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  • #31
    You could take 3,500 if you wanted!
    Whoever plants a garden believes in the future.

    www.vegheaven.blogspot.com Updated March 9th - Spring

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    • #32
      I'm one of those saddos that likes proper books. I also like CDs too, although I store music on my Poota, I still like to physically have the disc. I can see the benefit of having one for holidays, as, like Liza, I take several books with me, and spare batteries or a charger would take up far less room.

      As for reading in bed - Nah! I read in the bath. I won't have a telly in the bedroom either. Bedroom is for sleep, and ... erm... stuff...
      All the best - Glutton 4 Punishment
      Freelance shrub butcher and weed removal operative.

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      • #33
        Originally posted by Flummery View Post
        So do I - and its really light and balances well in one hand. The bit you click to turn the page can be done with the same hand so you can hold your cuppa in the other!
        Or a glass of wine, whilst lounging by the pool.......
        You have to loose sight of the shore sometimes to cross new oceans

        I would be a perfectionist, but I dont have the time

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        • #34
          It lasts a month once charged. No need to pack your charger for hols! You can tell I'm sold on it can't you?
          Whoever plants a garden believes in the future.

          www.vegheaven.blogspot.com Updated March 9th - Spring

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          • #35
            Originally posted by Liza View Post
            Or a glass of wine, whilst lounging by the pool.......
            Can you read them in full sun?

            Some of us live in the past, always talking about back then. Some of us live in the future, always planning what we are going to do. And, then there are those, who neither look behind or ahead, but just enjoy the moment of right now.

            Which one are you and is it how you want to be?

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            • #36
              Yes, very clear in sun. You can't, though, read them in the dark. People assume they are back-lit but they aren't. However, neither is paper!
              Whoever plants a garden believes in the future.

              www.vegheaven.blogspot.com Updated March 9th - Spring

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              • #37
                Originally posted by Flummery View Post
                It lasts a month once charged. No need to pack your charger for hols! You can tell I'm sold on it can't you?
                Are you on commission Flum ?
                You have to loose sight of the shore sometimes to cross new oceans

                I would be a perfectionist, but I dont have the time

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                • #38
                  Originally posted by Liza View Post
                  Are you on commission Flum ?
                  I wish! Just a happy reader!
                  Whoever plants a garden believes in the future.

                  www.vegheaven.blogspot.com Updated March 9th - Spring

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                  • #39
                    Kindle - yes? No?

                    I've always loved techie toys, since the first mobile brick - but with these babies (Kindle) I'm struggling. I love hard (or paperback) books, I love the feel of them, the smell, opening a fresh page, reading the back cover then opening to the intro.

                    Snowdrop says 'fancy a Kindle' - I thought my luck was in for a moment

                    What he meant was 'can I have a Kindle for my birthday?'

                    Anyone got one? Any thoughts, advice much appreciated.

                    Myself will most likely be sticking to the hard stuff

                    *Mods, feel free to merge me if this has already been done, I get dizzy trying to find same themes
                    aka
                    Suzie

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                    • #40
                      It has indeed been discussed recently...

                      http://www.growfruitandveg.co.uk/gra...dle_52943.html

                      I'd never even heard of it before that!
                      nope- I like you prefer a paperback I can read in bed, shove in my handbag, dunk in the bath

                      Sounds a darned good idea though!!!
                      "Nicos, Queen of Gooooogle" and... GYO's own Miss Marple

                      Location....Normandy France

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                      • #41
                        I love my kindle, the ease of use, the lightness and the fact that I can have all my books with me at any time. Don't mss the touchy/feely/smellyness of a paperback at all. And comparing the weight of the hardback version of book 13 of the Wheel of Time series against a kindle then there isn't any competition.

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                        • #42
                          Do they float????
                          "Nicos, Queen of Gooooogle" and... GYO's own Miss Marple

                          Location....Normandy France

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                          • #43
                            Nicos, you'll need to make a note to say just have 1 glass of wine if you get one - whilst in the bath then

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                            • #44
                              I'm not much of a book reader really so I don't have a thing about new books re touch, smell etc. but I do have a Kindle (bought for me by DD)
                              The thing I can say in its favour is, as TEB said, that you can carry a lot of books around at the same time which is great for holidays. It is easy to use, you can read it outside in direct sunlight where sometimes white paper reflects the sun back at you. True, you can't take it into the bath with you but I don't have a bath so, no probs there As I said in the other thread, you can make the font bigger or smaller which has been brilliant for my, slightly sight impaired, mum (who also has one)
                              Sorry, I'm beginning to sound like an evangelist so I'll shut up now but it's just that I like mine
                              A garden is a lovesome thing, God wot! (Thomas Edward Brown)

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                              • #45
                                C- I'm a 'Guinness in the bath' sort of gal!!...but if all else fails I could well manage a glass of white or champers
                                "Nicos, Queen of Gooooogle" and... GYO's own Miss Marple

                                Location....Normandy France

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