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Post by SarahHound on Aug 24, 2013 13:39:24 GMT
Really tempted to buy one, I just cannot decide to take the plunge or not! I've always been quite against them, but since my sister moved back home and we have to share a room, I can't read at night as she's always wanting the light off. The Paperwhite version looks perfect for me.
I have about 40 un-read books on my shelves, but I like the idea of free and cheap books!
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Post by teegiebear on Aug 24, 2013 14:25:02 GMT
I love my kindle! I've had it nearly 2 years and have a silly amount of books on it, ideal for keeping in the car or in my bag at work. I've got the normal screen one, the version before the touchscreen and it suits me perfect coz I've got funny eyes and reading a book with the black text and white pages strains my eyes too much and get horrible migraines Kindle do deal of the day and its random books for under a quid and that's how I found great new authors, they're is hundreds of free books, classics and up to date modern books. Love it! There is may other e readers that you can download books in pdf format I'm sure. If you have amazon prime they have a new library type thing where u get a book rented to your kindle free each month if u pick it. I've not had chance to use it yet thou.
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Post by cazypops on Aug 24, 2013 15:37:25 GMT
I won't get one as I believe it's killing the printing trade, which is what I work in.
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Post by charlottte on Aug 24, 2013 19:20:25 GMT
I got one last year for when I went to France as I wouldn't have been able to fit that many books in my case (I read 8 or 9 I think lol I must say I don't really use it now though but I like to download my uni PDFs onto it as I hate reading books/PDFs on a laptop. I buy a majority of my books from my uni reading list in print as I like to mark pages and make notes on the page (on post it notes). Don't worry cazypops, I'll still buy print books
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Post by SarahHound on Aug 24, 2013 20:03:56 GMT
I won't get one as I believe it's killing the printing trade, which is what I work in. Well some of the Kindle books are that expensive I'll still buy them as actual books. Saying that though, I never ever buy new books from book shops, they are just too expensive always charity shop ones for me.
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Post by CollieSlave on Aug 24, 2013 21:23:01 GMT
I read a lot of books. And I only read REAL books. I would not have a Kindle under any circumstances.
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Post by Jademoo on Aug 24, 2013 21:34:45 GMT
I love mine I have loads of books on it. Plus you can buy the books cheaper for kindle. I have the kindle touch but you can buy lights that attach on to them.
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Post by cazypops on Aug 24, 2013 23:44:35 GMT
And you can take a proper printed book in the bath with you without fear of electrocuting yourself, lol
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Post by tonib on Aug 24, 2013 23:50:47 GMT
I got a Kindle 2 years ago, the one with the keyboard & 3G. Mainly use it when travelling as its a lot lighter than a number of books. it also allows me to get another book if I run out as it doesn't need wi-fi, works in most countries but not all. I've just got the Kindle Fire HD which combines a tablet with an ebook reader. One of the reasons I got it was that some of the books I want to read have colour pictures in them & they loose something by being black & white on the older Kindle. I mainly take opportunity of the cheap Kindle offers & also some of the Kindle only publications. However I still buy books as well. If it was a text book or the like I would definitely get the paper version as its much easier to mark the relevant pages & cross-reference, although highlighting & making notes is available on the kindle. Another bonus of the e-reader is the reduced storage need at home for books, we have several thousand at home & storage is an issue. I can understand what cazypops is saying but even before e-readers, bookshops were closing & the choice of books in the remaining ones is reducing, are we just not reading books as much these days? Companies like Amazon & Waterstones who have online bookstores are now really useful in getting books but it still doesn't beat being able to look at a book & deciding if you like the style before you buy or browsing shelves when looking for an idea of the next read. E-readers don't help with this either except that at they may have encouraged amazon to but the samples for paper books on the website. However I do believe that the Kindle can help support new writers as it can be easier to get some of the self-published books out to the market more easily. One potential downside of e-readers is that read books can't be given to charity shops.
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Post by caz2golden on Aug 25, 2013 5:57:02 GMT
I have one, excellent when traveling as you carry one small item instead of like 5 books. I only have got books I can get for free on it though, refuse to pay at the moment! Fine for a novel but no good IMO for other style books (say raw feeding or technical books which you are more likely to want to jump to x then y then maybe z!).
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Post by SarahHound on Aug 25, 2013 14:08:11 GMT
I read a lot of books. And I only read REAL books. I would not have a Kindle under any circumstances. Yeah, that's been me up until now. I just really can't decide though, it would make a lot more sense for me, especially as I only have a tiny house, there's no space for more shelving.
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Post by SarahHound on Aug 25, 2013 14:10:23 GMT
I got a Kindle 2 years ago, the one with the keyboard & 3G. Mainly use it when travelling as its a lot lighter than a number of books. it also allows me to get another book if I run out as it doesn't need wi-fi, works in most countries but not all. I've just got the Kindle Fire HD which combines a tablet with an ebook reader. One of the reasons I got it was that some of the books I want to read have colour pictures in them & they loose something by being black & white on the older Kindle. I mainly take opportunity of the cheap Kindle offers & also some of the Kindle only publications. However I still buy books as well. If it was a text book or the like I would definitely get the paper version as its much easier to mark the relevant pages & cross-reference, although highlighting & making notes is available on the kindle. Another bonus of the e-reader is the reduced storage need at home for books, we have several thousand at home & storage is an issue. I can understand what cazypops is saying but even before e-readers, bookshops were closing & the choice of books in the remaining ones is reducing, are we just not reading books as much these days? Companies like Amazon & Waterstones who have online bookstores are now really useful in getting books but it still doesn't beat being able to look at a book & deciding if you like the style before you buy or browsing shelves when looking for an idea of the next read. E-readers don't help with this either except that at they may have encouraged amazon to but the samples for paper books on the website. However I do believe that the Kindle can help support new writers as it can be easier to get some of the self-published books out to the market more easily. One potential downside of e-readers is that read books can't be given to charity shops.That is an issue for me. I rarely read books more than once, all my books are bought in charity shops, then go back once its been read. I'll be paying for books and never reading them again.
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Post by SarahHound on Aug 25, 2013 14:10:48 GMT
And you can take a proper printed book in the bath with you without fear of electrocuting yourself, lol I don't have a bath!
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Post by cazypops on Aug 25, 2013 14:19:17 GMT
And you can take a proper printed book in the bath with you without fear of electrocuting yourself, lol I don't have a bath! I only shower these days too, but if I do have a bath I find it difficult to read anything now as I wear glass's and the keep steaming up on me lol.
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Post by CollieSlave on Aug 25, 2013 15:54:24 GMT
I read a lot of books. And I only read REAL books. I would not have a Kindle under any circumstances. Yeah, that's been me up until now. I just really can't decide though, it would make a lot more sense for me, especially as I only have a tiny house, there's no space for more shelving. Our house isn't particularly small - there's just not much room in it as its full of books!
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