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Bryn wrote: "I'd only say - because we shouldn't try to convert each other, it's like religions - I think, the only way is to have a dedicated ereader. I loathe reading on my laptop, I'd never read a novel on i..."Ouch yeah, I couldnt read off a laptop either. I hate reading on tablets as well (have an ipad and an android tablet). I only read on my kindles.
I have to mention, (and it goes along with what Bryn was saying about eReaders and religion and conversion)..many people find comfort in Packing many books, so when they travel they don't need to eRead. They are quite happy to carry 10 books. And some people even find used book stores where they are on vacation or whatever, and trade for new ones.It definitely comes down to what you like and what your habits are.
Just like our taste in books, different things work for different people. Some people exclusively read ebooks and can't stand to read paper. Then others, like me, it is the other way around. Some people have no problem reading on a screen and would do it part time or if they had to, but they simply like the feel of books and choose to go with them.
eReading or paper books, it is a decision made on personal experience and likes and dislikes. Dependent on the individual.
Benjamin wrote: "Ouch yeah, I couldnt read off a laptop either. I hate reading on tablets as well (have an ipad and an android tablet)..."Which Android do you have, Ben?
I have an Acer A501.
Bryn wrote: "I'd only say - because we shouldn't try to convert each other, it's like religions - I think, the only way is to have a dedicated ereader. I loathe reading on my laptop, I'd never read a novel on i..."I love my Kindle for it's practicality... but you prise my paper books out of my cold, dead fist. LOL.
Margaret wrote: "I love my Kindle for it's practicality... but you prise my paper books out of my cold, dead fist. LOL. ..."LOL! :D
Dawn wrote: Real paper books do exactly the same. :) And I always carry an extra if I think I might need it.... "You really carry two full sized books with you everywhere you go? I would find that so cumbersome and annoying! While you can do the same with print books, it's much more convenient with an ereader, they are so much lighter weight and smaller than 2+ print books.
Bryn wrote: "Kindles work for the indecisive reader, who has no idea what she might want to read on the trip home, or who needs to try five before she settles."
There's plenty of other benefits to an ereader. I usually know what I plan to read next so I'm not indecisive yet there are many, many reasons I love my Kindle.
Terri wrote: "As many of you know, from chatting to me around A&M and from my posts throughout this thread, I havea Tablet and the ability to read an eBook on that Tablet. I tried it a couple times and hated it...."
Reading on eInk is entirely different to a backlit tablet. If you haven't tried eInk, don't rule ereaders out completely.
Terri wrote: "Benjamin wrote: "Ouch yeah, I couldnt read off a laptop either. I hate reading on tablets as well (have an ipad and an android tablet)..."Which Android do you have, Ben?
I have an Acer A501."
Acer 500 : )
Benjamin wrote: " Acer 500..."Cool! :-)
May I ask which browser you use? I use Dolphin and I find I can't add books via the new green 'Want to Read' button on GR. I can add the book to Want to Read, but the drop down box appears and it won't let me tick any of the shelf boxes. It just closes the whole drop down box.
This happens in Dolphin, the stock browser, but isn't a problem in Opera.
For me and digital it isn't the fact that I am reading on a backlit screen (Tablet) that makes me dislike eReading. It is reading on a screen of any kind.eInk, backlit, laptop, tablet, kindle etc.. it is the act of reading on a screen that I hate. I need to hold a book and feel it and smell it and turn a page and put my bookmark in it. :-)
Terri wrote: "For me and digital it isn't the fact that I am reading on a backlit screen (Tablet) that makes me dislike eReading. It is reading on a screen of any kind.eInk, backlit, laptop, tablet, kindle etc..."
I dont really use my tablets anymore, I use my macbook pro. But for the tablets I found chrome to be the best.
As for the ereader vs dtb, for me its all about the story, not feel or smell of what the story is written on.
Robin wrote: "You really carry two full sized books with you everywhere you go? I would find that so cumbersome and annoying! While you can do the same with print books, it's much more convenient with an ereader, they are so much lighter weight and smaller than 2+ print books."I'm not carrying around a couple hardcovers, just regular paperbacks. :) They fit in my purse.
Dawn wrote: "I'm not carrying around a couple hardcovers, just regular paperbacks. :) They fit in my purse. "Still, compared to a Kindle, it would be annoying to me personally. Even before my Kindle, I wouldn't have carried around more than one paperback.
This is my Kindle on top of 2 regular paperbacks, look at the difference!
https://lh6.googleusercontent.com/-QQ...
Bryn wrote: "I'd only say - because we shouldn't try to convert each other, it's like religions - I think, the only way is to have a dedicated ereader. I loathe reading on my laptop, I'd never read a novel on i..."I agree. I tried to read a book on my laptop and it drove me crazy because everytime I stopped, it went back to the beginning. I love my Kindle and I love paper books too. The Kindle is a blessing in so many ways, like already mentioned, takes up so little room in my purse, easy to hold with my arthritic wrists, and holds a lot of books in a small space. Right now reading "In a Dark Wood Wandering" is hard as it is very heavy and is hard to put on the shelf when I am not reading.
A friend pointed me to a site that has 50 free books from Amazon everyday. Since then my TBR list has exploded!
Can you point me to that site? :-) I may want to keep an eye on it...even though I don't like reading ebooks.Is it only ever self published books, or are there a mix?
Yes Margaret-let us know the site-PPLLLEEEEEAAASSSEEE!
Terri wrote: "Can you point me to that site? :-) I may want to keep an eye on it...even though I don't like reading ebooks.Is it only ever self published books, or are there a mix?"
The majority of limited time freebie promos are self published in my experience but some are from small/independent publishers too. I use www.ereaderiq.com - it lists all freebies so you do have to do some weeding, but you can narrow down by genre, which helps. And you can check out price drops or add books to your own price drop watch list.
Terrific Robin! Thanks for that. :-) Off to see if there are any diamonds in the rough......
There are a mix of books. Over the last two days there have been several older books that have been issued as free ebooks included.Here's the link to the site.
http://ebookdaily.com/free-kindle-ebo...#
You don't have to join if you don't want to. Just click on the link to the individual book.
Thanks for that link too, Margaret.
I have a post of all the free Kindle book sites I have subscribed to (so far) here on my blog. The post is dated 11/29 - you might have to scroll down a bit.http://iamintellectuallypromiscuous.c...
And yes, my digital TBR pile has exploded.
Thanks Holly for sharing that.I brought the links into this post to save people some time.
Thanks. :)
Kindle Nation
http://kindlenationdaily.com/
Best Free Kindle Books (Squidoo)
http://www.squidoo.com/the-best-of-am...
efree books
http://efreebooks.org/
Freebooksy
http://www.freebooksy.com/
Book Bub
http://www.bookbub.com/home/
eReader NEWS Today
http://ereadernewstoday.com/
I never thought I'd like reading on a Kindle. For pretty much all of the reasons that I've read about in this thread. I genuinely thought I was going to hate it, and then I bought myself one for reasons that I won't go into here.And I loved it. And then my wife got a look at it and I didn't get anywhere near it for the next three weeks, so I bought another one.
Now I'd have to say it's the best piece of technology I own. It does what it's supposed to do, apart from a couple of little bells and whistles that nobody uses. You read books on it. If it was an Apple product it would have a fancy web browser and a load of pointless games and video phone calling on it that would just get in the way and take up storage space.
None of that with my Kindle. Just books. Glorious.
Lee wrote: I'm not sure I was aware that there was such a thing as Christian fiction but I can't say that I'm surprised."I'm amazed at the book categories out there. I was recently looking through a list of book reviewers and found one which said:
Genres I review: Paranormal romance, urban fantasy
Genres I do not review: Amish romance.
Wait, what? Amish romance? Is that a thing?
Richard wrote: "I never thought I'd like reading on a Kindle. For pretty much all of the reasons that I've read about in this thread. I genuinely thought I was going to hate it, and then I bought myself one for re..."Same here mate, was convinced l would hate it, now use it every day.
My wife took mine....can't get it back!!
Amish romance? Lol. I like to stay pretty up to date with all the genres and sub genres...but Amish Romance slipped passed me. :-)
Is there also an "R" rated Amish romance? Now THAT would be interesting!!
Bobby wrote: "Is there also an "R" rated Amish romance? Now THAT would be interesting!!" Wonder if they keep their hats on ?
Well, apparently there's an Amish mafia, so why not romance? lol. I love my Nook. Killed it and upgraded to the Nook HD+ and love it even more!
Banshee, with New Zealand actor Antony Starr is currently showing on the Soho channel of SkyTV in NZ and the town it is based in has a large Amish community. So far the exAmish businessman is the centre of most of the criminal activity in the town and there is a great deal for such a small town, and a very conflicted Amish girl is a main contributor to the shows R rating for sexual conflict. It may not be a romance in this case, but it just goes to show that whatever deviant ideas we think of chances are someone has written or filmed it somewhere!On a more respectable note I've seen a series of mystery novels where the main character is a woman sherif in an Amish town, but can't remember the author.
John wrote: " Wonder if they keep their hats on ?"I guess you will have to read one of the books to find out :D
Chris F wrote: "Banshee, with New Zealand actor Antony Starr is currently showing on the Soho channel of SkyTV in NZ and the town it is based in has a large Amish community. So far the exAmish businessman is the c..."Seems like the Amish make good fodder for fiction and scandal.
Bobby wrote: "Is there also an "R" rated Amish romance? Now THAT would be interesting!!"Zebediah's hands were hot and hungry as he reached for her yearning girder stanchion and fitted it to the barn's roof...
His long beard scratched her bosom as Zechariah lowered her dress. :D
Oh my. You know we are a 13+ group now. Lol!
Well, I think that's a thread thoroughly hijacked. Sorry, folks, not my intention.Would this be a good time to mention the fact that my book "When The Buggy's A-Rockin'" is available now on Amazon?
I enjoy both mediums for different reasons. I love the feeling of sitting and reading a good long paperback, the smell of an old book and the touch of the pages under my fingertips. At the same time I travel a lot and with the crack down on the weight you can have in luggage these days it just isn't feasible to carry a stack of novels with me, however my iPad can hold a great plenty of my favourites
No. That would be spam, Richard and I would have to delete......especially when it comes to Amish romance. :D
Traci.mcallister wrote: "I enjoy both mediums for different reasons. I love the feeling of sitting and reading a good long paperback, the smell of an old book and the touch of the pages under my fingertips. At the same tim..."Ereaders would be indispensable when travelling.
Running a farm, we never get away on holidays anymore, (no more than a weekend if we do get away) but if I did, I would have to get used to reading on an eReader so I could take books with me.
Just take the paper books, as you read them you leave them behind and fill up the space with souvenirs. No need for an eReader just for vacation. Now, as a new tech toy to play with?? That's a whole other matter. :)
Richard wrote: "Bobby wrote: "Is there also an "R" rated Amish romance? Now THAT would be interesting!!"Zebediah's hands were hot and hungry as he reached for her yearning girder stanchion and fitted it to the b..."
and then...and then?
Bobby, you want to get to Attila #2 by Napier. It has the most hilarious sexy bits. --I mean of the kind meant to be hilarious, not the sex scenes that weren't meant to amuse.
Lee wrote: "Wait, there's Amish in New Zealand?"Yes, but their arms really ache from all the rowing.
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The indecisive reader described me. They work for heavy readers too.