bit bigger.
And, yes, I can read quite well on the smaller screen. I just turn it sideways and set the font size a bit bigger.
5 months ago
Having read lots of books on my Kindle since Oct., and having a lot of free samples waiting for me to read, my Kindle does feel like a book now. There seems to be no difference between a real book and the Kindle. Times when I need to use a book light, so my partner can sleep, the Kindle wins out as you can turn the page and it doesn't disturb the light. I really love it. The support is good also. Last week my Kindle froze and wouldn't turn off, or turn the pages. I just called Amazon Kindle support (they send the phone no. with the Kindle) and was able to reset it so it worked.
5 months ago
Where are all the free/cheap downloads everybody talks about? I can see that a Kindle would be handy at times but also think it could be extremely expensive, especially for those of us who read incessantly!
5 months ago
I don't have a Kindle because they are a bit pricy for my budget but I used ArcaMax Publishing to get e-mail books. view link It is great you can get on chapter at a time but if you want to read more you can also do that. They are not recent books but still there are a lot to choose from.
5 months ago
While I was browsing on ArcaMax I came across this which is Books Daily where you can get samples of books to see if you want to buy them: view link
5 months ago
Bookoholics readers should know there is an active Eons group just for Kindle readers titled Kindle By Amazon which I've found very helpful to those new to both Kindle and social networking websites. Amazon is very happy to send Kindle readers free trial samples of most current and still-published books of all description, usually the first chapters which then can be either purchased, deleted or kept indefinitely - your choice. I bought my Kindle 2 to save the shipping charges I was running up ordering books on the Internet that often exceeded their retail purchase price. Now I can't live without it and believe the more I read, the more I save. 'Course you're going to have to live awhile into the future to amortize that initial purchase price. But Hey! worse come to worst, you can always leave it to your grandchildren! Believe me - they'll put it to good use.
5 months ago
I look at the bookshelves in my apt, containing the absolute distilled smallest collection -ha- and it will inevitably grow. Contemplating a move, that is so many boxes, so much work, so much space needed, and maybe I won't have the ability to get a large enough apt this next time. So the Kindle type readers delliver the cost-per-space ratio that looks better all the time. It makes me think differently. Although I do love the feel of books, and the look of them on the shelf, maybe I can better afford a reader that will store books in a very tiny space.
5 months ago
I have no opinion on kindle since I have never seen or used one.
However let suggest an alternative way to read books, read them off a netbook computer.
Those are new very light (three pounds) laptops which have a long battery life, they cost around $400 (a kindle costs about $260). They have a 10'' screen.
For the difference you get a full computer on which you can do your email and browse the web or even edit your pictures.
Here are a couple of netbook suggestions:
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Here is the one I use, I take it to bed or read it on the couch.
For classic works, such as Jane Austen, Charles Dickens, Plato etc.. on which the copyrights have expired you can download these free from Gutenberg, for example
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You can also get an ereader software and download recent books from fictionwise around $6 for most books. These are not your top shelf authors but still not a bad value.
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However let suggest an alternative way to read books, read them off a netbook computer.
Those are new very light (three pounds) laptops which have a long battery life, they cost around $400 (a kindle costs about $260). They have a 10'' screen.
For the difference you get a full computer on which you can do your email and browse the web or even edit your pictures.
Here are a couple of netbook suggestions:
view link
view link
Here is the one I use, I take it to bed or read it on the couch.
For classic works, such as Jane Austen, Charles Dickens, Plato etc.. on which the copyrights have expired you can download these free from Gutenberg, for example
view link
You can also get an ereader software and download recent books from fictionwise around $6 for most books. These are not your top shelf authors but still not a bad value.
view link
5 months ago
ALERT! Those above who are considering or already using Kindle readers should know there is another Eons Group titled "Kindle By Amazon" that is dedicated specifically for Kindle users.I am not computer agile enough to cross reference members to see if they already belong to both groups. But if you E Reader people want more information on owning and using the now 3 types of Kindle Readers, click on over and take a look there. I wasn't aware of two Eons groups discussing Kindle and feel the more, the merrier. Two are definitely better than one (or none!) - "The more we know . . "!
5 months ago
For the person who asked about free Kindle books, go to Amazon and click on "Kindle books." Enter the search term "Free books." You'll get a listing of titles, mostly very old, public domain works or Harlequins. There is, actually, a book for purchase called "Free Kindle Titles" for $2.63. That just makes me laugh.
5 months ago
