MaggieD
DP Veteran
- Joined
- Jul 9, 2010
- Messages
- 43,244
- Reaction score
- 44,664
- Location
- Chicago Area
- Gender
- Female
- Political Leaning
- Moderate
Gutenburg has a billion free ebooks.
Ebooks can also be acquired through... other... means. :ninja:
But kindles are neet.
Don't get one, the name is misleading, they are a pain in the arse to set on fire.
Personally I would go with the iPad. But the Kindle is cheaper.
You forget that Apple is evil.
Dunno, can you photoshop on a mac?
Yes, yes you can :yes: However the above image has happened to me before on my Windows system, it isn't shopped. Mac may be evil, but evil seems to run more efficientlyimpdaddy:
For me, there is something magical about going to the book store, touching the books, reading the summaries on the back cover or on the inside of the sleeve.
I don't think I could replicate that experience with a kindle.
I have zero issues running anything on Windows, and I know everything will run on it. Mac is much more limited on what it will run.
The other thing is... when the battery in the iPad dies or in about 5 years when the iPad no longer is used much or dies or whatever... books are gone.
That's actually not true. Amazon keeps a list of what books you've purchased and you can download them more than once. At least, that's the way it works with Barnes and Noble's E-Books, and I would assume Amazon works the same way.
I don't use the library because I can't be counted on to return the books on time. (Yeah, I know....) It just seems like a great little gimmick that one can take with to pass the time....do you have one? Do you like it?
I can't for the life of me read books off an e-book reader. I can't stare at the screen long enough. Also, I tend to fall asleep when I read, so I'd likely break it eventually. Besides, what if a natural disaster happened and I lost power for a few weeks? It would be good for a few hours, but then it'd be just as useless as everything else that requires electricity.
I much prefer paperbacks. I wear cargo pants and so what I will do is buy a paperback to read and carry it with me in my pocket. When I have to wait somewhere, such as at a restaurant, I just pull it out and read.
The battery life on the kindle is a month. It's also lighter than all but the smallest paperback.
We use cookies and similar technologies for the following purposes:
Do you accept cookies and these technologies?
We use cookies and similar technologies for the following purposes:
Do you accept cookies and these technologies?