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Post by Mae Hem on Oct 8, 2009 9:18:56 GMT
I bought this item for my Nintendo DS (other E-Readers etc). I have a huge back-log of classic books I have been wanting to read or re-read, and it would have cost me a small fortune in Penguin Classics - or numerous trips to the library to amass the books that are listed on one very small plastic item.
It was a strange feeling reading a book on a games machine, but I got used to it - you even get a sound effect when you turn a page (I turned the sound down).
It is really not quite the same as reading a proper printed paper book, and I seem to be re-charging the machine quite often, but as a stand-by, or to catch up on some back-reading, it does the job. Please note that I really tried not to say that reading a book on a console usually used for game-playing was a novel experience, but I failed.
Has anyone else got an E-Reader or similar? and what do they think of them?
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Post by Glen B Ogle on Oct 8, 2009 16:46:50 GMT
I used to download quite a few books for my Palm PDA. There are a couple of good collections of out of copyright ones around on the web.
Unfortunately I've never really sorted it out on my current Windows Mobile one, but must do so!
It was dead handy for reading in bed without lights (although again battery charging was a regular event).
Glen
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Post by Mae Hem on Oct 9, 2009 7:24:49 GMT
As a sheer coincidence, the Mail has done a comparison article on e-readers. They are still pretty expensive, and I would have to check the cost of downloading more recent books than classic ones, but the idea of electronic books seems to be gaining momentum. The PMH has a 50 min journey by train to work, and either sleeps through it - or reads. He gets through a lot of paper-backs, but occasionally loses one, for this reason, we are holding back the idea of buying a more expensive version of e-reader, but when prices do come down, as a result of competition, then guess what birthday boy is getting?
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Post by Sir Blimely Windy on Oct 9, 2009 15:32:51 GMT
In a similar-ish vein, I have a monthly account with a leading purveyor of audio books.
For £7.99 per month I get one credit for a download - I tend to go for the unabridged titles.
This month I downloaded 'A Prayer for Owen Meany' by John Irving - all 26 hours worth!
I then burn them to CD for posterity and play them in the car!
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Post by Water Woman on Nov 8, 2009 14:14:34 GMT
I know that this is a very late response re E readers but... I have a sony E reader. I was shocked when I first read about them in the paper, would never consider it. But I turned it over and over in my head and then I went to look at them. I thought it through a bit more. I now have one and I love it. It is not back lit so no strain on the eye and while it is not a book and does not look or smell or feel like a book it gives me the chance to have hundreds of books in a small space. The free one hundred classics have kept me quiet for a long time and I have a little attachment which means I can read it in the dark with a light that just shines onto the page, not behind it. I really love it. So many books, so little space.
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