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wellington womble
Joined: 08 Nov 2004
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Location: Bucks
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 Posted: Fri Nov 13, 09 1:54 pm Post subject: |
 
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I love my books, and probably wouldn't get a electronic one.
BUT should I realise one of my 'one day' ambitions - to go back packing round the work, walk the AT, live on a canal boat or in a teeeny tiny house, I'll have one like a shot. The kindle looks good.
I'd say you need to try some, and find out what you like - I reckon the choice could be quite personal. |
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sean
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Joined: 28 Oct 2004
Posts: 28848
Location: North Devon
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| Posted: Fri Nov 13, 09 1:57 pm Post subject: |
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| wellington womble wrote: |
BUT should I realise one of my 'one day' ambitions - to go back packing round the work |
How big *is* your hospital? |
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bagpuss
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Joined: 09 Dec 2004
Posts: 7052
Location: cambridge
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Part of me thinks an ebook reader would be good, I read a lot (1 to 2 books a week) and even more when travelling.
Then I remember I enjoy wandering round bookshops or libraries picking up books whose title or cover strikes my fancy and reading the back and deciding if I like them and browsing amazon just doesn't cut it in that respect |
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bring me sunshine
Joined: 13 Jan 2009
Posts: 1896
Location: Somerset
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I love my gadgets but books ... you can't beat them. No matter how small your house is. Books are solid, they have personalities, the creases in the pages, the wear of the spines, the way they smell... I've got so many books from my childhood that I wouldn't read today but I can hold them and remember how it felt to read them, that escapism, the freedom.
Don't do it, Chez!!! |
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lottie
Joined: 11 Aug 2005
Posts: 3977
Location: ceredigion
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| Posted: Fri Nov 13, 09 2:10 pm Post subject: |
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My E.D. got a kindle a few months ago[lives in U.S.] and hasn't stopped singing it's praises since---she has to do a fair amount of travelling and finds it an ideal way to take reading matter with her and download a fresh read. |
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bring me sunshine
Joined: 13 Jan 2009
Posts: 1896
Location: Somerset
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| Posted: Fri Nov 13, 09 2:11 pm Post subject: |
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| lottie wrote: |
| My E.D. got a kindle a few months ago |
E.D.? |
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lottie
Joined: 11 Aug 2005
Posts: 3977
Location: ceredigion
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| Posted: Fri Nov 13, 09 2:13 pm Post subject: |
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| bring me sunshine wrote: |
| lottie wrote: |
| My E.D. got a kindle a few months ago |
E.D.? |
Eldest Daughter |
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Tavascarow
Joined: 06 Aug 2006
Posts: 2862
Location: South Cornwall
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| Posted: Fri Nov 13, 09 2:14 pm Post subject: |
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Join the library.
Cheaper by far & it doesn't need recharging.
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bring me sunshine
Joined: 13 Jan 2009
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Location: Somerset
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| Posted: Fri Nov 13, 09 2:14 pm Post subject: |
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| lottie wrote: |
| bring me sunshine wrote: |
| lottie wrote: |
| My E.D. got a kindle a few months ago |
E.D.? |
Eldest Daughter |
/bows |
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boisdevie1
Joined: 11 Aug 2006
Posts: 2270
Location: Northern France
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| Posted: Fri Nov 13, 09 2:31 pm Post subject: |
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I love reading and recently went down the technology route. But for me the the Sony or Kindle are way too expensive. I bought a secondhand pocket PC running Windows Mobile 2003 for 35 quid, downloaded Microsoft eReader (free) and can download copyright free books for free. It's also easily possible to convert PDF and text files in eBook format. OK, the screen is small but it takes up little space and costs very little. My big gripe is that modern eBooks are very expensive given that the publishers don't have to print and distribute hard copies. |
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Chez
Joined: 13 Aug 2006
Posts: 15016
Location: Quantock Hills, Somerset
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I simply don't have the space to keep all the books I want to. I left half of them behind when we flitted eighteen months ago and half the remaining lot got donated to charity shops or sold during this year.
I love them - the smell, the texture, the whole works. But I simply don't have the space to keep so many and our local library comes on a bus. They will order things; but it takes a while, the come once a fortnight and you can only have half a dozen at a time.
Of course I want to keep classics and old favourites. But it struck me that perhaps a second hand e-reader might be the way to go. Please don't hate me, Gervase  . |
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Gervase
Joined: 17 Nov 2004
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Location: Ceredigion, West Wales
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| Posted: Fri Nov 13, 09 6:31 pm Post subject: |
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OK, but you have to read it sitting in a bucket of lime with a jute sack on your head  |
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Chez
Joined: 13 Aug 2006
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Location: Quantock Hills, Somerset
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| Posted: Fri Nov 13, 09 6:34 pm Post subject: |
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I was rather hoping to keep some 'real' books to do that sort of thing with |
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orangepippin
Joined: 28 Jul 2006
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Location: East Yorkshire
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| Posted: Fri Nov 13, 09 6:38 pm Post subject: |
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| boisdevie1 wrote: |
| I bought a secondhand pocket PC running Windows Mobile 2003 for 35 quid, downloaded Microsoft eReader (free) and can download copyright free books for free. It's also easily possible to convert PDF and text files in eBook format. OK, the screen is small but it takes up little space and costs very little. |
Yes, eReader on a Pocket PC is very good. |
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boisdevie1
Joined: 11 Aug 2006
Posts: 2270
Location: Northern France
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| Posted: Fri Nov 13, 09 6:56 pm Post subject: |
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| orangepippin wrote: |
| boisdevie1 wrote: |
| I bought a secondhand pocket PC running Windows Mobile 2003 for 35 quid, downloaded Microsoft eReader (free) and can download copyright free books for free. It's also easily possible to convert PDF and text files in eBook format. OK, the screen is small but it takes up little space and costs very little. |
Yes, eReader on a Pocket PC is very good. |
And very very cheap. Isn't that Downsizerish? |
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