Kindle

[Nicos]

te he...look at the reading tips on here ( I'm sure the bloke is reading a GYO mag)...I esp like the text to the second piccie!!

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[northepaul]

Here's food for thought:

Basic Kindle on Amazon = £109
Recent(ish) paperback book from charity shop = 50p


That means I would have to buy 218 books to equal the value of the kindle.

[piskieinboots]

and I have to ask the question - what would I do with all my current book stock?

Be good if there was a way to scan them onto the Kindle

[Flummery]

I like that I don't have to make room for them on already bursting shelves. I like - now I've had to go and read a Tree Book for our book club - one I bought before I got the kindle - that I can hold it in one hand (if I try it with the tree book it won't stay open and I can turn the pages as easily.
You can put it in a zip top baggie and read it in the bath - lots do!

[Nicos]

oooo...look...they DO make a waterproof version!!!!

[piskieinboots]

Remember my stint of yomping with a ruck-sack filled with books to the equivalent to the weight I have lost (yes I still do it)?

....this chappie wouldn't cut the mustard really would he

[morverngirl]

Can you read them in full sun?

Yes you can read in full sun but not the dark. i love mine, can curl up in bed and no awkward positions !!!!! in trying to page turn. Miss the feel and smell of a book but I'm gaining house space and that has to be a bonus. I decide I want a particular book and its with me in minutes, no paying for postage or parking/buses. I will still buy my gardening books in "book form"

[TEB]

And its greener no choppping down of forests

[Snadger]

And its greener no choppping down of forests

Is that not what kindling is?

[Hilary B]

Like Piskie, I have so many books already, that I will want to read again and again, and also, how much do books cost to put on the thing?
I like gadgets, but got a feeling this one is not for me!

[Flummery]

Books can cost lots or nowt. Depends what you want to read. I've got loads of free ones - lots of classics etc, from Project Guttenberg. From Amazon, mostly they are below the paperback price. Plenty of good ones free or from £2 - £3 which is disposable magazine price really. One or two publishers have just started pricing ebooks above hardback prices - it's a cartel and I doubt its legality but people vote with their feet. If I absolutely HAVE to read Stephen Fry's latest autobiog (though I'd rahter have teeth pulled!) I would order it from the library on principle.

[Hilary B]

The only reason I would consider it would be for holiday convenience (although if I got given one, I doubt it would be restricted to that use), and for that I want action fiction, of which I have lots already, so what am I supposed to do with all my books (estimated 2000)?

[Nicos]

I'm a book addict Hilary...I'm sure I could find a home for them!!!

[Flummery]

I will keep the books I own. I can't see any reason for re-buying in ebook form. But for the future, unless it's a cookery, gardening or quilting book, I shall get ebooks rather than tree books.

I reckon e-readers are like marmite. You love them or hate them. I love them both!

[Caro]

I love my Reader too. The downside is when I tell someone about a really great book I read, I can't offer to lend it to them and I feel bad