See here: http://blog.vornaskotti.com/2011/10/17/ ... tts-snuff/
Would be interesting to hear what Sir Terry thinks about this.
Would be interesting to hear what Sir Terry thinks about this.
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Hmh. As the writer of the blog post quoted here, I'd like to say that I didn't get Kindle because I'll get stuff before anybody else and want to be snobby, because:
1) Kindle-books don't get published before the paper books, often a bit afterwards.
2) I got a Kindle because I read 3-5 novels a month and travel a lot. I don't want to carry tons of paper with me on my trips, nor do I want to start stacking books at my home four deep on the shelves, which would be the next step. Furthermore, I don't want to have dead trees shipped overseas with great effort so I can read a book.
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1) Kindle-books don't get published before the paper books, often a bit afterwards.
2) I got a Kindle because I read 3-5 novels a month and travel a lot. I don't want to carry tons of paper with me on my trips, nor do I want to start stacking books at my home four deep on the shelves, which would be the next step. Furthermore, I don't want to have dead trees shipped overseas with great effort so I can read a book.
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Vornaskotti said:
Hmh. As the writer of the blog post quoted here, I'd like to say that I didn't get Kindle because I'll get stuff before anybody else and want to be snobby, because:
1) Kindle-books don't get published before the paper books, often a bit afterwards.
2) I got a Kindle because I read 3-5 novels a month and travel a lot. I don't want to carry tons of paper with me on my trips, nor do I want to start stacking books at my home four deep on the shelves, which would be the next step. Furthermore, I don't want to have dead trees shipped overseas with great effort so I can read a book.
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1) Kindle-books don't get published before the paper books, often a bit afterwards.
2) I got a Kindle because I read 3-5 novels a month and travel a lot. I don't want to carry tons of paper with me on my trips, nor do I want to start stacking books at my home four deep on the shelves, which would be the next step. Furthermore, I don't want to have dead trees shipped overseas with great effort so I can read a book.
Snooty comment gets a snooty answer
Those are mostly the reasons why I would like one if they were cheaper, I also love books a lot.
I do lots of recycling so that's my counter, and I mostly buy used books.
DaveC said:
Those are mostly the reasons why I would like one if they were cheaper, I also love books a lot. I do lots of recycling so that's my counter, and I mostly buy used books.
I do lots of recycling so that's my counter, and I mostly buy used books.
I was super suspicious of e-readers for a long time, having tried to read books on Palm pilots and such - the lcd screens just don't sit well with reading a novel for me. Here's actually some more about how I found ebooks and electronic comics:http://blog.vornaskotti.com/2011/01/19/ ... r-a-while/
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Welcome to the site Vornaskotti
I held a Kindle this week.... thought they were going to make my BUY it cause I drooled so much over it.
OMG My little girl would gain so much from one..... noone told me they had "references" (meanings of words, historical references, etc) in the books. How wonderful for an AVID reader with a learning disability.
I held a Kindle this week.... thought they were going to make my BUY it cause I drooled so much over it.
OMG My little girl would gain so much from one..... noone told me they had "references" (meanings of words, historical references, etc) in the books. How wonderful for an AVID reader with a learning disability.
deldaisy said:
Welcome to the site Vornaskotti
I held a Kindle this week.... thought they were going to make my BUY it cause I drooled so much over it.
OMG My little girl would gain so much from one..... noone told me they had "references" (meanings of words, historical references, etc) in the books. How wonderful for an AVID reader with a learning disability.
I held a Kindle this week.... thought they were going to make my BUY it cause I drooled so much over it.
OMG My little girl would gain so much from one..... noone told me they had "references" (meanings of words, historical references, etc) in the books. How wonderful for an AVID reader with a learning disability.
I have no idea Jimmy.
I was looking at one on demo at Woolworths last week and the book they had up was a novel based on historial figures (can't remember the name of it). But when I was trying it out you could click on any word and click and it would give a dictionary or theasaurus meaning for that word. When I clicked on King Charles (or some king) it came up with a general description of who he was, birth/death etc.
It wasn't a childrens novel.
Do they all not do this?
I was looking at one on demo at Woolworths last week and the book they had up was a novel based on historial figures (can't remember the name of it). But when I was trying it out you could click on any word and click and it would give a dictionary or theasaurus meaning for that word. When I clicked on King Charles (or some king) it came up with a general description of who he was, birth/death etc.
It wasn't a childrens novel.
Do they all not do this?
