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Deborah wrote: "...I have a nook and an iPad...."Deborah -- do you or could you read ebooks from Amazon on your iPad? (I haven't explored what is possible.)
Two more on Goodreads acquisition by Amazon articles that may be of interest:http://www.salon.com/2013/03/31/amazo..."
Atlantic Monthly dips into the conversation:
http://www.theatlantic.com/business/a...
The first comes via another Goodreads poster.
Lily wrote: "Two more on Goodreads acquisition by Amazon articles that may be of interest:http://www.salon.com/2013/03/31/amazo..."
Atlantic Monthly dips into the convers..."
The 46% who haven't read a book in a year is an eye-opener. And even among book nerds, this group is unusual.
Reading our Daily Mail rag will probably strengthen your Tea Party vote! It certainly brings out the worst in the right wing here and promotes the dog-eat-dog kind of sensationalist politics where corrupt capitalists 'get away with murder' and workers fall upon each other:-http://news.yahoo.com/daily-mail-york...
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Deborah -- do you or could you read ebooks from Amazon on your iPad? (I haven't explored what is possible.)"
Yes, but I prefer a book. Also I do most of my reading at night and hubby has banned iPad from bedroom so it's not a really good fit for me. Lastly, I don't want to be pushed to read via an ebook unless I choose to.
I find my Kindle much better for reading in bed as it can be held at any angle and fonts can be enlarged. I expect to be doing the same with my Samsung Galaxy 7.0 tablet shortly.
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My iPad is a full-sized one so it gets a bit heavy and awkward for me to hold. I have small hands and one wrist was really injured a while ago so is not as strong.
MadgeUK wrote: "Reading our Daily Mail rag will probably strengthen your Tea Party vote! It certainly brings out the worst in the right wing here and promotes the dog-eat-dog kind of sensationalist politics where ..."Not to worry; this is not news. We already have tabloid rags here, 2 just in NY, and a bunch in the supermarkets, and they don't give The Times any competition. They're aimed at a different readership. I wonder where Yahoo gets their news from.
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I've downloaded lots of free books to my iPhone and find that it's a great way to read in bed when hubby has requested lights out-although the screen is very small. It's not blue lit (which I think actually inhibits sleep), it's very lightweight and can be easily read one-handed (for those cold nights when you want the rest of you under the covers). I prefer a book in general but with the iPhone it does mean I've always got my current classics in my purse (no way I would be lugging around Dickens otherwise) for whenever I have a few minutes to kill.
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Deborah -- do you or could you read ebooks from Amazon on your iPad? (I haven't explored what is possible.)"
I haven't, but can do so easily. I've enjoyed the ebooks I've read on my iPad from Barnes and Noble. It does get rather heavy to hold after a while (full-sized iPad). I think the mini might be better for that. It's great to change the font to a size that works for you. Yet, I still prefer a regular book.
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My eye sight is not good enough to read from my iPhone. Plus hubby's ban includes all electronics. He's actually now sleeping with a sleep mask because of my reading light.
Poor thing:O I have a very small light which attaches to my ear which you may find useful - he could buy you one!http://www.ebay.com/itm/ECTACOS-hands...
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I just noticed an ad on my home page for car wiper blades! I am the person who took a year to realize there were ads on Goodreads because they were always for books (or movies based on books) and therefore I didn't see them as ads. Looks like that is over.
Robin wrote: "Deborah wrote: "MadgeUK wrote: "Worrying:( Will it mean lots more advertisements?I just noticed an ad on my home page for car wiper blades! I am the person who took a year to realize there were ..."
Try Firefox with the add-on AdBlockPlus. No ads on any site. There is no IE equivalent.
http://www.nytimes.com/2013/04/04/mov...I'm a movie snob. I've seen about half of her films, but didn't realize how many until now. A great writer.
I loved her Forster films.
☯Emily wrote: "I loved her Forster films."I never would have discovered Forster otherwise. I've read most of his books after seeing the films.But I don't have an urge to reread James after viewing his novels on film, one case where I think the films are better than the books. Jhabvala captured the essence of his novels without all the excess verbiage James inserted.
☯Emily wrote: "Have to agree with you."What's the character before your name that doesn't translate into any font on my monitor?
It is a symbol used in the theater to represent comedy and tragedy:http://wiki.answers.com/Q/What_is_the...
I'm familiar with those. But it doesn't appear unless the reader has it in their font collection. Here it's just a small square containing "262F."
Oh, I didn't know that. Many of us in another group did those symbols about a year ago. I didn't realize it didn't translate everywhere. Interesting. You are the first person to mention it. Do the others see the 262F or the black/white mask?
☯Emily wrote: "Oh, I didn't know that. Many of us in another group did those symbols about a year ago. I didn't realize it didn't translate everywhere. Interesting. You are the first person to mention it. Do..."Emily -- I see the mask, although I never paid attention to it before and couldn't have told you what it was. However, when I take it to WORD and enlarge it, it looks more like the ying/yang symbol for male/female than the theatrical mask I associate with tragedy/comedy.
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(Search Google images for other variants.)
I can see the symbol, but I also see it as the ying/yang symbol.
Fame at last? Soon the British Library, along with Amazon, will be capturing your GR reviews, tweets etc etc etc:-In addition to your reviews etc being hijacked by Amazon, they may soon be 'captured' by the British Library:-
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/technology...
MadgeUK wrote: "Fame at last? Soon the British Library, along with Amazon, will be capturing your GR reviews, tweets etc etc etc:-In addition to your reviews etc being hijacked by Amazon, they may soon be 'capt..."
Not mine, Madge, yours. I have no reviews or tweets, and I would advise everyone here to remove what they can, and switch your user name to something not associated with your real name. This was one of 2 sites where I know my info was safe, so that leaves just one. Www.ravelry.com is run by 5 young programmers-cum-knitters, not a major corp. It's THE site for crocheters and knitters to share patterns, yarns and techniques, and socialize too.
People who go on Facebook and Twitter have known for years that their info is not private. "I told you so" is not a civil thing to say, but I knew it would start blowing up in everyone's face eventually.
But, yes, we did feel safer here. Grrr......
I don't think the Brit Library has any nefarious plan in mind,but they have to take privacy into account. Madge, if you have any way of contacting them, do so and advise all your friends to do so.Ooh-ooh, I can't wait for my 15 minutes of fame...
☯Emily wrote: "Oh, I didn't know that. Many of us in another group did those symbols about a year ago. I didn't realize it didn't translate everywhere. Interesting. You are the first person to mention it. Do..."If you wrote it with a particular font, it would appear correct only to readers having that font in their Windows\Fonts folder, or the Mac equivalent But if only some of us get it, that's fine.
For those in the NYC metro area: tonight channel 13, 9 PM, Hound of the Baskervilles, with Peter Cushing.My brother and I ate up huge amounts of Hammer Films in the '50's and '60's.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Peter_cu...
Oh, I live in NJ, but am temporarily in TX, so I will miss it.
It's on now. Too long a prologue. His physical resemblance to Rathbone is remarkable.
Typing this on my new Samsung tablet just to say hello!
Send yourself an email too. :-)I've finished your Skype request. I'll leave it open today for your reply. But I don't usually open it except if I'm expecting a call.
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I meant to email you yesterday Deborah - thought of you as soon as I heard the terrible news because I knew hubby would be there. Glad to know all is well with you if not with many other folks:(
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I was very lucky. I didn't know it was happening until hubby called to tell me he was ok so there was not a time of worry that he was involved. My heart is broken for those involved. I feel really lucky because I usually go and would have been right in that area.
Thank goodness you weren't there Deborah! Lucky indeed.
Deborah, I'm glad that your husband is all right. Was he able to finish the run? Today many runners are remembering the victims by running for Boston. I did my run early this morning, wearing yellow and blue.
Thinking back over the last 20 years, I think we have enough local nut-jobs to balance our defense against Al Qaeda.
Yes, far more people have been killed by the IRA here than by Al Queda, including 9/ll.
And probably by Americans with assault rifles and guns.I don't think the Boston bombing was by Al Qaeda. The bombs were too crude, indicating maybe they were made by individuals, not organized groups. And no terrorist group has claimed responsibility for them yet. Some local nut.
I don't think Al Queda exists any more, just disparate groups with grievances.
MadgeUK wrote: "I don't think Al Queda exists any more, just disparate groups with grievances."I haven't followed closely enough to know whether U.S. law enforcement and security agencies would agree with you or not. I just listened to Craig Unger's House of Bush, House of Saud: The Secret Relationship Between the World's Two Most Powerful Dynasties, an audio I had picked up in some book store bargain box and never gotten around to playing. Regardless of how accurate or inaccurate Unger's account may be, I was reminded that there are many powerful transactions beyond the day-to-day eyes of our lives.
Article on the use of the word "terrorism": http://abcnews.go.com/US/wireStory/te...
Has anyone heard from Deborah? Is all well with her and hubby (and Madison) after the traumatic events in her city?
MadgeUK wrote: "Has anyone heard from Deborah? Is all well with her and hubby (and Madison) after the traumatic events in her city?"She's up in post # 741-742. Madison had chosen not to run the marathon, as there were no dogs in it.
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The Readers Review: Literature from 1714 to 1910
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The Madwoman in the Attic: The Woman Writer and the Nineteenth-Century Literary Imagination (other topics)House of Bush, House of Saud: The Secret Relationship Between the World's Two Most Powerful Dynasties (other topics)
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I have to say that I'm very concerned about Amazon taking over Goodreads. First, it instantly explained why book swap was eliminated. If you can swap books on the cheap, you won't buy Amazon books. I don't have a kindle, nor do I want one. I have a nook and an iPad. I've loved this forum and it's brought me such joy through the discussions, choices of the reading groups, and friends. I would hate to see any of that messed with.