Anyone here a Kindle Reader

[musical marv]

Are any members here a Kindle Reader at all?

 

[USAFRet]

Are any members here a Kindle Reader at all?

Continuously. Daily. All day.

 

[Wolfshadw]

On my longer bus rides. On cold, wet, rainy days. Whenever I get the urge to lose myself, yeah.

-Wolf sends

 

[musical marv]

Are any members here a Kindle Reader at all?

Continuously. Daily. All day.

I just started to read Kindle and it is quite enjoyable on my smart phone and it is also free some books which is great.

 

[USAFRet]

Are any members here a Kindle Reader at all?

Continuously. Daily. All day.

I just started to read Kindle and it is quite enjoyable on my smart phone and it is also free some books which is great.

An actual Kindle is soooo much better than doing it on a phone or tablet. e-ink rules.

 

[Wolfshadw]

Yup! This is mine:

Has a battery that lasts for weeks, very easy on the eyes, an actual joy to have my (limited) library on. I admit, it doesn't get as much use as it should.

-Wolf sends

 

[giantbucket]

Kobo here. seems Kindle is only really popular within the USA, whereas everywhere else the Kobo is preferred.

 

[gropouce]

Books, here. With paper.
It starts to be hard to make room for +3000 books, but i love it.

 

[Deleted member 217926]

Books, here. With paper.
It starts to be hard to make room for +3000 books, but i love it.

Me too! I also have several thousand books. I wish I could get used to a Kindle or something similar just because of how much free stuff is out there but I prefer an actual book.

 

[gropouce]

Yea, i guess i'll get a Kindle/Kobo one day.
Last time i travelled, i couldn't take more than two books when i needed to take 4~5

It's very convenient is some situations, but if i have to choose between a book and a kindle, i definitely choose the book.

 

[musical marv]

Yea, i guess i'll get a Kindle/Kobo one day.
Last time i travelled, i couldn't take more than two books when i needed to take 4~5

It's very convenient is some situations, but if i have to choose between a book and a kindle, i definitely choose the book.

Books are cheaper also.

 

[USAFRet]

Yea, i guess i'll get a Kindle/Kobo one day.
Last time i travelled, i couldn't take more than two books when i needed to take 4~5

It's very convenient is some situations, but if i have to choose between a book and a kindle, i definitely choose the book.

Books are cheaper also.

I get a lot of free, $1, $2 kindle books.

Don't get me wrong...physical books are great. I have hundreds. But the Kindle is so damn convenient.

 

[Wolfshadw]

I used to have a pretty decent physical library, but I was in the military at the time. Moving from dorm to dorm and station to station, those book boxes kept getting bigger and heavier. By the time my tour in Germany ended, a hefty part of my moving weight allowance would have been books (and VHS tapes), so I left most of them behind.

-Wolf sends

 

[gropouce]

Books are cheaper also.

Well, i guess it depends on the book !
Those are definitely not cheap ^^

 

[Deleted member 217926]

I think he meant Kindle books are cheaper.

 

[USAFRet]

I think he meant Kindle books are cheaper.

That's not the way I read it.

"...between a book and a kindle, i definitely choose the book."
"Books are cheaper also."

This seems to say the physical book is cheaper.

I could be wrong, though.

 

[musical marv]

I think he meant Kindle books are cheaper.

That's not the way I read it.

"...between a book and a kindle, i definitely choose the book."
"Books are cheaper also."

This seems to say the physical book is cheaper.

I could be wrong, though.

I meant books are cheaper because you can buy them second hand at a Good will or salvation army stores or even garage sales and book fairs.

 

[Deleted member 217926]

Guess I was wrong then. I always hit up the friends of the library sale each year but I usually buy new books. I think a Kindle would be cheaper especially with all the free content. Most of that free stuff is unreadable though.

 

[USAFRet]

Guess I was wrong then. I always hit up the friends of the library sale each year but I usually buy new books. I think a Kindle would be cheaper especially with all the free content. Most of that free stuff is unreadable though.

Unreadable? Kindle Lending Library, Project Gutenberg (yes, some of those have OCR issues), 1 free prerelease a month with Amazon prime...

 

[Deleted member 217926]

Unreadable from a content perspective. Just an opinion though. Most of the 'classics' ( bore me to tears ) that are in the public domain and are free I have already read or I don't care to read. Just because I read a lot doesn't mean I have any taste :lol: I am admittedly pretty ignorant of what's out there free these days. I haven't really looked in years so that statement was probably in error.

I do have Prime.

 

[musical marv]

Guess I was wrong then. I always hit up the friends of the library sale each year but I usually buy new books. I think a Kindle would be cheaper especially with all the free content. Most of that free stuff is unreadable though.

I know this is a tease. I was reading a novel yesterday and was really involved in it when it said you have to buy the rest of the book to finish this.It was on my smart phone which I down loaded .How do i get to finish this book without buying it? Thanks.

 

[USAFRet]

Guess I was wrong then. I always hit up the friends of the library sale each year but I usually buy new books. I think a Kindle would be cheaper especially with all the free content. Most of that free stuff is unreadable though.

I know this is a tease. I was reading a novel yesterday and was really involved in it when it said you have to buy the rest of the book to finish this.It was on my smart phone which I down loaded .How do i get to finish this book without buying it? Thanks.

This depends on where it came from. I've never run into that.

 

[popatim]

...How do i get to finish this book without buying it? Thanks.

Go to the library and borrow it. Many libraries also have a lending program for ebooks that you could check into.

 

[Sahithya]

Yes, I am. I usually do during my travel time.

 

[computers_are_freaky]

I had a kindle (emphasis on HAD).
One night, I got up and it had fallen off my nightstand. Stood on it. The screen cracked and half was frozen, and the other half worked. I was devastated.

Got a kindle fire a few years ago though, still use that to this day (right now, for example). Have however equipped it with a bulletproof case :lol: