I wasn't entirely satisfied with mine, it got kinda cramped after 9 months. So I keep trying out others to find the right fit for me. I'm sure there is the perfect one out there somewhere
Tendonitis is about the wrists, and it's much more of a problem than " nintendoitis" (which is what my friends dubbed the problem you describe, way back during the original NES days)
is it really cheaper? How much do you think you spend on gas to drive to the bookstore?
Sure some people live near the bookstore, or some people are out grocery shopping and stop into the book store then... but there are others that live 1h to 45min from the bookstore. With gas prices as expensive as they are now (and likely to rise), the transportation costs offset the resell costs for many people.
Lets not forget that you dont have to put on pants to buy a kindle book.
as an owner of both an iPad and a kindle dxg, the kindle dxg is far nicer on my eyes than the iPad. In fact I would NEVER read on the ipad (i tried one book... got a headache).
Of course, the kindle dxg doesn't play movies or surf the web. (actually you can surf the web on the kindle dx... but its a piss poor experience).
Your point is valid. ebooks come out the same time hardcovers come out, but cost paperback prices. So if you simply want to read the next story in the series, you buy the ebook version because its cheaper (lets forget that you shelled out $150 for your kobo reader).
However... you start using your reader for a while, and wonder why you ever read on paper before. Why go into chapters when you can stay at home and order precisely the book you want... and its ALWAYS in stock! The entire experience is simply better on an ereader, its nicer to hold, you dont have to fuck about wetting your finger before you flip the page and you dont worry about breaking the spine.
You see, you start with replacing the hardcovers, then you move into replacing the paperbacks.
disagree... a lot of book nerds dislike hardcovers. They find them too large, detest the stupid covers, and believe that they cost too damn much.
Book nerds just like to fucking read.
Now fans of an author like hardcovers. The price makes them think its a collectors item (its not, hardcovers devalue quickly), and they get the story 4-6mo before the paperback.
ebook format of hardcovers (new releases) are MUCH MUCH cheaper than the hardcovers. A hardcover sells for $30-$35 in Canada, I can get the ebook from kobo or amazon for 9.99.
ebook readers are definitely for people who previously bought hardcovers.
I HAVE to crack the spine of a paperback. I simply cannot read w/o folding the pages back so I hold the book with one hand.
I dont usually dogear because I simply remember what page number I am on.
I counter your "paper feels better" argument with "ebooks feel better" argument.
Honestly. I like the feeling of my kindle dx in my hands vs a paperback. I find large paper backs (which are what I read... think Robert Jordan) large and clumsy. I like it that I just have to push a button rather than wet my finger and turn a page.
I especially like that I can adjust the text font size on the fly.
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You have 3 days to live w/o a transplant. Do you want them now?
I wasn't entirely satisfied with mine, it got kinda cramped after 9 months. So I keep trying out others to find the right fit for me. I'm sure there is the perfect one out there somewhere
I should totally get a +5 romantic for that one.
You have to be brain dead
That's what? ..... 90% of Americans?
Of course he would. He's greedy, not stupid!
You aren't the only one. But you are in a dwindling minority.
Tendonitis is about the wrists, and it's much more of a problem than " nintendoitis" (which is what my friends dubbed the problem you describe, way back during the original NES days)
+1 insightful. Since losing sucks. Probably the pc folk, at least until the tendonitis set in.
oh iAds... a dyslexic moment lead me to believe it was forced aids! forced aids would suck..
better to be the teabagger than the teabagged.
welcome to republicanism. not to be confused with conservatism.
is it really cheaper? How much do you think you spend on gas to drive to the bookstore? Sure some people live near the bookstore, or some people are out grocery shopping and stop into the book store then... but there are others that live 1h to 45min from the bookstore. With gas prices as expensive as they are now (and likely to rise), the transportation costs offset the resell costs for many people. Lets not forget that you dont have to put on pants to buy a kindle book.
I'll wake you up in 4 or 5 years then.
"silently delete them remotely from your kindle while you sleep" ... when I woke up I simply reloaded all my books via a press of a button.
as an owner of both an iPad and a kindle dxg, the kindle dxg is far nicer on my eyes than the iPad. In fact I would NEVER read on the ipad (i tried one book... got a headache). Of course, the kindle dxg doesn't play movies or surf the web. (actually you can surf the web on the kindle dx... but its a piss poor experience).
the kindle dxg has a much faster page refresh than the prs 505. Id say that the screen refreshes faster than I could possibly flip the page.
source please (not that I disbelieve... I simply want more context of the data).
My copy of 1984 was deleted, but I reloaded my copy of 1985 and it remained.
with kindle you lose the $2 resell value.
Your point is valid. ebooks come out the same time hardcovers come out, but cost paperback prices. So if you simply want to read the next story in the series, you buy the ebook version because its cheaper (lets forget that you shelled out $150 for your kobo reader).
However... you start using your reader for a while, and wonder why you ever read on paper before. Why go into chapters when you can stay at home and order precisely the book you want... and its ALWAYS in stock! The entire experience is simply better on an ereader, its nicer to hold, you dont have to fuck about wetting your finger before you flip the page and you dont worry about breaking the spine.
You see, you start with replacing the hardcovers, then you move into replacing the paperbacks.
disagree... a lot of book nerds dislike hardcovers. They find them too large, detest the stupid covers, and believe that they cost too damn much. Book nerds just like to fucking read. Now fans of an author like hardcovers. The price makes them think its a collectors item (its not, hardcovers devalue quickly), and they get the story 4-6mo before the paperback.
seriously though... who CANT find 1984 on yar-matey.org?
ebook format of hardcovers (new releases) are MUCH MUCH cheaper than the hardcovers. A hardcover sells for $30-$35 in Canada, I can get the ebook from kobo or amazon for 9.99. ebook readers are definitely for people who previously bought hardcovers.
I HAVE to crack the spine of a paperback. I simply cannot read w/o folding the pages back so I hold the book with one hand. I dont usually dogear because I simply remember what page number I am on.
I counter your "paper feels better" argument with "ebooks feel better" argument. Honestly. I like the feeling of my kindle dx in my hands vs a paperback. I find large paper backs (which are what I read... think Robert Jordan) large and clumsy. I like it that I just have to push a button rather than wet my finger and turn a page. I especially like that I can adjust the text font size on the fly.
"will there be any runnable software LEFT that will read these file formats?"
For PDF,Doc,Mobi, and ePub it is highly likely that there will be software to read these file formats
For TXT it is guarenteed.
For the other formats and all DRM however, you have a very good point.
Dont buy ebooks that you cannot de-drm and convert to one of the above formats... if you are especially paranoid, convert to TXT.