e-reader?

[Ummu Auni]

I'm now a proud owner of nook!! wuhu!!

[Mslvoe]

Ummu Auni wrote: "I'm now a proud owner of nook!! wuhu!!"

Congrats!!! Marilah share picture :-)

[Lau King Hua]

Ummu Auni wrote: "I'm now a proud owner of nook!! wuhu!!"

congrats cepat juga dapat.cod ke?how it is?ok ka?i still undecided la.huhu

[Ummu Auni]

Yup, COD. The guy is a foreign post grad student at UM from India. He came with an unopened box. It was easy liaising with him :)

[Mslvoe]

RM415 tu ke? From Sambb67 ke?

I noticed you register your Nook. I skipped over the registration :D Wifi in my area not so good, ding dong ding dong aje.

Congrats again ya!

[Lau King Hua]

after you bought it, do you have to register B&N account before using it? as for the ebook transfer from pc,just drag and drop?

[Ummu Auni]

Yup from Sambb67. His name is Sam.
Yup, I registered my nook :) Good after sales service, e even emailed me links where we can download books *wink*

Goldflower, I believe you don't need to register your nook/have B&N account. You can skip this step. Yes, just drag and drop the e-books from your PC. Charging nook is easy peesy, just use the adapter given and charge it while using your laptop

[Mslvoe]

Ummu Auni, mind to share the link ;-)

[Ummu Auni]

http://www.free-ebooks.net **(you can use their epub versions to be able to use ebook reader built-in dictionary)

http://www.epubbooks.com/ ***

http://openlibrary.org

http://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/

http://manybooks.net/

http://freecomputerbooks.com/

http://www.freetechbooks.com/
http://www.scribd.com/http://www.glob...
http://knowfree.net/http://www.online...

http://www.snipfiles.com/ ***

http://www.bookyards.com/
&...
Pirate:
http://ebookee.org/ ***

http://www.wowebook.me/ ***

http://www.bookf.net/

http://4ebooks.org/

[Limau Nipis]

Nisha Mslvoe ♥♥♥ wrote: "RM415 tu ke? From Sambb67 ke?

I noticed you register your Nook. I skipped over the registration :D Wifi in my area not so good, ding dong ding dong aje.

Congrats again ya!"

hei nisha, how do you skip the process? can we just click the next button?

[Mslvoe]

Limau - Here the link : http://raviudeshi.com/2011/11/nook-to...

Applicable for Nook Simple Touch only

Ummu - wow, jeeeezzzz thanks. I always search in here http://www.sharetermpapers.com/

[Lord Nouda]

Niiice, and congrats on getting the Nook. STP is the only site you guys listed that I actually use. The others are "rahsia" lor. I could probably find most books though, if you're looking a specific one that you can't find anywhere. Or you can just request it on STP, there's a secret section there for their more active members (or so I've heard from someone who has access to it). =D

[Lau King Hua]

for *cough*pirate*cough books, i usually download via torrent...if that is not available then i will google the title+epub.

[Syahira]

I got my Kindle 4 last monday. But too busy and tired to update about it here. But it does give me time to check it out and so far I'm soooo happy with it. But I do make a review in my blog but its a bit too long so I simply list it down for this forum. Which is quite long too... hmm.. feel free to skip to the bottom though.

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I'm calling it "The Hand of the Queen" (The Hand for short) or "Silent Lady". I wanted to call it a guy but its definitely a girl.


Pros :
1. For reading, E-ink killed LCD.
2. Fit in one hand and its seriously thin, which is why I use plastic DVD case when I put it in my bag to keep it from scratching.
3. Battery life is way better than a laptop or phone
4. It have fast key-in response even without the keyboard (no lags while key-in words)
5. No glare unless you put it under direct light source
6. Collection made it easier to organize (need to register though)
7. Fast black-out refresh rate and I blink more frequently now so thats a plus for the dry eyes (people do forget to blink when reading on anything)
8. Physical side buttons on both sides
9. Very affordable for a student with limited budget.
10. Rubber coated backing for better grip. (and I do unconsciously stroke/molest the backing so lets just say, its very pleasing to touch)
11. Non-touch screen. (why its in my pros instead of cons? see below)
12. The ads are not distracting at all. I'm very vocal about my hatred for Youtube Malaysia because of video ads but Kindle ads are tasteful and pretty! (like Decalgirl, skincare, book and movie ads)
13. Password-enabled capabilities (!) I never notice this in any of the reviews before but its a great plus if you dislike people poking around your books.
14. Landscape-portrait in any ways. Wonderful for PDF and slides but only if you're so used to printing 6 slides on a paper.
15. Can read with either both hands (if you eat or write with the other hand, you’ll find this useful)
16. Neat shortcuts like refreshes, screencaps etc
17. Tonnes of heavy dictionaries in the small palm bookreader the size of your hand and the weight of a solid but light tablet.
18. 1-year warranty. Amazon have good rep for warranty claim services (broken keys, broken screen, hang, etc) unlike a lot of computer brands (every brands actually). You can get free replacement if the Kindle were irreversibly damaged. Yes, you can do it in Malaysia as some Kindle sellers can help you with it - with the price of shipping.
19. Rarity. Honestly, no one that I know have a Kindle. Thats definitely a definition of hipster if you're into that.


Cons:
1. You can’t press the side buttons with one hand while holding the ereader in the air without risking losing your grip. The buttons too narrow for that but its quite fine since it wont accidentally turn a page but I still find it tad annoying if I hold it up.. you can do it one hand only if you lay the other side on something (bed, chest, lap, mug etc) and turn the page. Sorta like physics... its too thin and too light for pure one handed usage.
2. Greyish-background and dark grey words. I usually read after midnight (its quieter) in a dark living room with some light from the kitchen... although its still readable but I'd wish contrast were adjustable. (way better than LCD backlight in complete darkness.. which is why sometimes I use my laptop as a booklight when I'm reading in the dark..)
3. Three fonts.... seriously? 3?
4. Margin that wasnt adjustable whenever you increase the font. I want them in the middle not skewed to the right like some insignificant value of p.
5. Zoom can be downright fussy
6. Ads that you cant use unless you’re an American
7. Fragile screen (it didn’t say it is, but people do forget about it still being an electronic) But its less fragile than a HD LCD.
8. Scrolling is an ass with the refreshes
9. "Is that iPad?" comment... even when the thing have massive "kindle" behind it
10. Personally I don't like the silver look. Gonna get a matte Gelaskin in a couple of month.
11. If you're not in America, don't even think about buying stuff from kindle unless you have gift cards. (available in LYN forum or if you create two Amazon account)
12. It does absorb the heat from the surroundings. Can be quite hot under the sun. (Irony)
13. WiFi is not a helpful thing when there's no wifi around you when you absolutely need to google something. (apply to laptop, phone etc.. easily fix if you put in encyclopaedias or dictionaries or textbooks)
14. No Malay e-dictionaries. No Malay scientific e-dictionary. (seriously, its time to make it an opensource)
15. Typing with the navigation and enter key in the middle is actually darn annoying (lenguh)
16. the 1.35 gb is a bad idea for PDF and manga readers. Defo need other storage solution.


Personally I don't really think touch and audio-capabilities is necessary in a book reader. I could have just gotten the rm400 alternatives but I'm so glad I choose the right one for me.

I know lot of people take Non-Touch as a cons but you CAN rest your fingers on the pages of a NT without accidental flips (especially in a palm-sized reader). KT doesn't have a physical button that will disable the touchscreen which will be an inconvenient while you're reading. I have this issues with my own multi-gesture touchpad laptop that I'm currently using. It take sometimes to get used to but I have a choice with the sensitivity of the touchscreen. KT doesn't.

As for audiobooks and music, I find 2-4gb bookreaders (even with SD card) isn't enough for massive audio files library. It can bother the reader's software too (like lags and such) so its better to get a proper mp3 player. And like I say, its personal preference, I've tried audiobooks but they were ALL too slow for me. Text-to-speech generally annoys me especially when it doesn't recognize a strange word or start to make up pronunciations and most of all, it lacks fluidity. Although I do listen to some music while reading but usually I found music to be too distracting while I'm immersing myself in reading (not bathing) and earphones often bring me ear infection or dryiness... annoys me greatly too.

As for books, I dont think its a major issue for me whether you can or cant access Amazon and B&N stores. Any ebooks reader work like a charm no matter what brands it is, its generally a preference. Format conversions are not a problem since I do that all the time for videos, documents and images. Current converters like Calibre are far more efficient than watermarked freewares that I have to stomach with some years ago to convert html to lit.

One of the major attractiveness of Kindle 4 was in its affordability and its experience in the bookreader market which made it a true tried-and-tested bookreader. Kindle Touch and Fire are still in its beta stage which I'm not keen to.

If you have Kindle 3, its not necessary to get Kindle 4 since its not really an upgrade unless you like the sleek hand-sized compact design.

For a bookworm, there's a lot of cheap book buying option in malaysia (Bookxcess, Payless, BBW, warehouse sales) and I myself prefer to buy physical books, so having a reliable and somewhat cheap book reader is an advantage. Besides, I scan documents, notes and recipes and put it in PDF and transfer it to my ebook. Way less hassle than having to bring everything (or my laptop) wherever I go.

I'm a bit concerned about the local ebook market. I really do hope there's more of such e-sites in coming years and more local publisher open to the idea of ebooks. I would like more choices should I want to read a malay book (I already read them rarely anyway) instead of buying them in physical form. Yes, local book are cheap but my book space isn't. So far, local sites seem to cater iPad readers... which is way overrated for a bookreader.


UPDATED 27/4 : I don't really want to go this LOOONG but well.. everyone should know if you're thinking of purchasing it instead of browsing every website in the net for its... sigh

Grey screen.
I know I say something about the contrast but here's the thing. The screen reacted different way depending on the type of light you read from. Indoor indirect light made it grey. Fluorescent light made it slightly yellowish-grey tinge. Sunlight made the background near white but unfortunately I found it too bright. Guess thats first time e-ink for me. So sometimes when ppl say something about different screen batches in kindle, I think that it was affected by the type of lighting.

Additional on why I got the Non-Touch again?
My nieces and nephew like to touch everything with their chicken-masak-merah-greasy hands and mess around with my stuff so naturally being technologically enabled they like to mess with my ereader.

And update on accessories:
I'm getting this...
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and much later, this..


I'm not a pink person but somehow both of them fits. But I'm still in between gelaskin and decalgirl.... so hard to choose between them.

[Limau Nipis]

oh joy! another book reader converted

[Mslvoe]

Wow! What a great review! Good job Syahira :-)

[Lau King Hua]

thanks Syahira for the review! i spot The Immortal Rules in your kindle! i love that book:)

[Syahira]

Goldflower86 wrote: "thanks Syahira for the review! i spot The Immortal Rules in your kindle! i love that book:)"

haven't read it yet. i'm finishing other older YA books. I love Julie Kagawa's iron fey books but I know she'll make a killer cliffhanger so I'm putting it aside for now... until the novella came out at least

[Limau Nipis]

syahira, how much is the cover?

[Syahira]

Limau Nipis wrote: "syahira, how much is the cover?"
rm50 include US shipping to Malaysia and to my house

[Limau Nipis]

Syahira wrote: "Limau Nipis wrote: "syahira, how much is the cover?"
rm50 include US shipping to Malaysia and to my house"

Ehhhh, murahnya! Gimme the link ok

[Mslvoe]

So cheap! Link pleasee. Thank you

[Lau King Hua]

wow very cheap! i think i will be getting nook. love nook design better!
so will need to buy skin and cover for my nook! hehe,link please

[Lord Nouda]

Wah linky link, I like the black and white cover =O

[Syahira]

I would want grey and black plaid pattern or dark green and purple. The black and white is pretty plain for me... and white will shows a lot of stains (pen marks and such) ...

Just order it of Amazon and then ask this seller for a price quote http://forum.lowyat.net/topic/1938505

[Lord Nouda]

That's weird. The listed price is $29.95...about 90 bucks here. How come you're getting it for only RM50? O_o

http://www.casecrown.com/ebook-reader...

[Lord Nouda]

Oooh nvm. Found your post on thread. Insane discount lor...but I went for the non-corak cover and a booklight instead. =P

[Lau King Hua]

yay i bought a kindle touch...i am loving it!

[Lord Nouda]

Welcome to Team Kindle :p

[Lau King Hua]

haha.thank you...hye let share book sometime...;)

[Limau Nipis]

Lord Nouda wrote: "Welcome to Team Kindle :p"
Oh so we have a team now? *grins*

team kindle, team nook or team iriver?

[Mslvoe]

Hooorayyyy! Congrats! Rasa nak beli Kindle selepas ini ;-)

[Lau King Hua]

Limau Nipis wrote: "Lord Nouda wrote: "Welcome to Team Kindle :p"
Oh so we have a team now? *grins*

team kindle, team nook or team iriver?"

ohhh!got team iriver also ka?where where,show yourself!

[Lau King Hua]

Nisha Mslvoe ♥♥♥ wrote: "Hooorayyyy! Congrats! Rasa nak beli Kindle selepas ini ;-)"

akak bukan dah ada dua nook ke?if beli kindle?mau sale nook ke?hehehe..mai sale to me..lol

[Lord Nouda]

Goldflower86 wrote: "Limau Nipis wrote: "Lord Nouda wrote: "Welcome to Team Kindle :p"
Oh so we have a team now? *grins*

team kindle, team nook or team iriver?"

ohhh!got team iriver also ka?where where,show your..."

Rugi lor iRiver. Whoever got one of those got ripped off -.-'

I'm gonna join Team Kobo soon. I heard they sell them in Aussieland so I'll probably buy one when I go there for my vacation in September. Though I might join Team Nook just to get that Nook Glow. =P

[Lau King Hua]

nook glow is very tempting!kobo very nice can read epub and mobi...go buy one and review for us..<(￣︶￣)> []~(￣▽￣)~* (￣﹏￣) (￣ˇ￣)

[Mslvoe]

Goldflower86 - I got greedy!! I just want more LOL

Nouda - Kobo ereader sound nice too. Hurrmm, kena update wishlist nanti :D

[Limau Nipis]

Nisha Mslvoe ♥♥♥ wrote: "Goldflower86 - I got greedy!! I just want more LOL

Nouda - Kobo ereader sound nice too. Hurrmm, kena update wishlist nanti :D"
haha bunch of lunatics keep wishing to buy different version of e readers.

remind me of myself, lol.... anyway will be receiving my nook tomorrow / friday, so will be joining the bandwagon soon :-)

kobo ereader - so many colours, tempting! tempting!

i saw iriver for Rm 1000 at mph mv, so just strike that one out of my list

[Limau Nipis]

Goldflower86 wrote: "nook glow is very tempting!kobo very nice can read epub and mobi...go buy one and review for us.. []~(￣▽￣)~* (￣﹏￣) (￣ˇ￣)"

the sambb guy will receive the shipment for nook glow tomorrow. but i am not thinking to buy it, mataku dah rabun, lagi rabun nanti

[Mslvoe]

How did you know? Link please. Alamak siapalah nak teman I pergi jumpa si sambb nie. 'sigh'

Limau - welcome to the Nook club 'yeaaahaaaaa' iriver sooooo expensive. gila lah

[Lau King Hua]

Limau Nipis wrote: "Goldflower86 wrote: "nook glow is very tempting!kobo very nice can read epub and mobi...go buy one and review for us.. []~(￣▽￣)~* (￣﹏￣) (￣ˇ￣)"

the sambb guy will receive the shipment for nook glow..."

hee tapi semalam baru saja beli kindle...itu nook tunggu la dua tahun lagi ke....hehehe..mata ni pun rabun juga sudah.sedih!

[Mslvoe]

Don't be sad dear. Enjoy your new e-reader :-)

ps: pi makan tomato kasi mata 'cerah' ;p

[Limau Nipis]

Nisha Mslvoe ♥♥♥ wrote: "How did you know? Link please. Alamak siapalah nak teman I pergi jumpa si sambb nie. 'sigh'

Limau - welcome to the Nook club 'yeaaahaaaaa' iriver sooooo expensive. gila lah"

i will be meeting Sam tomorrow, since he said the shipment from DHL arrived on 12 p.m. but if you want the nook glow, I can ask him about it.

nisha, he can COD at any LRT station.

[Mslvoe]

Where do you stay Limau? (I'm sorry, I don't know your real name.. and it's kinda weird calling you 'Limau' :D) jangan marah yea

Please ask. I can't sleep thinking about Nook glow. (dah sewel sebenarnya LOL)

sssshhhhh LRT sha tak pernah naik. LRT station lagi lah tak tahu. I'm a home girl. I like to stay home 'blushing'

[Ummu Auni]

Nisha, where do you live? :-)

[Mslvoe]

Ummu Auni - Shah Alam :-)

[Ummu Auni]

Nearby :-) Macam anak dara pingitan :-)
He can COD to any LRT station. I believe he can COD to KTM stations too. Just text him. :)

[Mslvoe]

Thank you Ummu :-)

[Limau Nipis]

hi guys... I just got my Nook.

sambb told me, that the nook with glow light will only arrive on monday, so bummer.. he is also quite frustrated that he cannot get the stock by today.

the price is RM 575, and he can post to your home / office. the postage price from his place to shah alam is RM 10 (hint hint for nisha).

the link is here

http://forum.lowyat.net/topic/2179270...

[Mslvoe]

Hai dear,

Enjoy your new toy!

ps : thanks for the info L. muah²